Together with administrative support staff, PROVECTA currently employs 30 engineering and technical staff. The following is a brief statement of the experience of PROVECTA’s senior personnel:

Andrew Oates – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., Master Engineering Management
Managing Director. Twenty five years experience. Demonstrated experience in all aspects of the delivery of major control and instrumentation projects from concept to completion, utilising a number of different control system vendors equipment.

Anthony (Tony) Buncombe – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., Master Engineering Management
Principal Engineer. Twenty eight years experience. Experience in project management, design management, operations, maintenance, design, configuration, installation and commissioning of power station control systems, protection systems and instrumentation.

Don Parker – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., B.Sc. , MEng Principal Engineer
Principal Engineer / Process Control Specialist. Thirty one years experience in power plant control systems design, installation and commissioning including use of advanced control strategies, benchmarking and tuning. Extensive project coordination experience of control systems for drum and once-through boilers, at both greenfield and rehabilitation sites.

Brad Chin – B.Eng. (Hons) Elec.
Principal Engineer. Twenty four years experience. Demonstrated expertise in the design, implementation and commissioning of control systems for power station applications. Experience in project management and control systems tuning for major projects within Australia and overseas.

Peter Lane – B.App.Sc. (Hons) Industrial Chemistry. GRACI
Principal Engineer. Twenty years experience in the design, commissioning and project management of control systems, using PLC’s, SCADA systems and DCS’s from various vendors. Specialist in the fields of water treatment, materials handling, chemical control and the environment.

Ron Mastus – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., B.Sc.
Principal Engineer – Systems Integration – Expert capabilities in process IT systems application and security. Fifteen years experience in power plant control systems design, installation, commissioning, and project management. Specialist in the integration of systems from various vendors, including network design and implementation, custom software development, Unix and Microsoft Windows domain configuration and administration.

David Parslow – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., Master Engineering Management
Principal Engineer. Nineteen years experience in all facets of process control system design, installation, and commissioning of various vendors PLC, RTU, SCADA and DCS equipment. Four years experience as an on-site engineer at Wallerawang Power Station. Expertise in implementing and project managing major control system projects.

Phillip Walsh – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec.
Principal Engineer. Fifteen years experience in all aspects of the design, implementation and commissioning of control systems and electrical distribution systems for industrial applications, particularly in the use of PLC’s, SCADA systems and DCS’s.

Simon Wedgwood – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec.
Principal Engineer. Nineteen years experience in all facets of process control system design and implementation. Expertise in implementing and project managing major PLC/SCADA and DCS projects. Specialist in the integration of systems from various vendors, including network and data communications design and implementation.

Neil Ronan – B. Eng. (Hons) Elec., 
Principal Engineer. Nineteen years experience and expertise in the management, design, implementation, operation and commissioning of process control, protection, monitoring and electrical systems in the energy and minerals processing industries.

Bruce Smith - B. Eng Tech, ADipEng (Mech).
Engineering Specialist Operations and Asset Management. Seventeen years experience in operations, asset management, maintenance and commissioning of power generation plant including developing cost effective operational and control measures to enhance the overall plant performance and efficiency.