About

Multinational experience, field-credible delivery

Carl von Graszouw is a telecommunications and engineering operations leader with over thirty years’ experience in telecom infrastructure, mechanical engineering, digital transformation, and large-scale maintenance and construction programmes. His work spans tower structural compliance and 5G modernisation, IoT-driven digital systems, heavy fabrication and welding quality, pipeline and trenchless rehabilitation, and end-to-end regulatory alignment with ICASA, SANS, and occupational health and safety frameworks.

As an independent consultant (Ipenga Consulting, since 2024), he advises on IoT, security, and risk-management solutions for transport, security, municipal, and infrastructure clients—supported by documented HSE and QC audit programmes, operational architecture redesign, and governance models that connect strategy to measurable field outcomes.

Multinational execution
Programme leadership from national tower upgrades to cross-border pipeline and fabrication deployments—budgets from multi-million to R180M+ programmes with teams up to 221 staff and disciplined SLA, vendor, and stakeholder governance.
Technical depth with standards rigour
From TIA-222 and SANS structural frameworks to AWS D1.1 / ASME IX welding, ISO 3834 quality, and IoT integration (IoT.nxt, Sigfox, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, BLE Hop, Meshtastic)—recommendations you can defend to regulators, insurers, and boards.
Governance that ships
Digital transformation roadmaps, KPI and milestone frameworks, and change control that keep delivery accountable—without burying teams in process.
View full CVDetailed work experience, standards & compliance, and global footprint.

Infrastructure and digital programmes only matter when they survive contact with operations, regulators, and the balance sheet.

Tshwane, Gauteng, SA

Work experience

Three decades across telecoms, IoT, and heavy industry

Selected roles from Carl's CV—linking current IoT and telecom advisory to two decades of field-led engineering, fabrication, and cross-border programme delivery.

  1. 2025 — Present
    Pre-Sales Solutions Architect & Key Account Manager
    G-Matrix Systems · Centurion (via Ipenga Consulting)

    End-to-end IoT architectures across Sigfox, LoRaWAN, NB-IoT and BLE Hop; CRS/URS workshops, technical validation, proposal authoring and key account ownership for retail, security, defence, municipal, mining, and industrial clients.

  2. Jul 2024 — Present
    Principal Consultant & Founder — IoT & Telecom
    Ipenga Consulting · Pretoria

    IoT and telecom consulting delivered to 35+ clients across transport, logistics, security, municipal, and industrial sectors. HSE and QC audits, RFQs, scopes of work, and technical-commercial proposals for smart city and industrial IoT deployments.

  3. Sep 2024 — Mar 2025
    Advisor — IoT & Security Strategy
    Glenshade Holdings · Polokwane (via Ipenga Consulting)

    IoT-based security strategy for mining, municipal, and telecom sectors on low-power, jam-resistant Sigfox/LoRa networks; shaped EWIDS strategy and PSIM integrations; drafted multi-year infrastructure and managed-service bids.

  4. Apr 2024 — Jul 2024
    National Maintenance Manager — Telecom Infrastructure
    MAST (Vodacom Ecosystem)

    Built national PPM/CPM frameworks for 1,000+ sites, developed power-management and legal-compliance models, and oversaw structural and power remediation planning for FY24/25.

  5. May 2023 — Mar 2024
    Digital Transformation & Process Lead
    MAST (Vodacom Ecosystem)

    Digitised property files across 9 Vodacom regions (Metrofile Project); built TTS data integration for 4,500+ sites; authored Digital Transformation Strategy — improving operational efficiency by 30%.

  6. Oct 2022 — May 2023
    Senior Structural & Specifications Specialist
    MAST (Vodacom Ecosystem)

    Authored national specifications for BTS, O&M, Power-as-a-Service, and structural upgrades; supported the SPMM model for Vodacom regional infrastructure takeover.

  7. Nov 2020 — Oct 2022
    Infrastructure Manager — National Field Operations
    Vodacom South Africa

    Vodacom CEO Award — 1st place (2021) for Technology & Innovation. Directed national tower upgrades and 5G modernisation (R82M–R180M budgets), led Project TANGO DPS integration with Telkom Mobile, and co-developed the Digital Twin & Cluster Bracket Programme delivering R75M+ Capex savings.

  8. Jun 2019 — Oct 2020
    Key Account Manager — Vodacom Portfolio
    RBI Technical Services

    National structural compliance for 1,000+ tower and rooftop sites (SANS 10400, OHS Act) within a 10-day SLA; financial and operational reporting across the Vodacom portfolio.

  9. Jul 2017 — May 2019
    Consultant & Business Development Lead
    Desert Wolf Consulting

    Telecom and security solutions for mining and defence clients; mast manufacturing and VTOL drone integration; MDA submission for SANDF/Botswana Defence procurement.

  10. Aug 2011 — Jun 2017
    Manager — Pipeline Services Africa Operations (EXCO)
    RARE · Sub-Saharan Africa

    R180M annual operational budget and 221 staff across Sub-Saharan Africa; delivered the DRD Gold 17 km pipeline (Engineering News, 2014) and multiple cross-border projects.

  11. 1994 — 2011
    Earlier career — engineering, fabrication & industrial services
    Morecare · Metal Protection Engineering · M&J Engineering (WEBA) · United Engineering

    Senior project management across RBM, RBCT, Hillside Aluminium, ArcelorMittal, Anglo, De Beers, and BHP Billiton; bulk material flow consulting for 130+ mines across Africa and Australia.

Full chronology, awards, standards & compliance, and global footprint available in the full CV.