The Demand Logic story
Our Founders met in a pub, frustrated by the fact that most buildings are broken. They waste energy, cause people discomfort, and need fixing. They thought that this waste of time and money was insane. Joe, Mike and Dan wanted to change the way we run buildings. Make them smarter and easier to manage.
We have over the last few years combined practical experience in building engineering and software development, with gurus in embedded devices and physics. The innovation kindling of a tech start-up. Add in some bright young things willing to think differently about the world, to make it more sustainable, and you have the fire started under an exciting new business.
We are now transforming the way buildings are managed. Simplifying how to measure and improve property performance. Our customers agree and are fanning the flames of our fast-growing business. Using digital intelligence to act. If you share a passion for smart, sustainable buildings and using software technology to change the real estate market then come and have a chat with the Demand Logic team. You’ll always be welcomed at our office in Plexal City, Here East. Going to the pub (downstairs) is still part of what we do.
Executive management
Mike is a leading expert in building services engineering, and
has worked in the field for over 20 years. He has designed and
delivered controls systems for multi-million pound
installations, including for major banks, covering
business-critical systems. Mike leads all our engineering and
energy efficiency work and provides consultancy support for
clients.
Dan is an experienced developer of enterprise information and
ecommerce systems and has an MSc in Information Systems from
City University for which he won a departmental award. Dan
leads on the development of Demand Logic's core software, from
the underlying data management engines to the front-end web
application.
Joe is a clean-tech innovator and advocate who has worked for
over 25 years in the sustainability sector, both in campaign
organisations and start-ups. He has a degree in
physics/philosophy from York University, trained in journalism
at Reuters, has an MSc in renewable energy technology and a
masters in sustainable development. Before co-founding Demand
Logic, he successfully promoted demand response in policy and
Parliament. At Demand Logic he leads on innovation, science and
machine learning, as well as working on design, communications
and development.
Nils has been building and running Open-Source based IT and IoT
infrastructure for more than 20 years. He worked as a network
engineer, software maintainer, server administrator,
cryptographer, protocol analyst, Linux instructor and more.
He finds pattern in noise and brings structure to
chaos. At Demand Logic, Nils is responsible for our cloud and IoT
infrastructure, embedded devices and data acquisition. He also
helps Joe with our number crunching engine.
The team
Alex Amies
Senior technical account manager
Alex is a chartered engineer (CEng, MCIBSE) and controls
specialist with seven years' experience working in HVAC
engineering design and building optimisation. He has an MEng in
Mechanical Engineering and an MSc in Building Services
Engineering. After a couple of years working as a consultant
BMS Design Engineer at Foster + Partners he became a BMS
Project Engineer for Schneider Electric on the construction of
Goldman Sachs' European HQ.
Sam David
Technical account manager
Sam has a BSc in Physics and Astrophysics, and having worked in
both a legal tech startup and a short stint in the insurance
industry, he is now combining his development background with
his account management and business aspirations at Demand
Logic. His role is to support the onboarding of new accounts,
provide customers with day-to-day operational support and
assist the team with building performance analysis.
Salman Hasnat
Trainee building performance analyst
Salman has a HND in Mechanical
Engineering and is undergoing a two year Building service
engineer and project manager apprenticeship at Demand
Logic.
William Hulls
Head of strategic partnerships
Will has over seven years' experience working in the Property
& FM sector; working in a variety of roles including Sales
and Operations. He has developed a deep knowledge of the
sector, clients' requirements and the foundations of a strong
commercial delivery. Will developed a keen interest in the
Smart Buildings environment and a passion for moving the
industry towards a more analytical and modern data-led
approach. Calling on his experience in the sector, Will
provides valuable insights for our clients to create solutions
to support their business.
Dal Mauger
Finance and HR manager
Dal is a part qualified (CIMA) Management Accountant with a
background spanning 20+ years in the NHS, with roles in credit
control, patient admissions, and for the most part, a lengthy
career in accounting (at Barts and later UCLH). Dal has a BA
(Hons) in Accounting, and has joined the DL team as a Finance
Manager providing HR and admin support.
Phil Mauger
Senior software developer and program manager
Phil has been working in the IT Industry for over 30 years,
being involved in large scale banking operations through to
smaller mobile apps. Phil has worked on software development,
and also project and program management for both software and
IT infrastructure teams. In addition he has worked as a
management and business consultant for small to medium sized
businesses.
Geoff Parsons
Strategic partnerships manager
Geoff is a chartered surveyor with over four years' experience
in commercial property asset management where he worked with
international property funds, property developers and family
investors. During this time he developed an interest in
occupier focused management initiatives and the role that smart
building systems play in delivering this. Geoff brings a wealth
of knowledge on the stakeholders who own, operate and occupy
property and provides a pragmatic insight in how new technology
solutions can benefit the industry.
Steve has been developing software in the environmental, social
and governance sector for over 10 years with a special interest
in energy and environmental sustainability, holding first class
degrees in both BSc Computer Science and MSc Environmental
Conservation Management. Steve is primarily focussed on
enhancing and increasing Demand Logic's suite of data
visualisation tools.
In a nearly-20-year career, Sam has been a SysAdmin, DevOps
Engineer, Head Of Robots, Operations Engineer, Backend Engineer
and is now an Infrastructure Engineer, automating everything he
can get his hands on. He's has been playing
with computers for far longer than he cares to recall, and when
he’s not doing that he’s probably playing his drums.
Jolly Pradhanang
Building performance analyst
Jolly achieved a BEng in Civil Engineering and after working
several years in an architecture firm she developed an interest in
the energy industry and completed an MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering
from Kingston University. She has been working in the energy management
sector since, and is also pursing Energy Management Level 2 training from
the Energy Institute.
Ian Shaw
Technical services manager
Ian has over 20 years' experience in building services
engineering, predominantly with electrical and control systems,
for organisations and projects across many sectors. Ian
supports Demand Logics clients and the internal technical and
business teams.
Nick Smith
Head of business operations
Nick is an engineer and chartered accountant (ACA) having
qualified with PwC before working in senior commercial roles in
the energy industry. More recently he has held corporate
development, commercial and operational roles at cleantech
start-ups involved in atmospheric water generation and green
logistics. He combines his technical and commercial backgrounds
to understand the operational and business needs of our current
and future partners.
After studying for a BEng in Electronics Engineering with
Computer Science, Chris gained an MRes in Human Computer
Interaction and became interested in the green tech sector.
Since then he has worked for Cambridge University and startups
within the sustainability and energy saving sector, developing
multiple data visualisation, processing and storage systems for
energy and behaviour information. Chris works on the platform
and services infrastructure at Demand Logic.