DR. FELIX GUERZONIShell Shanghai Technology

Felix is a Product Application Specialist for Industrial & Specialty Oils at Shell Shanghai Technology Ltd, Shanghai, China. Felix has over 20 years’ international experience in the industry in a number of product development, portfolio management and technical service roles

NIKLAS GUSTAVSSONABB

Niklas has 10 years of experience with Research & Development, and product management for tap-changers within ABB. In his current position as Product Manager, Niklas is responsible for life-cycle management and strategic planning for the complete tap-changer portfolio

DR THOMAS SMOLKAReinhausen Australia

Thomas is the Managing Director at Reinhausen, Australia. Prior to this he was Head of Technology Power Distribution in Regensburg and Chief Engineer at High Voltage Institute of RWTH Aachen University. He studied Electrical Engineering and holds a PhD from RWTH Aachen University.

MARYAM KHALLAGHIOMICRON electronics Australia

Maryam is an Electrical Engineer in the field of Power. After graduation in 2007, she commenced work with a panel manufacturer (MIC) and quickly moved on to the mother company, FULMEN which built Turnkey substations in Iran. Her area of focus being OMICRON test equipment and Hyundai Heavy Industries Transformers. She moved to Australia in 2011 and Joined OMICRON electronics as an application engineer. She currently holds the position of Engineering and Sales Manager of the Oceania region at OMICRON.

CHIAN YAWNynas Asia Pacific

Chian is the Head of Technical Development & Market Support for Nynas, Asia Pacific. This position covers a variety of applications for Nynas specialty mineral oils and particularly that of insulating oils.

He holds a Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia.

TERENCE LEEFM Global Australia

Terence Lee is the Chief Engineering Technical Specialist for FM Global’s Asia Operation, based in Sydney, Australia. FM Global provides property insurance to commercial and industrial clients all over the world.

Terry comes from a power utility background and has spent some time working in the mining industry. He earned a B.E degree in Electrical Engineering, a B.Sc degree in Physics and a Master of Risk Management from Monash University. Terry is a member of the IE Aust, IEEE, ASME and CIGRE

MARK TOSTRUDDynamic Ratings Inc USA

Mark Tostrud is the Principal Engineer Manager for Dynamic Ratings, Inc. Prior to this Mark was a Construction & Maintenance Supervisor at We Energies. During his 19 years at We Energies, Mark led the implementation of many of the condition based monitoring programs for We Energies’ substation equipment.

CORNELIUS PLATHOMICRON electronics Austria

Cornelius graduated with a diploma degree in Electrical Power Engineering and Business Administration from the RWTH Aachen University, Germany. During his studies he was involved with several industry funded research projects on condition assessment of electrical

power apparatus at the Institute of High Voltage Technology. He joined OMICRON in 2010 as an Application Engineer, and currently holds the position of Product Manager for transformer testing solutions. He has vast international application experience, specializing in electrical diagnostics of circuit breakers and transformers.

DR. TONY MCGRAILDoble Engineering Company USA

Tony is the Doble Engineering Solutions Director for Asset Management and Monitoring Technology, providing condition, criticality and risk analysis for many organizations. Previously Tony spent over 10 years with National Grid in the UK and the US. In the UK he was a substation equipment specialist, with a focus on power transformers, circuit breakers and integrated condition monitoring.Tony has a BSc in Physics, an MSc and a PhD in EE and an MBA. Tony has a commitment to lifelong learning and is an Adjunct Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, leading courses in power systems analysis and power distribution.

KERRY WILLIAMSK-BIK Power Australia

Kerry is a registered and chartered professional electrical engineer with 40 years’ experience in the industry and managers his own small consulting business. He has an extensive and diverse background in utility substation asset management, refurbishment, condition monitoring, maintenance and failure investigations. He is a member of CIGRE, IEEE, and works with Universities to support students and encourage research and innovation within the industry.

BRENT WILSONMeridian Energy New Zealand

Brent is the Engineering Strategy Manager for Meridian Energy. Brent started in the power industry 29 years ago. Since then he has completed his Electrical Trade Certificate, NZCE and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree with 1st Class Honours (BE Hons) from the University of Canterbury.

BRETT HORWELL

Meridian Energy New Zealand

Brett Horwell is a Project Manager at Meridian Energy with five years’ experience leading projects within the energy sector. Brett is currently managing several capital works projects within Meridian’s Strategic Asset Management team. He has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree (BE Hons) from the University of Canterbury, Project Management Professional (PMP) and is in his final year of a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).

THOMAS SCHUTTE ABB MICAFIL Bushings Switzerland

Thomas Schütte received his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bochum/Germany. After receiving his MBA in 1990, he worked for ABB in Switzerland and in the USA as an R&D, Project, Sales and Commissioning Engineer. From 2000 to 2010, he assumed engineering management roles at Alstom Power. After 5 Years with Axpo, a Swiss utility, he rejoined ABB in 2015 and now heads the engineering department at Micafil. He is patent holder, author of several technical papers and an IEEE member.

DR. ROLF ZÖLLNER TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH Switzerland

Rolf received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Technical Engineering in Munich (Technische Universität München). He joined TÜV SÜD in 2007 after engineering activities for German car manufacturers. He developed risk assessment and risk management approaches in various industrial sectors. Fields of his activities are consultancy and testing on product safety essentially for the European Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC and Functional Safety. He is member of the Center of Competences Machinery Safety as well as Functional Safety.