Team on Energy Autopilot

Simon Hackett

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Simon standing beside his renewable energy system at The Vale in Tasmania.

Simon’s path to Energy Autopilot runs through three decades of building things ahead of their time — and each chapter turns out to be a rehearsal for this one.

The internet chapter. Fresh out of the University of Adelaide, Simon was part of the team that created AARNet — the first emergence of the internet in Australia — and, in 1990, co-created the world’s first Internet Toaster, arguably the first-ever IoT device. In 1991 he founded Internode , growing it into one of Australia’s largest privately held broadband companies — hundreds of staff, a quarter-million services, and a reputation built on network quality and customer service — before selling it to iiNet in 2011. Along the way: a seat on the NBN Co board and the Charles Todd Medal for contributions to Australian telecommunications.

Justin Hawkins

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Justin Hawkins is a veteran of both the energy and ISP industries. He brings decades of experience in architecting scalable and maintainable systems, with a focus on anticipating the future needs of the business and users.

He is passionate about renewable energy and providing alternatives to the “walled garden” approaches of existing cloud solutions. Giving control back to end users is a key tenet of the systems he designs.

In his spare time, he can be found tinkering with open-source software and hardware projects, practising his photography, or trying to make good sounds come out of a variety of synthesisers.

Jay Banyer

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Jay Banyer is an experienced software developer, team leader and clean energy entrepreneur. He is the creator and co-founder of ChargeHQ, a popular electric vehicle (EV) smart charging product that was acquired by Amber Electric. Jay has worked in various roles in clean energy technology since 2017, at companies including AGL, UPowr and Amber. He is a self-professed “energy nerd”, and is just as happy bench-testing EV chargers as he is working on cloud architecture.