Tiaan Viljoen
Director at South18Aero
Western Cape, South Africa
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Top SchoolTiaan Viljoen is a technology entrepreneur and director with over 11 years leading firms that blend software, IoT, and renewable energy solutions from the Western Cape, South Africa. He co-runs and advises multiple companies—Micasa Energy Solutions, Qwix Group, Qwix Technology and South18Aero—translating system design and project management experience into integrated smart-home and Solar PV offerings. As a hands-on software architect and IoT specialist, he pairs home automation expertise with pragmatic energy system deployment, bridging firmware, cloud services and on-site engineering. His background stretches from early software engineering and PC hardware retail to founding and running niche businesses, giving him both technical depth and commercial acumen. Notably, he combines gadget-level curiosity with a practical focus on scalable, deployable solutions—often delivering end-to-end projects that others split across teams. Based in the Western Cape, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a product-oriented outlook to renewable and automation technology initiatives.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
ND Information Technology Information Technology, ND Information Technology Information Technology at Cape Peninsula University of TechnologyMatric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, Matric High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Jan van Riebeeck
Afrikaans, English
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Github Skills (116)
python10
automation10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
home-automation10
garden10
3d-printer10
iot10
octoprint10
internet-of-things10
asyncio10
privacy10
raspberry-pi10
firmware9
printer9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
tiaanv/esphome-components
Dec 2021 - Jun 2022
Esphome Components for Home Assistant
Contributions:1 review, 8 commits, 5 PRs in 6 months
assistanthacshome-automationhome-assistantesphome
tiaanv/ha-eskom-loadshedding
Dec 2020 - Jul 2022
Fetches loadshedding data from Eskom
Contributions:1 release, 13 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 7 months
loadsheddingfetcheseskom
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