About Us

Switch was founded in 2018 on the back of academic masters-level research on the energy transition and the potential for energy trading and smart grid technology.

Appreciating the vast potential, the founders combined their research to form a smart metering and energy trading technology company.

The core team remain dedicated to our mission of creating solutions to advance the energy transition and adapt to a changing energy system.

We service property managers and metering companies with tools to effecively manage utilities within their portfolios.

We have over 10,000 meters under management and hundreds of users on our app each day.

Team

Brought together by a shared vision of building great software and hardware to enhance utility management and drive the energy transition.

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CEO

Andrew Murray

Andrew has spent the last 7 years researching and working in the renewable energy and smart utility management space. His master’s thesis (Cum Laude) explored the South African energy transition and the integration of energy trading and wheeling management technology using strategic niche management, and multi-level perspective frameworks.

Master’s Degree (Sustainable development planning and management)

CTO

Heinrich De Lange

Heinrich has over 7 years’ experience as a CTO and director, managing hardware and software engineering teams of up to 40 people. His expertise is in high-level technology advisory and planning as well as project planning and management. His master’s thesis involved developing an energy trading system architecture using blockchain technology.

Master’s Degree (Electrical and electronic engineering)

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Product Owner

Daniel Hewlett

Daniel has worked at Switch since 2019 and has primarily been responsible for the front-end development of the Switch mobile App and web-based administration console. While his primary role is as a developer, his intimate involvement since the company’s inception have equipped him to guide the product development and business strategy.

Bachelor of Science Degree (Double major in computer science)

Hardware Engineer

Lowku Leeuwner

Lowku’s primary role at Switch entails hardware development primarily associated with modem design and manufacturing. He also plays a key role in the backend development and project management, assisting with ensuring that hardware and software function in harmony and can be managed and controlled via the Switch Admin console. Lowku’s thesis focused on demand side management solutions.

Master’s Degree (Electrical & electronic engineering)

Full-stack Developer

Emile Lombard

Emile is responsible for developing and maintaining the backend for the Switch system. This includes the restful APIs that serve our apps (mobile and web) as well as the meter data management system that persists the meter readings. He has been a core member of the Switch team since the company’s inception and plays a key role in managing the teams technology development.

Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electrical & Electronic)

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Back-end Developer (Plumber)

Guy Paterson-Jones

Guy’s input and focus is on building the energy trading software and backend infrastructure to enable Switch’s advanced energy allocation and reconciliation engine. Before joining Switch, Guy worked at Luno, where he worked on the exchange backend

managing the APIs and order-book infrastructure.

Masters Degree (Computer Science)
Honours Degree (Applied Mathematics)

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Front-end Developer

Max Paterson-Jones

Max primarily works on the frontend UI for the Switch admin console, mobile app, and energy trading platform. He plays a important role in creating a simple yet highly advanced and functional user experience. Moulting the complex engineering into seemingly simple tools for end users.

Bachelor Of Computer And Information Sciences in Application Development