Nexums grew from an observation I kept seeing in the market: high-voltage connections — clamps, busbar joints, flexible conductors and interfaces — aren't always the weakest link, but they are where the wrong choices most often cause problems, in an installation that has otherwise been calculated down to the last detail. Knowledge about precisely these components is remarkably fragmented in the Netherlands. I want to change that.
An unusual path
My path there is not by chance, but it is unusual. I graduated as an Aeronautical Engineer in Delft, with a strong interest in sustainable energy. My graduation research was at DENS, on a formic acid generator that produces electricity via hydrogen — engineering at the intersection of structure, safety and energy.
From calculation to practice
After graduating I joined SPIE as a Primary Engineer in high-voltage technology. During my time there, I also completed a postgraduate diploma in Electrical Engineering in Arnhem to deepen my expertise in high-voltage technology.
To truly understand the market, I deliberately stepped sideways to SBI Connectors — part of the SICAME Group, a world leader in connection technology and regular supplier to, among others, TenneT. There I worked as Sales and Account Manager and saw connection technology from a completely different angle: not the calculations, but the practical reality of suppliers, asset owners and the decisions actually made in the field.
What that delivered
That period confirmed two things. First: my heart is in engineering. Second, and this is the core of Nexums: by bringing together technology, market and product, an independent insight emerges that barely exists in this niche. I do not assess a clamp from a single interest — I look at the integrity of the connection itself.
That is what Nexums offers: an independent, standards-driven perspective on the most underestimated component of your high-voltage installation.
