ACE Leadership Team
The ACE leadership team brings together SCADA engineering, strategic alliances, finance and project management. Our leaders support utility, energy and industrial projects across Australia.
Leadership Across Engineering and Project Delivery
Our managers work alongside the technical team, from design and testing through to completion and operational support. This keeps engineering decisions connected to project needs.
Aidan Montague
Aidan brings more than 25 years of sales and marketing experience, alongside an engineering and technology background. He has served as Chair and Non-Executive Director of listed and private companies in Australia. He also helped establish and grow Cisco Systems in Australia and held senior roles internationally.

Jordan Zhao
Jordan is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of Engineers Australia. He brings over 20 years of SCADA and operational technology experience across energy, water, wastewater, oil and gas, and environmental projects. His expertise spans SCADA architecture, control systems and industrial communications. This includes RTUs, PLCs, radio, cellular and satellite networks.
Jordan’s honours include Engineers Australia Professional Engineer of the Year finalist recognition and the 2007 Mondialogo Engineering Award. The latter was organised through Daimler and UNESCO’s Mondialogo initiative. View Jordan’s honours and awards.

Leana Jonker
Leana has worked in finance and accounting since 1996, in Australia and internationally. Her experience includes corporate accounting systems, financial management and audit. Since 2014, she has also worked in the water and power industries.
John Archibald
John is a PMP-certified project manager with 35 years of experience across Australia, the UK and the USA. He has led automation, control system and technology projects for utilities, energy, healthcare and critical infrastructure. His work covers planning, budgets, schedules and risk management.
Capacity · Capability · Culture
Assurance
Our ISO-certified quality framework supports project delivery. We focus on clear requirements, documented work and testing.
Customer Service
We build client relationships through clear scope and regular communication. We also work with clients to manage project changes.
Environmental Awareness
Our ISO 14001 certification supports environmental management. We consider environmental requirements as part of project planning and delivery.
Work with our leadership team
Discuss your requirements with the ACE leadership team, or explore our utility SCADA services.