Meet the Team
Guy Marquet
Chief Executive
Guy Marquet brings over 30 years of experience in New Zealand’s electricity industry to his role as Chief Executive at SmartCo. With a career spanning leadership, operations, and project management, Guy has a proven track record of driving growth and innovation.
Previously, Guy owned and directed an electrical and field services management company that pioneered smart metering deployment services in New Zealand. He also served as Operations Manager at SmartCo and held key project management roles at Alpine Energy Limited and On Metering Limited.
Guy is passionate about empowering people and leveraging data-driven insights to inform strategic decisions.
Kannan Ramamoorthy
Senior Data Engineer
Kannan brings 17 years of experience in global software roles and business consulting. His journey into the energy sector stems from a fascination for how data can transform industries.
Kannan plays a key role in the data solutions that support our EDB's network management.
Kannan is interested in using advanced data analytics to enhance grid performance, cut costs, and ensure that consumers receive consistent and reliable service.
Jack Brokenshire
Cloud Engineer
Jack works with the end user in mind, thinking about the value the tool can provide through continuous improvement.
Jack likes that the energy industry is evolving rapidly, with unique problems to solve. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury.
Natasha Gilison
Product Manager
Natasha Gillison is a product leader specialising in energy analytics and innovation within the electricity sector.
As Product Manager at Hiko Energy Insights, she plays a critical role in helping New Zealand’s electricity distribution businesses harness smart meter and network sensor data to make smarter, data-driven decisions. With a wealth of expertise, she is dedicated to using data to drive innovation, efficiency, and sustainability in the electricity industry
Ben Faulks
Data Scientist
Ben is interested in how data and tools allow networks to make informed decisions, improve efficiency and reliability.
With a background in data science, his favourite thing about working in the energy industry is the rich data, and how there is always more to learn and improve on.
Ben is also passionate about contributing towards decarbonisation and a sustainable energy future. He has a Masters of Applied Data Science from the University of Canterbury.
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Calvin Varney
Senior Software Engineer
Calvin brings 20 years of engineering and technical lead experience at IAG, AMI and Lyttelton Port Company to our team.
Calvin is interested in how data science and software engineering can improve network management. He works to extract insights from billions of data points, to support networks with decision making, progressing new initiatives like carbon reduction, and improve quality of service.
Ryan Gilmour
Software Engineer - Energy Systems
Ryan is an energy systems and simulations specialist. He’s interested in how data science and data engineering tools can enable networks to make better decisions and operate reliably, while working towards decarbonisation.
Ryan has been in the energy industry for over 5 years, focusing on LV networks and innovation projects for adding renewables to the grid. He has a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering with Renewable Energy from The University of Edinburgh.