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Chris O’Nions
Business Development Director

Chris has worked for Air Services Australia and has over 35 years’ experience in the secure power

Chris O’Nions
Business Development Director

Chris’s experience in the secure power industry spans over 30 years. He holds several electrical engineering qualifications and was awarded an electrical licence while working for Air Services Australia.

His work in the UPS services field with Emerson in the early 1990’s saw him gain extensive practical experience. In 1998, Chris launched MGE UPS Systems (now part of Schneider Electric) in WA, where he focused on industrial UPS systems. This involved design input and project management of secure power on some of the State’s largest mining and oil & gas projects. In 2008, Chris joined APC (now Schneider Electric), in a national leadership role, where he was the primary instigator for huge growth in their industrial secure power sector. Apart from several large LNG projects he has also worked on large power UPS projects in data centres, health, defence, energy, water, transport, telecommunications and commercial sectors.

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John Barker
Technical Services Director

John has been with Secure Power Solutions from the beginning and now has nearly 40 years’ experience …

John Barker
Technical Services Director

John brings over 35 years’ experience in the Western Australian electrical industry to Secure Power Solutions and he has been with the company from the outset. He spent the formative years of his career working for Air Services Australia as the lead electrical technical officer before joining the secure power industry in 1990.

John has been responsible for commissioning many of the flagship UPS installations in the WA oil & gas industry, remote mine sites and commercial sites. With his extensive experience commissioning industrial and customised UPS systems, he is considered a highly accomplished specialist in this sector. His widely recognised proficiency in this area regularly takes him interstate and overseas to commission and oversee projects for clients.

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Tony Rutter
Managing Director

Tony brings outstanding international expertise to Secure Power Solutions with over three decades of experience …

Tony Rutter
Managing Director

Tony brings outstanding international expertise to Secure Power Solutions with over three decades of experience in the secure power industry in both Australia and the UK.

Having completed his electronics apprenticeship with the Ministry of Defence in the UK, Tony went on to work for two leading Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) manufacturers before joining Harath and dedicating 12 years to expanding his secure power management skills.

After moving to Australia in 2007 to work for major manufacturers Chloride and APC/Schneider Electric IT, he saw a gap in the market for a solid service provider in the UPS sector.
Tony launched Secure Power Solutions in 2012 with a goal of setting a new Australian standard for secure power services and quickly met that goal.

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