Daniel Hovy:
Daniel Hovy (IeP) is the founding member and a director of Isinyithi Electrical Protection. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PrEng #910247) with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and has been a practising consulting engineer in the water services business since 1985. He holds a B Eng (Honours) degree from the University of Pretoria. As a design engineer for several large-diameter steel pipe projects (over R850M at 2025 values, including those with diameters of 1400mm and smaller, exceeding 63km) in South Africa, he understands the dynamics of a typical steel pipe project.
Daniel Hovy has been involved in Cathodic Protection since 2012. He is a member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International (446000) and the Corrosion Institute of South Africa. He has passed the AMPP (NACE) cathodic protection courses for CP1, CP2, and CP3, and has attended the CP4 (specialist) course. He has also passed the CIP1 Corosion Inspection Programme - basically understanding coatings being applied to steel structures. Daniel is a NACE-certified Cathodic Protection Technologist and is a AMPP (NACE)-certified international instructor for CP1 and CP2. Exposure to training in the electromagnetic interference field entailed:
- AMPP (NACE) CP Interference (Cathodic Protection) in 2014 - Course passed in Texas, USA
- SES Technologies course in Canada on Power System Grounding & Electromagnetic Interference for use of CDEGS suite of programmes: Certified user Levels I & II (2015 & 2022)
- Electromagnetic Coupling Between Power Lines and Pipelines course by Terratech.
Leo Middelberg:
Leo Middelberg (In association with IeP) is a registered professional engineer in the electrical field. Leo holds a BEng (Hons) degree in electrical engineering. He has a wealth of experience in the field of industrial electrical engineering, having been involved in stand-alone power generation, non-grid electrification, and work on remote sites. His expertise lies in the design, documentation, and supervision of various electrical, control, instrumentation, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, as well as mechanical installations for industrial systems. This includes the cogeneration and utilisation of waste products to fulfil part of the energy needs of the process plant.
His work included planning substations with a capacity of up to 400kV, as well as standby and non-grid power generation utilising diesel generators and photovoltaic sources. He has extensive experience in motor control, including medium-voltage motors and variable-speed drives, as well as the instrumentation, control, and auxiliary systems required for power stations. His areas of expertise can therefore be divided into the categories of general, water and industrial process plants, petrochemical and gas, control and instrumentation, and lastly, demand-side management and energy efficiency.
