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 Hans has been actively involved in soccer for 23 years – playing, coaching and donning the referee’s jersey to officiate countless amateur and even some professional games. He presently serves on an advisory committee reporting to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Soccer Association. The committee addresses referee matters such as corporate policy development and revamping the career management system. When he manages to find extra time outside of his work, family and soccer activities, Hans also enjoys language and culture – he’s fluent in German, English and French, and is currently learning Spanish. These languages come |
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in handy at work at work, and he's also put them to good use singing
tenor in various choirs over the past 10 years.
Hans received a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Waterloo in 1990, followed in 1993 by a Dipl.-Ing. from Technical University
of Braunschweig in Germany. He’s been with Acres since 2001 and has
more than 12 years experience in power transmission and distribution.
As a Power Systems Analyst with advanced skills in PSSE (a transmission
grid simulation package), Hans has had tremendous success in a wide range
of North American and international systems evaluations. His combined
computer and engineering talents enable him to write effective automation
programs that improve project time lines and product delivery for our
clients.
In a condition assessment for all transmission and distribution assets
owned by Hydro One, Hans played a key role in the creation of a multi-parameter
indexing system to measure the health of various assets. These health
indices were then applied to multiple datasets (using MS Excel, MS Access,
Oracle and Visual Basic) to calculate results and produce detailed summaries
for each of 74 asset classes.
That experience led to his current role as a core team member for the
ongoing asset condition assessment of transmission, station and distribution
assets for British Columbia Transmission Corporation. He is responsible
for data management and algorithm design, including large-volume data
manipulation.
As well, he recently conducted a transmission system impact assessment
study for a confidential North American supplier, including extensive
power-grid simulations to assess alternate transmission developments.
This study involved complex contingencies, regional power flows, and investigations
of local transmission facilities and major tie lines. Hans greatly simplified
these processes, creating software tools to automate analysis and reporting
by integrating a number of unrelated programs.
His electrical engineering and project management talents have been valuable
additions to a variety of other power projects, including: substation
design for Great Lakes Power; generator interconnection studies for five
Central American projects; transmission reliability study for Newfoundland
and Labrador Hydro; downtown underground conversion project for St. Catharines
Hydroelectric Commission; audit of a 240-kV transmission system in the
Alberta Power Pool for Engage Energy; and substation design for University
of Toronto.
With all his varied experience at play, we’re confident Hans can
help overcome the electrical engineering challenges you face in the power
transmission, distribution and generation industry. And we’re pretty
sure he can explain the difference between direct and indirect kicks in
soccer. Feel free to contact him with questions about either.
For further information, please contact:
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Hans Ziemann Acres International, Oakville, ON 905-469-3400 hziemann@acres.com
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