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

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.

Timeline

  • 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 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.

Our 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.

Our 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 & CEO

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.

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 & Chairman

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.

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

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.

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.

Utility Clients

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.

  1. Genuine Intelligence
    Scientific, technical and commercial depth in every engagement. Insight over opinion. Evidence over assumption.
  2. Purposeful Innovation
    Technology for its own sake is noise. We build solutions that solve real problems and create lasting value.
  3. Uncompromising Integrity
    In energy, trust is infrastructure. We say what we mean, deliver our promises, and act in clients' genuine long-term interest.
  4. Systemic Thinking
    Energy is a system of systems. We approach challenges with full-value-chain perspective, connecting technology, regulation, markets and behaviour.
  5. Sustainable Impact
    Every line of code and strategy we design serves a cleaner, fairer and more resilient energy system for future generations.