Join the Team
At Gridcognition, we believe that the world’s big problems need big nerds to solve them.
Our Mission
Gridcognition is a software startup with a mission to accelerate the transition to a decentralised and zero-emissions energy system.
There will be trillions of dollars of investment in distributed energy assets over the coming years and decades as the energy system becomes fully decentralised, fully electrified, and zero-emissions.
We’re here to help the people rolling out these new energy assets to get both the best economic outcome for their stakeholders and the best environmental outcome to tackle the climate crisis.
High performing team
We’re unapologetic energy nerds and tech nerds, moving fast to tackle big problems
Design your setup
Create your ideal remote workspace with cash you are free to spend how you want
Freedom & Flexibility
Our high-trust distributed team gives you the freedom to work how you are most productive
Good Energy
Use your powers for good and help us accelerate the decarbonisation of the worlds energy system
Follow your passions
We think humans do their best work when they’re working on the stuff that’s important to them. Do that here.
Creative problem solving
We’re inventive and future focused. Follow your curiosity and work in an environment where you can bring your ideas to life.
Our Team
To build the technology that makes all this possible, we’ve assembled a crack team of energy gurus, software engineers and data scientists.
Fabian Le Gay Brereton
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
BSc Computer Science (Hons) University of Western Australia
Fabian is the biz guy at Gridcognition, but he’s still passionate the product and technology. He is responsible for strategy, team & culture, operations, business development, and ensuring the business has the capital to execute on our vision.
Pete Tickler
Chief Product Officer & Co-Founder
BSc Molecular Biology (Hons) University of Bath
Pete is the product guy at Gridcognition, responsible for the product vision, customer experience, product roadmap, & business development. Pete is a widely respected innovator & expert in the Australian energy industry.
David Koopmans
Chief Revenue Officer
Grad. Dip. Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
David is responsible for all revenue related activities, including marketing, customer success and sales to drive the growth of the organisation.
Dr James Barnard
Head of Data Science
MSc Cambridge University | PhD Durham (Theoretical Physics)
James is the math guy at Gridcognition and expert in data science and machine learning. He is responsible for inventing and developing the core simulation and optimisation algorithms and analytical models that power the Gridcognition software.
Adam Green
Data Engineer
Master of Science (MSc) University of Manchester, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) (Hons) University of Canterbury
Adam is an energy engineer turned data scientist. His work focuses on using data & machine learning to combat climate change. He enjoys building models to optimize the control of energy systems, and is particularly interested in the space that exists between economic and carbon optimization of energy systems.
David Yu
Senior Software Engineer
B. Commerce & B. Science, University of Western Australia
David is a software engineer with experience building enterprise grade software systems.
Formerly Telstra Purple developing software solutions for Bankwest, WorkcoverWA, Atlas professionals, Instant windscreens, and Telstra.
Alice McCullagh
Senior Software Engineer
Bachelor of Computer Science/Bachelor of Arts (Indonesian Language) from UWA
Alice is a full stack engineer, specialising in serverless AWS applications with a React frontend and has six years’ experience in software development and consulting, at Deloitte, ThoughtWorks and Telstra Purple. Previous projects include work for RAC, BankWest, 7West Media, and The Museum of Performing Arts Perth
Eddie Atkinson
Software Engineer
B.Phil (Hons), University of Western Australia
Eddie is a recent Computer Science/Data Science graduate who joined the team as a Summer intern from Startmate and we couldn’t let him go! Passionate about software, Eddie has been programming since he was 15, and has worked on a number of personal projects stretching from web apps to embedded system programming.
Thai Nguyen
Software Engineer
BSc (Engineering Science) University of Western Australia MSc (Software Engineering) University of Western Australia
Thai is a recent Software Engineering graduate. Passionate about STEM from a young age, Thai has worked on a number of personal projects ranging from web apps to natural language processing and formerly held an internship at CSIRO developing data visualisation web apps.
Clare Nolan
Customer Success Coach
Bachelor of Communications Griffith University
Clare has worked in the energy industry since 2005. She has great knowledge of the NEM, enjoys looking at interval data (seriously) and likes to learn as much as she can about the ever-changing energy efficiency industry.
Hannah Johnston
Customer Experience & Marketing Lead
BComms University of Waikato
Startmate Fellow 2020
Hannah is responsible for customer experience, marketing and communication. She has 15 years experience in marketing, strategy, digital and new product development.