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About Presciense

Built by energy experts.
Driven by purpose.

Co-founded in 2015 by Jonathan Lishawa and Dr Gerd Busker, Presciense was built on one conviction: good engineering and straight-talking advice produce better outcomes than templated solutions. A decade on, the work keeps proving it.

Our Story Mission & Vision Leadership Industry Experience Values

Our Story

Over a decade in UK energy, connectivity and data.

Jonathan Lishawa and Dr Gerd Busker co-founded Presciense in 2015. Jonathan brought commercial and telco experience from leading UK operators and consumer electronics. Gerd brought scientific and engineering depth from high-performance computing, nuclear energy and smart infrastructure. Together they built something neither could alone.

Their founding team drew on years of work across UK utilities, telcos and national energy infrastructure, people who already knew what it takes to make smart energy work at scale.

It shows in the results. Our technology is deployed with leading utilities and telcos across the UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The platform won the European Smart Energy Award. Our leadership sits on the bodies that govern the UK's smart energy infrastructure.

Today Presciense runs three practices, IoT Energy Technology, IoT Technology & Assisted Living, and Consultative Services, all built on a single modular agent. It's an integrated capability no single-discipline firm can match.

Presciense engineers collaborating on IoT energy infrastructure
2015
Foundation

Jonathan Lishawa and Dr Gerd Busker co-found Presciense to unify smart energy and home automation on a standards-based IoT platform. Jonathan brings commercial, telco and utility expertise; Gerd brings the scientific and engineering depth.

2016
Product Trial & First Deployments

Presciense trials In-Home Displays (IHDs) and Consumer Access Devices (CADs) with major UK operators. Smart metering and connectivity programmes launched at national scale.

2017
European Smart Energy Award

Presciense wins the European Smart Energy Award.

2019–24
Sercomm Corporation Partnership

Presciense agent technology adopted by Sercomm Corporation for their smart home and gateway solutions. Technology deployed across Europe. Machine learning added for demand forecasting and grid optimisation.

2024
Device Management Platform & Virtual WAN Agent

Presciense launches a unified Device Management Platform for fleet monitoring and control of IHD and CAD units. Development begins on next-generation Virtual WAN agent technology. Consultative Services combines regulatory and deployment experience with strategic energy advisory.

2025
Assisted Living & On-Device AI

Platform extends to connected care with assisted living features. On-device AI integration using sub-1B parameter LLMs brings intelligent automation directly to the gateway, enabling real-time decision-making without cloud dependency.

Professionals collaborating around a boardroom table, reflecting the expertise behind Presciense
10+
Years of IoT & energy expertise
3
Practice areas
Winner
European Smart Energy Award

Mission

To accelerate the global energy transition through intelligence, technology and trust.

We give UK energy organisations the tools and confidence to navigate the transition. Practically, not theoretically.

Vision

A world where every energy decision is informed by real intelligence.

From the smart meter in homes to boardrooms of global utilities, data, practical experience and clear thinking produce better outcomes for all in the energy system.

Leadership

Exceptional depth.
Unified direction.

Dr Gerd Busker, Co-Founder and CEO of Presciense
Dr Gerd Busker
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder Physics & Engineering Smart Energy Code Change Board DESNZ / DSIT / Ofgem / Ofcom

Gerd is co-founder and CEO of Presciense. His career spans theoretical physics, electrical engineering, nuclear energy, high-performance computing and cloud architecture. He was founding CTO and remains the technical authority behind the platform.

Gerd architected the modular platform that underpins everything Presciense builds, and has guided multi-disciplinary teams from concept through production deployments across multiple markets. Before Presciense: nuclear engineering at Nuclear Electric (now EDF), quantitative platforms at ABN AMRO, and leadership roles in HPC and cloud infrastructure.

He sits on the board of the Smart Energy Code, governing UK smart energy infrastructure, and works alongside Jonathan with DESNZ, DSIT, Ofgem and Ofcom, keeping our platform and advisory aligned with national energy and communications policy.

