John Norwood
Founding Director, Enesys and The Project Office
MBA(tech), BE (Elec Mech), MIEAust, CPEng, NER, APEC Eng, IntPE(Aus)
John began his career in 1982 in heavy industrial engineering design leading to project management and department head with prestigious design and construction and consulting organisations including John Holland, Maunsell, Parsons Brinkerhoff, Minenco, Clough and Kinhill. He formed his own engineering design and construction consultancy in Australia known as The Project Office in 1988. TPO has completed more than 300 significant projects to date in almost every industry including mining, petrochemical, military, manufacturing, energy, water treatment, pharmaceutical, aquaculture and agriculture. TPO has designed, constructed, and supported every major algae farm and processing plant in Australia. In 2006 John created an organisation known as Enesys to specifically apply the capabilities with high-end control systems found in large industry to create novel and sustainable links between waste, energy and agriculture (enabling circular economies).
Johns broad engineering background involving detailed electrical, mechanical and process control design enables him to bridge technical gaps between disciplines and create innovative technical and economic links. He applies computer modelling to every repeatable component of engineering and economic design and more recently linked these models to create extensive Waste to Energy to Growing models called Enesys WEG. Enesys WEG technically and economically demonstrates the ability to create energy and resources from almost any waste and divert those resources to grow fruit and vegetables or to aquaculture.
Johns broad engineering background involving detailed electrical, mechanical and process control design enables him to bridge technical gaps between disciplines and create innovative technical and economic links. He applies computer modelling to every repeatable component of engineering and economic design and more recently linked these models to create extensive Waste to Energy to Growing models called Enesys WEG. Enesys WEG technically and economically demonstrates the ability to create energy and resources from almost any waste and divert those resources to grow fruit and vegetables or to aquaculture.
Dijana Dawe
Business Development, Sales and Marketing at Enesys- Ecologically Sustainable Technologies & The Project Office
Dijana began her career in book publishing in a sales capacity and progressed into business development and general management at Penguin Random House. In 2015 she moved from publishing to Enesys to commercialise and market Enesys ecologically sustainable technologies and solutions. Dijana's past experience and current role cover general management, business development, sales process and negotiations, partnership development, funding and investment sourcing, business communication, presentation, and strategic planning. Dijana is an advocate for sustainable solutions in agriculture and creating robust circular economies by harnessing the synergies that already exist within nature, exploring waste as a resource and breaking down outdated business models. Her mission is to see self-sustaining communities and fully integrated sustainable commercial precincts develop from vision to reality for a different looking future.
Graeme Townsend
Software Architect
Graeme started an electrical apprenticeship in 1989 at Portland Aluminium where he received extensive training in PLC maintenance and programming, Robotics and various other experiences, (including HV switchyard exposure and industrial automation). Upon completion of his apprenticeship and moving to Melbourne, he became involved with The Project Office and then Enesys specialising in industrial automation where he oversees the electrical design, construction and software development. (During this period he studied Software Engineering at a tertiary level). Initially employed in an engineering environment and later in a commercial IT environment, he has developed software on Windows and DOS platforms, various embedded devices, as well as Linux/Unix. He has been involved in all aspects of system development including the development of libraries, data processing, communications systems, database back-ends and graphical user interfaces using various industry-standard tools.