Seynthan Thanapalan
Project Development Manager at Lumea
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolSeynthan Thanapalan is a Project Development Manager with 17 years of electrical engineering experience across steel manufacturing, power systems and renewable energy infrastructure. He has progressed from hands-on roles at Arrium and Platinum Cables to leading complex transformer and grid-connection projects at Hitachi Energy and now drives high-voltage project development and commercial negotiations at Lumea. Seynthan combines technical depth in transformer design, testing and delivery with commercial acumen in tendering, cost estimation and stakeholder management. He has repeatedly delivered large-scale grid and battery storage projects for clients like Tesla, AusNet and major EPC consortia, demonstrating an ability to translate technical constraints into executable commercial solutions. Outside work he channels organisational skills into mental health advocacy and live music events, a background that underscores his stakeholder engagement and community-building strengths. Based in Sydney with a UNSW honours degree in electrical engineering, he is comfortable bridging engineering detail and strategic project outcomes.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Girraween High SchoolUNSW Sydney
English, TamilGithub contributions (2)
antogerva/arch-linux-configs
Dec 2008 - Apr 2009
Contributions:63 commits in 4 months
stxza/tumblr-blog-themes
Nov 2008 - Dec 2008
Contributions:15 commits in 11 days
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