Ron van Alphen

My background is in automation as a system designer and quality control manager. In these roles, I have worked on large long-term projects for the Royal Netherlands Army, KZA, ING, and Equans (formerly Engie).

Tim and I have been working together on energy projects since 2005. In late 2019, we decided to establish Managed Grid BV to better and more professionally support the market.

Outside of work, I enjoy hiking, reading, and playing board/role-playing games. I particularly enjoy sitting down with multiple people during a role-playing game. This often involves coordinated teamwork, and coordinated teamwork is precisely what we do with our partners of Managed Grid.

For Managed Grid, I collect relevant data and information to make our business more customer-friendly, in order to please our stakeholders. This can include:

Market prices

Weather data

Measurement data

When it comes to managing a grid, it is important to provide the right information to the right stakeholders in a timely manner. I gather available, relevant information from external partners and build inbound and outbound website interfaces to display this information. We have built a long-standing relationship with our partners and regularly maintain personal contact. Our mutual interests ensure continuous availability of information and data. Our websites help make current and historical data transparent in real-time. For example, when there is an issue an email and/or SMS text message is sent to the relevant stakeholders.

I mainly work with:

• Tim Verbruggen

• Lars van Galen

• Joris Hamers

• Pim Dorrestijn

• Ed Diepeveen

• Ed Sabel

• Werner van der Veen

• Oeljana Smits

• Michel Kamphuis

• Inna Sokolovska

• Theo van der Ster

I have less frequent contact with:

• Remco van der Horst

• Rob van Oorschot

• Jan Daas

Projects I am currently working on:

• Imbalance Control: Setting up a website (Cost Connection and later Managed Grid) to control CHP and wind turbines on imbalance costs.

• Emergency Power Control: Setting up a website (Cost Connection and later Managed Grid) to control CHP and wind turbines on emergency power.

• Program: Setting up a website (Cost Connection and later Managed Grid) to send consumption and production programs to the responsible programs.

• FLP: Setting up energy management for FLP networks.

• Ecofactorij: Setting up energy management for Ecofactorij.

• Windnet: Setting up Managed Grid for Windnet Tholen and Windnet BV.

Projects I have worked on:

• CVBKL: Equipment system for the Royal Netherlands Army. Reverse engineered the system and rebuilt it modularly.

• AIPKL: Personnel system for the Royal Netherlands Army. Reverse engineered the system and rebuilt it modularly.

• P-Module: Personnel system for the Royal Netherlands Army. Built a user-friendly interface.

• VOSS: Financial system for ING. Designed and constructed a foreign currency agreements system.

• CMM: Initial measurement of ING's automation system.