About

Mark Duncan - Managing Director, has been selling AC motor control equipment in NZ for more than 25 years. Mark has a solid technical electrical background, has a broad understanding of all applications and can service the products he sells. He has a strong focus on solar, battery energy storage and electricity network power quality matters.

Brent Sheridan - Operations Director, has a diverse background of knowledge acquired in motor control applications and industrial automation, having sold AC motor control equipment both in NZ and internationally for more than 27 years. Brent can also engineer and service what he sells. He has a strong focus on utility scale solar and battery energy storage solutions.

Pat O’Dea - National Sales Manager, has years of heavy industrial electrical experience as both hands on and in management roles. Pat has held the position of engineering manager for a large manufacturing plant so knows that not all breakdowns are electrical! He also has a sound understanding of the network utility industry having worked in this sector for a number of years. Pat is responsible for heading up the national sales team for our AC motor control and Power Quality ranges.

Jason Curtis - Renewables Operations Manager, brings his year of experience in an industrial and renewables support role to that of Operations Manager. Jason heads up our pre-sales support, after sales engineering support, commissioning, and service support for our utility scale solar and battery energy storage projects. He has many years of experience in AC motor control and power quality support too, making him a very well rounded Operations Manager that customers can rely on.

Andrew Sadgrove - Sales Engineer (S.I), brings with him expertise from Australia’s Iron Ore industry in both maintenance and planning roles. He understands the requirements for continuous plant operation through reactive and preventative maintenance. Andrew has had some solid exposure with various variable speed drive applications.

Darren Greetham - Industrial Support Technician, hails from Sheffield, England where he has many years experience as an industrial electrician. He has solid experience in the construction, controls design, panel wiring, site commissioning and after sales technical support of industrial equipment. Darren provides phone support, after sales service and conducts onsite power quality audits. He is the go to man who can provide over the phone commissioning and fault finding support when you’re standing there in front of your variable speed drive tasked with the job of making it go!

Chris Hill - Sales Engineer (N.I), has an industrial electrical background. Previously, he worked as a field application engineer, where he provided support and expertise in control, electrical, and SCADA operations for council water systems. Chris possesses extensive knowledge and experience in reactive/preventive maintenance and planning and brings his knowledge of integrating variable speed drives into industrial applications to our customers. He’ll talk your language with you when you deal with him!

Mike Townsend - Service Engineer, has been there done that in the industrial electrical field. He has owned his own industrial electrical service business for 23 years and worked as maintenance electrician in plants that operate 24/7 so knows the pressures of keeping a plant running. Mike services our AC motor control and power quality product ranges and can provide onsite preventative maintenance servicing too.

David Kirby - Renewables Service Engineer, is an inverter technical service specialist with more than 27 years of experience in this field. David’s knowledge has been built up through both inside service department work and field service work. He has a strong understand of the NZ electricity distribution business too. He provides planned maintenance and after sales breakdown support along with installation support and project delivery for our solar, battery energy storage and EDB customers.

Daniel Burrows - Sales Engineer (S.I), With 16 years of electrical industry experience and roots in a solid rural Canterbury upbringing, he offers a blend of practical know-how and analytical savvy. Working predominantly as an industrial service electrician, he knows firsthand the importance of minimizing downtime and ensuring smooth operations. Transitioning into roles with the local network authority and as a quantity surveyor, Daniel developed a keen understanding of the critical role numbers play in business success. His journey of hands-on experience and sharp insights have aimed him at having the skills and expertise necessary to assist customers with the selection and purchase of the most suitable solutions to keep plant and equipment running smoothly and efficiently.

Matt Jones - Renewables Service Technician, brings extensive experience in industrial electrical, power electronics servicing, industrial product sales and business ownership now applying his expertise with the renewables engineering team at Power Electronics NZ. Based in Napier, he's enjoying returning to his roots in power electronics with a fresh perspective, providing engineering, service and commissioning services to our renewable's customers.

Alex Barros - Renewables Service Technician, is originally from Brazil, where he worked primarily in the industrial sector, focusing on motors and automation systems. After relocating to New Zealand nearly a decade ago, Alex has built a diverse and hands-on career in the electrical industry, primarily in the Marlborough region where he helped delivery a number of solar projects. As part of the renewables engineering team, Alex assists with delivering new projects and providing technical service support for our renewable’s customers.