Jaco is a digital solutions architect and national lead for WSP’s Systems Integration practice. He brings with him a wealth of international experience in the fields of electrical, renewable and digital engineering. He has pioneered numerous technologies across Africa in the Smart Cities space as well as Residential, Retail, Commercial and Leisure environments. As a registered electrical engineer with an extensive background in business consulting, Jaco enables outcomes through the use of technologies. Jaco works on the development of system architectures and deployment of enterprise level digital platforms, data collection, analysis techniques, facility cybersecurity and control strategies in the built environment to find business intelligence and operational efficiencies for clients. Jaco holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cape Town.