Engineering Expertise Powering the Energy Transition
Our Leadership Team
Our leadership team brings decades of combined experience delivering complex power system and renewable energy projects across Australia’s major electricity networks. With deep expertise in grid integration, system planning, compliance, and performance assessment, the team provides trusted technical leadership across the full project lifecycle.
Hesam MARZOOGHI, PhD
Co-founder | Director
Hesam has over 12 years of experience in GTPS and NER compliance, commissioning, and model validation for renewable energy projects across the Australian NEM and international power systems. He currently serves as Principal Engineering Lead – RMS at ACEREZ (CWO REZ), leading the technical delivery of Australia’s first Renewable Energy Zone.
Mohammad SEIDALI, PhD
Co-founder | Director
Mohammad brings more than 11 years of experience in power system planning, dynamic and EMT studies across Australia and internationally. As an EMT Lead at ACEREZ, he supports generator connection and renewable energy projects across the NEM, from early feasibility and connection studies through to commissioning, testing, and detailed model validation.
Shabir AHMADYAR, PhD
Co-founder | Director
Shabir has over 15 years of experience in power system planning, stability, and generator connection studies across Australia and international networks. His work spans RMS and EMT analysis, technology assessment, and R2 commissioning, with extensive experience across the NEM, SWIS, NWIS, and large-scale renewable energy projects.
WORKING WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND
Our Partners
We collaborate with a broad range of industry stakeholders to deliver technically sound, independent, and practical power system solutions across Australia and internationally.
Strategic Network Solutions works collaboratively with Network Service Providers, System Operators, Regulators, Project Developers, Investors, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contractors, and Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) across Australia and internationally. Through these partnerships, we provide independent, technically rigorous advice supporting project development, grid connection, compliance, and commissioning, enabling the efficient delivery of complex energy infrastructure projects.
Engineering Insight Delivered with Clarity, Rigor, and Purpose
A Structured, Independent Approach to Solving Complex Power System Challenges
Team's Past Projects Snapshot
- B – Battery Energy Storage Systems
- D – Distributed Energy Resources
- G – General, technology-agnostic studies
- H – Hybrid projects
- T – Traditional synchronous technology (including synchronous condensers)
- S – Solar farms
- W – Wind farms
Focused Research for Modern Power Systems
Our Research
Through collaboration with industry stakeholders, our research delivers independent, technically sound, and industry-relevant insights that address contemporary power system challenges in Australia and globally.
- S. Ahmadyar, “Inertia support from grid-forming wind farms,” presented at the EECON 2024 Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2024.
