Robert Fensham, Umesh Kumar, and Pieter Schoonrad will be led by Jason Molloy.
Global energy and automation digital solutions provider Schneider Electric has added the new roles of field service technician, electrical/refrigeration trade technician, and technical sales engineer to futureproof and enhance the security of its operations.
The appointments bring three new members into the Schneider Electric team: Robert Fensham (technical sales engineer, commercial and industrial); Umesh Kumar (electrical/refrigeration trade technician); and Pieter Schoonrad (field service technician - secure power). They are led by data centre expert Jason Molloy, whose work has earned Schneider Electric a finalist place in the upcoming Innovation Awards, in the category of Vendor Innovation – Specialist.
Molloy said: “Because of New Zealand’s high percentage of renewable energy, we are a great place to host data centres from an efficiency perspective … we have more data centre capacity per capita than most other countries. This means we have to fast-track digital transformation and edge computing services, which will continue to grow in the next two to five years as people transition from on-premises to cloud and hybrid.
“Schneider [has] added these new experts, all with deep industry experience in New Zealand, to help service the growth we are seeing: Robert’s role is commercial industrial – the segments around water, waste water, airports, hospitals, transportation.
“Umesh’s role is a technical-based engineering position focusing on software and automation platforms of our cooling systems – he … is refrigeration-certified and highly qualified to lead this work.
“Pieter comes in to support the UPS growth of the data centre explosion we’re seeing. UPS three-phase power is in locations such as hospitals airports, and major critical power requirements. He is a registered electrician with extensive electrical experience in the commercial space.”
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