About Us

James is a former operational meteorologist, and has worked as a senior manager in the weather industry. James has designed, built and operated real-time modelling systems for industrial applications, bringing key expertise to the deployment of our operational products and services. James sees the integration of increasing solar and storage as a singularly critical technology challenge of the next 10 years. Connect on LinkedIn.

Ben is a growth driver whose entrepreneurial instincts and adaptive thinking led him to found multiple businesses before joining Solcast. He holds a Bachelor of Business (Finance & Accounting) from the University of Technology Sydney. Ben is passionate about solving complex problems, and is keenly focused on the challenges of increasing the penetration of renewables into the grid. Connect on LinkedIn.

Alex's goal is to lead the growth of Solcast's technical team to provide the best and most stable service to our global customers. In the past, he has worked on the delivery of many mission critical projects in the Mining, Transport, Payments and Medical sectors using cloud services to deliver excellent performance at any scale. Alex graduated a bachelor of Mechatronic Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Sydney.

Harry is Solcast's Lead Modeller and forecast systems engineer, leading our modelling team and responsible for data quality and data value across Solcast. Harry holds a BEng (Hons I) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Sydney, and a Grad. Dip. in Meteorology from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). He has worked as an operational Meteorologist and as a forecast systems scientist at the BoM.

Michael is Solcast's Development Team Lead and software developer experienced in designing and delivering consumer and enterprise applications. Michael is focused on helping customers access our products and profit from the economic and environmental benefits of solar forecasting.

Hugh is a Data Scientist at Solcast. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons. I) in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Combustion from University of Sydney. Hugh believes that renewable energy is critical to ensuring a cleaner and safer world going forward and is excited to play a part in helping fulfil that potential.

Alistair is an entrepreneur at heart who has developed strong business development/growth skills working in previous start-up companies. He studied at the University of Sydney completing a Bachelor of Science (Marine Science & Physiology) which sparked his passion for renewables and climate science. He enjoys networking and is always looking to grow his connections in what he believes to be the next BIG industry.

Steve is a Software Developer with 30+ years of experience designing and delivering high-performance systems for modelling and database analysis. Steve is focused on implementing fast, efficient and robust backend systems to help our modellers and customers access our products quickly and reliably.

Paul is a Software Developer at Solcast, with a background which includes 20+ years developing trading systems for Fintech companies. He holds a Bachelor in Mathematics and a Graduate Certificate in Data Science and Innovation. Paul is excited to be part of a team that will enable him to use his acquired skills to aid in the development of services that will play a role in our renewable future.

Eugene is a fresh developer, having only graduated from a Bachelor of Computer Science this year with a major in Artificial Intelligence. He has transitioned to the role after spending the last 10 years working in the film and television sector and is excited to adapt and grow with his new career path.

Lachlan is a Software Developer specialising in API development, AWS and DevOps. He holds a Bachelors of Information Technology from the University of Technology Sydney.

Lachlan enjoys designing and building fast, scalable and secure platforms that customers can rely on for their business critical systems. He has previously built API solutions for banking, government and healthcare industries.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree and a Masters degree in computational mathematics and has worked in marine meteorology for over 20 years before moving over to the renewable energy industry. As a former professional offshore racing yachtsman, he has sailed around the world several times and has a keen interest in applying modelling solutions to real-world problems and has a strong appreciation for the differences between theory and reality.

Michael strives to make a meaningful contribution to the renewable energy transition through production of high quality and dependable solar radiation data. He previously worked at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) developing software for weather forecast production and verification and has held team leader and operational meteorology roles. He has a Grad. Dip. in Meteorology from BoM, a D.Phil. in computational chemistry from the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science (Hons) from the University of Sydney.

Nick is an expert in the field of solar radiation and distributed solar PV modelling, and has co-founded Solcast out of a sincere desire to enable others to build the solar-powered future. Nick displays an unusual level of passion for developing applied research projects and collaborating with industry to make BIG ideas a reality. Read more about Dr. Engerer's scientific papers. Follow Nick on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.