Career Highlights
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Presciense (2015 – present)
Chief Technology Officer, Presciense (co-founder)
Board Member, Smart Energy Code (SEC)
ABN AMRO, high-performance computing
Nuclear Electric (now EDF), nuclear energy technology
Jonathan Lishawa, Co-Founder and Chairman of Presciense
Jonathan Lishawa
Co-Founder & Chairman
Co-Founder Smart Energy Strategy DESNZ / DSIT / Ofgem / Ofcom Telco & Utility Markets

Jonathan co-founded Presciense in 2015 with Dr Gerd Busker, bringing expertise in consumer electronics, telecoms and smart energy. His conviction that a unified platform could transform energy management has proved prescient.

Before Presciense, he led Sercomm's UK & Ireland smart energy business, directed Comtrend Europe, was commercial director at Cable & Wireless, and headed product development at Bulldog Broadband. That mix of telco, manufacturer and growth-company experience runs through everything we do.

As Chairman, Jonathan leads strategy and growth, chairs the board, and represents Presciense in senior commercial, government and investor relations. He works with DESNZ, DSIT, Ofgem and Ofcom on smart energy and connectivity policy, and speaks widely on the energy transition.

Career Highlights
Co-Founder & Chairman, Presciense (2015 – present)
GM UK & Ireland, Sercomm Corp
Managing Director Europe, Comtrend
Commercial Director, Cable & Wireless
Head of Product Development, Bulldog Broadband
Michael Lee, Non-Executive Director of Presciense
Michael Lee
Non-Executive Director
Sercomm Corporation Smart Home Connected Devices Strategic Investment

Michael Lee is Non-Executive Director of Presciense, representing Sercomm Corporation's investment and the strategic partnership between the two companies. He is also President of the Value Engine Business Group at Sercomm, a global leader in broadband, smart home and IoT device technology.

Sercomm designs and manufactures broadband routers, gateways, smart home devices and IoT solutions for major telecoms and service providers worldwide. Their investment reflects a shared commitment to bringing energy, home automation and assisted living together through a single gateway.

Michael brings deep expertise in hardware product strategy, global manufacturing and go-to-market for connected devices, the bridge between device manufacturing and software platform innovation that underpins our end-to-end offer, silicon to cloud.

Career Highlights
Non-Executive Director, Presciense
President, Value Engine Business Group, Sercomm Corporation
Sercomm Corporation: global provider of broadband, smart home and IoT device solutions

Industry Experience

Trusted by the world's leading energy, technology and care organisations.

Our co-founders and leadership have over a decade building and deploying for major UK and global energy, technology, care and manufacturing names. From guiding EMS/ODM partners through New Product Introduction to advising on SEC regulation and deploying at national scale, we know the constraints our clients work under.

Work with us
Utilities

Major UK and European energy suppliers serving millions of homes and businesses.

Telcos

Leading UK and global telcos providing the connectivity infrastructure smart energy depends on.

Infrastructure

The national smart meter data communications infrastructure connecting millions of UK households.

Regulatory

Smart Energy Code Change Board, governing standards and interoperability for the UK's 53 million smart meters.

Health & Care

Care homes, housing associations, NHS trusts and assisted living providers. Our modular platform extends to connected care, improving outcomes for ageing populations through smart automation, remote monitoring and predictive analytics.

Hardware & Manufacturing

EMS and ODM partners. We support New Product Introduction, testing, manufacturing scale-up and certification for devices deployed at national scale.

Our Values

The principles that guide every decision.

These principles shape how we work, how we advise and how we build. They are why clients trust us with critical infrastructure.

01

Genuine Intelligence

Scientific, technical and commercial depth in every engagement. Insight over opinion. Evidence over assumption.

02

Purposeful Innovation

Technology for its own sake is noise. We build solutions that solve real problems and create lasting value.

03

Uncompromising Integrity

In energy, trust is infrastructure. We say what we mean, deliver our promises, and act in clients' genuine long-term interest.

04

Systemic Thinking

Energy is a system of systems. We approach challenges with full-value-chain perspective, connecting technology, regulation, markets and behaviour.

05

Sustainable Impact

Every line of code and strategy we design serves a cleaner, fairer and more resilient energy system for future generations.

Get in Touch

Talk to our leadership.

Bring us your toughest challenge and we'll tell you whether we can help.

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