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.

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Master’s Degree (Sustainable development planning and management)

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.

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Master’s Degree (Electrical and electronic engineering)

Daniel joined the team in 2019 as a then student and has primarily been responsible for the development of the Switch Energy mobile app and web-based admin console. While his main role is as a developer, his intimate involvement since the company’s inception has equipped him to guide product development, engage in strategic planning and "take care of business".

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Bachelor of Science (Computer Science)

Honours Degree (GIS)

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.

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Master’s Degree (Electrical & electronic engineering)

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.

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Bachelor of Engineering Degree (Electrical & Electronic)

​​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.

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• Masters Degree (Computer Science)

• Honours Degree (Applied Mathematics)

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. 

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Bachelor Of Computer And Information Sciences in Application Development