About
Awesense Wireless Inc. helps utilities reduce energy loss and increase profits by using our easy to deploy line measurement system. It addresses the existing problem of a significant amount of energy that is lost in the distribution of electrical energy due to antiquated infrastructure and non-commercial losses, such as power theft. This results in a profit loss for the utility which directly affects the consumer rate payer. On average, a utility has avoidable losses of $3M per 100,000 homes, and in North America recoverable losses exceed $10B per year.
Management Team
Mischa Steiner-Jovic, CEO
Mischa, founder, President and CEO of Awesense Wireless. He holds a Diploma of Technology in Telecommunications from BCIT, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from University of Victoria. Mischa brings product development and management experience in the embedded electronics, wireless, and industrial sectors. Development experience includes product development for start-up companies within a high-tech business incubator. Mischa also represents Awesense Wireless as a voting and participating member within the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) led by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Mischa has helped initiate recycling programs in his community and is an avid advocate for energy efficiency.
Wesley Reith, Director of Sales & Marketing
Wes has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alberta. He spent over 20 years with IBM in various technical, sales and management roles. Wes has worked with utility companies in Alberta and BC implementing information technology solutions including CIS and GIS . He has experience managing sales, marketing and service teams across Canada for IBM product divisions and developing business partner channels. Before joining Awesense Wireless Wes spent his time in California developing community based wireless solutions for communications and security.
David Boone, CTO
David is Chief Technology Officer at Awesense Wireless. David has ten years of experience in embedded, application, and relational database software development including database management and server management with an emphasis on network architecture. Of these 10 years, eight have been spent in fast paced start-up client application development, and four years of client relations, project planning, and delegation. David brings extensive knowledge of software practices, development, and key focus to the Awesense team. David lives with his wife and their son in Vancouver, BC.
Yifeng “Ethan” Huang Ph.D, Software Engineering
Ethan holds a Ph.D in Engineering Science from Simon Fraser University, and holds a Masters of Applied Science from Shenyang Institute, China, and a Bachelors of Science from Tianjin University, China. Ethan is an accomplished and published engineer and has focused his career in research and development in the areas of wireless sensor networks, autonomous software applications and machine learning, efficiency analysis, and sensor data compression. Ethan brings valuable software and device engineering knowledge to the team at Awesense. Ethan lives with his wife in Vancouver, BC.
Rick Slamka P.Eng, Chief Scientist
Rick is a P.Eng with APEGBC, and has 23 years of experience in research, development, and engineering services. Rick will aid in guidance of all areas of product development. Rick brings his extensive engineering knowledge and project management experience to Awesense. Rick routinely has the lowest energy bills within the Awesense team and lives in British Columbia with his wife and three children.