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19 September 2023

Tech industry veteran Mighael Botha joins NexRev as Chief Technology Officer

NexRev’s team is expanding rapidly as organizations of all sizes continue to look at ways to reduce their energy costs. We’re a technology company, and every person on our team is focused on helping our customers to identify and reduce the amount of electricity wasted during the day-to-day operations of their commercial buildings.

NexRev already serves 20% of Fortune 100 companies and manages over 15,000 facilities across the US.  Put simply, we make buildings more energy efficient.  Our market-leading cloud-based IoT solutions reduce energy use, and help companies minimize resource waste and energy costs.

To help drive continued innovation and product development across NexRev, Mighael Botha has recently joined our senior management team as Chief Technology Officer and leads our efforts on cloud and IoT innovation.

A highly accomplished technology executive with a 30-year track record, Mighael has led software development and engineering teams across the world, including Canada, the USA, South America, the Middle East, and Africa. 

“I’m excited to join NexRev and lead the execution and delivery of our cloud-based EMS / BMS solutions,” said Mighael. “The evolution of our platform – with new API exposure functions and AI-backed processing – will unlock multi-site facilities management for organizations across America.”

Mighael spent 21 years at Software AG, where he became CTO for North America, making notable contributions to research and development and product management. In 2013 he was named a CIO100 by IDG's CIO Magazine, recognizing his innovative use of technology to deliver genuine business value. Most recently, his focus has been on IoT, AI, and cloud computing, spearheading innovation and adoption of these technologies. Prior to joining Software AG, Mighael spent 10 years at IBM in both Europe and Africa honing his skills in software development.

“We’re delighted to welcome a technology leader of Mighael’s caliber to our team”, commented Chris Haidet, President and COO of NexRev. “His expertise will drive the evolution of our solutions and help us to address our growing opportunity pipeline. The innovations we’re bringing to market will deliver sustained reductions in operating costs for our customers.”

NexRev: using technology and a policy-based approach to make building operations more efficient

Working with NexRev, our customers have now saved over $1B on their energy bills and in facility resource waste reduction, which equates to more than five billion kWh of energy saved – and nearly two Billion Kg reduction of CO2 emissions.

Our customers are household names in retail, restaurants, finance, travel and leisure, federal and municipal Government buildings, schools, and universities, including AT&T, Home Depot, Lowes, Pilot Flying J, Murphy Oil, Floor & Décor, Ross, Burlington, At Home, Academy Sports, Bank of America as well as movie theaters across America including Cinemark and Regal.

Freedom Enterprise is our multi-site cloud-based EMS / BMS, that reduces and monitors energy consumption, connecting to downstream devices, such as lighting, HVAC, refrigeration, water meters – and much more, thanks to our API exposure functions.

We are a mature company with a heavyweight and innovative product, software, and services portfolio. What we do is essential. Important for our customers’ energy bills and resource waste reduction. Our solutions are crucial for helping businesses achieve their ESG goals.

NexRev’s R&D team – now led by Mighael - is working on several new next-generation IoT based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that will give organizations even more control over their energy consumption and operational waste management. 

“Our solutions have served North American businesses for nearly 30 years”, noted Kenneth Smith, NexRev’s CEO. “We’re delivering the next generation of technology, capitalizing on advances in software that will propel our business and grow stakeholder value.”

NexRev makes better use of your available energy resources while minimizing waste and environmental impact.

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