Paul Leufkens is Business Development America manager of the Smart Cable Guard at DNV. Since 2016 he has been president of the consulting firm Power Projects Leufkens that supports manufacturers, and testing corporates in “growing business beyond limits”. In recent years he ran in particular projects to build technical and business cases for new High Voltage, High Power and Energy Storage labs. Mr. Leufkens has worked internationally for consulting and testing companies, including 13 years with KEMA in Netherlands and the USA. Previously in Europe he directed product development in cable and switchgear industry. He holds the MS EE degree from Delft Technical University (Netherlands).