Who We Are

The HV Power team consists of nine professionals, who amongst them provide:

Competent product selection assistance and product support
Significant application engineering and institutional knowledge
Confidence in the world class products we supply
Timely and thorough responses to all technical queries
Practical training of contractors and operational staff
Assistance in the development and application of settings for products we supply
Access to the resources of our suppliers when needed
The best after sales support presently available in New Zealand

	Geoff Vaughan, Founder and Managing Director Email or phone +64-9-304-1681 Geoff has 30 years experience as an importer of niche electrical and electronic technologies. Since establishing the company in 1994, he has built a company offering leading edge products and exceptional service to the power industry. He's handpicked a team with expertise, dedicated to supporting the customer. Geoff's role is developing opportunities for new technologies and solutions.
	Mike Strong, General Manager and Director Email or phone +64-9-304-1684 Mike joined the team in 2003, bringing practical experience of contracting and project management within the power industry. Mike's role as HV Power's General Manager is to lead the team and to co-ordinate and manage the company and its resources.
	Warwick Beech, Sales & Marketing Manager Email or phone +64-4-387-7339 Originally employed by NZED, for the last decade Warwick has worked internationally as a Product Manager in the power quality industry. On his return to Wellington, New Zealand he set up a local office for HV Power. His current role is sales and marketing manager.
	Vladimir Brijacek, Services Manager Email or phone +64-9-304-1685 Vladimir is well-known in the industry as an experienced electrical engineer. He's gained 30 years of practical knowledge working originally for power utilities in Croatia, and more recently, with local NZ contractors. At HV Power, he's responsible for the services we provide to customers. These include training, project management and commissioning support.
	Robert Knight, Sales Engineer Email or phone +64-9-304-1683 Rob recently emigrated to NZ having completed a successful career in the Royal Navy. He has extensive experience in marine electrical applications and brings additional skills to the HV Power team.
	Cesar Uribe, Sales Engineer Email or phone +64-9-3041686 Cesar joined us in 2011, bringing extensive experience obtained with his engineering role with Siemens high voltage substation projects in Colombia. His role as HV Power Sales Engineer is to help customers quickly identify appropriate solutions utilising the products we represent..
	Marcus Ling, Product Specialist Email or phone +64-9-304-1688 Marcus Ling, formerly from Siemens NZ, has for many years been associated with the sale of primary plant to the local PTD sector. His role is to develop opportunities for new solutions.
	Nick Bowe, Protection Engineer Email or phone +64-9-304-1689 Nick’s role of Protection Engineer involves supporting our customers with the application, commissioning and operation of the SIPROTEC protection relays and our other IED products. Nick joins us following his hiatus at University to gain his Masters. Prior to that, Nick was a Protection Engineer for local distribution company.
	John Parker, Integration Engineer Email or phone +64-9-304-1682 John joins us from South Africa where he developed considerable expertise in the area of industrial controls and SCADA communications. John’s role is to support HV Power’s customers with SCADA connection of our products. He also supports our SICAM PAS customers and addresses IEC 61850 communication and network topology issues.

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