Robert May
Product Manager at Energy Exemplar
Adelaide, South Australia
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Top SchoolRobert May is a product manager and data scientist with two decades of engineering experience applying AI, modelling and optimisation to water, wastewater and energy systems across Australia, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He builds practical decision-support and market analytics products—now shaping decarbonisation and energy market features in PLEXOS—by combining doctoral-level AI research with hands-on operational delivery of trading, storage and demand-response systems. His career spans R&D, global technical roles and utility energy portfolio management, giving him rare insight into both algorithmic innovation and the constraints of real-world infrastructure operations. Based in Adelaide, he has repeatedly translated complex water-energy nexus problems into deployed optimisation tools that reduce cost and risk while enabling renewable integration. Notably, he has led operational bidding platforms for distributed batteries and contributed to SA Water’s Zero Cost Energy Future efforts, demonstrating impact beyond theory into commercial and regulatory contexts.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Seaview High SchoolPhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering, PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering at University of Adelaide
Chinese, French, EnglishGithub contributions (1)
Re-bort/NNDK
Oct 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:11 commits, 1 push in 1 year 1 month
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