Crane Power appoints chief operating officer

Ivan Steenhuyse has been appointed chief operating officer at Crane Power based in New Zealand.

Crane Power makes battery energy storage systems (BESS) most often used to run tower cranes. It is rapidly expanding its footprint in Australia and Europe, with plans to start soon in the USA.

Ivan Steenhuyse, Crane Power COO. Photo: Crane Power

Steenhuyse is an electrical engineer from Belgium with experience in contract manufacturing and supply chain leadership. He worked in satellite communications, marine technology and propulsion businesses.

Extensive experience

In his previous job he “built operations processes from the ground up to scale production, procurement and logistics for global distribution,” CranePower said.

Commenting on his appointment Steenhuyse said, CranePower has built a world class sustainable solution to a real, existing problem, and that’s exactly the kind of work I want to be part of. Clean energy isn’t just a growing market to me – it’s a chance to apply everything I’ve learned about operations and scaling to something that actually matters.”