Our dynamic team is made up of energetic, highly motivated people dedicated to delivering intelligent data to our customers. Our engineers include factory-qualified SCADA system integrators & trained ION Administrators and have over 100 years combined industry experience.

Richard Schwass

Managing Director

In 1996, Richard met Keith Hitchings (the founder of Quasar Electronics) at a trade show. Richard's interest in the Power Measurement products that Quasar supplied drove him to learn all he could about these products. This developed into a such a strong interest that he set up his own company to help Quasar integrate these metering solutions. In 2007, Richard merged his company with Quasar Electronics to become the Quasar Systems that we have today.

The possibilities that energy and power quality data have for transforming businesses is what really motivates Richard. He looks forward to see what the future holds for energy management in New Zealand with so many emerging technologies coming to the fold.

On the weekends, Richard is usually tearing up some remote valley track on his adventure motorcycle. If Richard could invite anyone (living, deceased or imaginary) to a dinner party, he’d invite Elon Musk, Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla (and a translator).

Engineering

Eric Tjiptadjaja
Engineering Team Leader

Responsibilities: Providing leadership and assistance to our engineering team. Building and installing ADMS, video surveillance and energy monitoring systems.

The most unique place Eric’s travelled to: an offshore drilling platform. Sometimes a bit boring but consider how many people will ever have a chance to go there.

Arneil Dalope
Senior Project Engineer

Responsibilities: Project management, design and development of energy metering systems and teaching of training courses.

On weekends, you can usually find Arneil: in the kitchen cooking a big breakfast for his family.

Leah Sun
Project Engineer

Responsibilities: Development, design and commissioning of power management systems.

Leah’s ideal superhero power: Immortality (provided I also have the power to give it up) – then I have infinite time to learn everything

Moria van Greunen
Project Engineer

Responsibilities: Development, design and commissioning of energy/power management systems. Providing technical support of the power system metering data collection and verification systems.

Moria’s favourite travel spot: Africa – love the animals, bush and snorkelling in tropical waters

Welly Xu
Project Engineer

Responsibilities: Development, design and commissioning of energy/power management systems using a range of Schneider Electric products.

Welly’s ideal superhero power: Flying - it would save me a lot of money travelling around the world!

Sales and Marketing

Greg Hansen
Sales & Marketing Manager

Responsibilities: Leading the sales and marketing team, building and maintaining relationships with clients and managing marketing activities.

Greg’s ultimate dinner party guests: Richard Branson, Roger Federer and Dave Grohl

John Billows
Business Development / Technical Sales

Responsibilities: Identifying new business opportunities and building and maintaining relationships with prospective and current clients.

John’s hidden talent: I’m a musician, songwriter and producer

Caroline Dovey
Sales & Marketing Administrator

Responsibilities: Supporting the sales team, managing our digital presence and other marketing activities.

Caroline’s favourite travel spot: Vanuatu – a beautiful place with friendly people, great weather and lots to do.

Finance and Operations

Michael Schwass
Finance Manager

Responsibilities: Overseeing Quasar’s day-to-day financial operations and performing financial analysis, reporting and management activities.

Melissa Brandt
Office Manager

Responsibilities: Supporting company operations, managing daily office operations, ensuring the Quasar team are supported and managing enquiries.

Favourite quote: “Have Courage and Be Kind” - Cinderella

Gail Griffiths
Office Administrator

Responsibilities: Organising and administering daily operations of the office, providing assistance to team members and managing customer enquiries.

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University of Canterbury

How we designed and implemented an EcoStruxure Power solution at University of Canterbury

Our History

We have been around since 1983. Learn more about our history.