Summary
Hamish Cumming is an Electrical & Software Engineer with 14 years’ experience designing substations, protection and automation systems, ADMS/SCADA integrations, communications and network security. He combines hands-on substation and switchgear engineering with software development for control systems and asset management, bridging operational technology and enterprise IT. After a decade at MainPower New Zealand leading protection, earthing and SCADA work, he now consults on advanced distribution management, modelling and protection as a freelancer. A Mechatronics BE (Hons) from the University of Canterbury, he brings a systems-thinking approach that uncovers practical solutions across radio links, voice/SCADA comms and cyber-secure networks. Notably, he pairs field-proven engineering judgement with software tooling to make complex grid operations more observable and automatable.
14 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BE (Hons), Mechatronics Engineering, BE (Hons), Mechatronics Engineering at University of Canterbury