[John Houser]

Hi my name is John, I’m with Mosaic Data Science, a data science and analytics consulting company, for over 3 years now.  I have 10+ years of experience in the realm of mathematical modeling, analytics, and data science. Although I’m more of a generalist, I’ve recently been involved in several projects related to computer vision and nlp using deep learning methods. Currently, I live in sunny Austin, TX where I take full advantage of year-round warm weather to climb, cycle, and play outdoors.

On a personal level, I’ve been geeking out about smart grid, microgrids, and peer-to-peer energy trading. If you have any interest in these topics I’d love to have others to geek out about those topics with.

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John Houser
Principle Data Scientist
Mosaic Data Science
Austin TX
5126592131
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI Members,

I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.

One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!

Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.

• Share your name
• Where you’re from
• How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
• I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better

I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.

I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:

I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.

I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.

When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!

I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.

Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!

Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!

Stay safe and healthy,

     Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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[Leslie Cook (Adm)]

Thanks so much for introducing yourself, @John! We are glad you are a part of UAI. You live in a wonderful place! I love Austin, TX! As far as geeking out about smart grid, microgrids… you’re in the right place! Welcome home!

Cheers,
 
     Leslie​

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-04-2021 14:53
From: John Houser
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hi my name is John, I’m with Mosaic Data Science, a data science and analytics consulting company, for over 3 years now.  I have 10+ years of experience in the realm of mathematical modeling, analytics, and data science. Although I’m more of a generalist, I’ve recently been involved in several projects related to computer vision and nlp using deep learning methods. Currently, I live in sunny Austin, TX where I take full advantage of year-round warm weather to climb, cycle, and play outdoors.

On a personal level, I’ve been geeking out about smart grid, microgrids, and peer-to-peer energy trading. If you have any interest in these topics I’d love to have others to geek out about those topics with.

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John Houser
Principle Data Scientist
Mosaic Data Science
Austin TX
5126592131
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI Members,

I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.

One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!

Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.

• Share your name
• Where you’re from
• How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
• I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better

I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.

I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:

I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.

I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.

When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!

I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.

Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!

Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!

Stay safe and healthy,

     Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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[Ron Capute]

Hello John,

Thanks for the intro.  I also have interest in smart grid and analytics so if you find any interesting articles be sure to share them!

– Ron

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Ron Capute
Sr Project Manager
Florida Power & Light
Jupiter FL
5619043273
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-04-2021 14:53
From: John Houser
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hi my name is John, I’m with Mosaic Data Science, a data science and analytics consulting company, for over 3 years now.  I have 10+ years of experience in the realm of mathematical modeling, analytics, and data science. Although I’m more of a generalist, I’ve recently been involved in several projects related to computer vision and nlp using deep learning methods. Currently, I live in sunny Austin, TX where I take full advantage of year-round warm weather to climb, cycle, and play outdoors.

On a personal level, I’ve been geeking out about smart grid, microgrids, and peer-to-peer energy trading. If you have any interest in these topics I’d love to have others to geek out about those topics with.

——————————
John Houser
Principle Data Scientist
Mosaic Data Science
Austin TX
5126592131
——————————

Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI Members,

I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.

One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!

Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.

• Share your name
• Where you’re from
• How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
• I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better

I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.

I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:

I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.

I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.

When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!

I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.

Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!

Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!

Stay safe and healthy,

     Leslie

——————————
Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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[Ben Ettlinger]

We do not have any experience in this area. I did check Gartner and the only thing they have on this topic is in regard to meeting room software. Are you sure the term smart speaker is what you are really looking for?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2021 08:10
From: Scott Saff
Subject: Smart Speaker Experiences

Good morning. I’m looking for any experience with utilities using smart speakers as a tool for engaging their customers. Communications for high bill alerts, beat the peak notices, payments, etc.  Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Scott Saff

NC’s Electric Cooperatives 

Scott.Saff@ncemcs.com

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[Ben Ettlinger]

Again, I don’t have a clear picture here on what software you are using. I can’t imagine Salesforce doesnt have alerts. You can also create reports in PowerBI and Tableau to automatically send alerts when certain thresholds are met. I am not familiar how one would set up the back end to make sure those who are supposed to get the alerts will receive them. The vendor can help you out with that.

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2021 08:34
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Smart Speaker Experiences

We do not have any experience in this area. I did check Gartner and the only thing they have on this topic is in regard to meeting room software. Are you sure the term smart speaker is what you are really looking for?

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2021 08:10
From: Scott Saff
Subject: Smart Speaker Experiences

Good morning. I’m looking for any experience with utilities using smart speakers as a tool for engaging their customers. Communications for high bill alerts, beat the peak notices, payments, etc.  Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Scott Saff

NC’s Electric Cooperatives 

Scott.Saff@ncemcs.com

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[James Catalano]

I believe they are asking about Alexa, Google Home, etc.  Xcel Energy has been running a program for it, contact me directly and I can route you a contact internally.

 

 

 

James Catalano

Xcel Energy 

Sr Analyst, Electric & Gas Metering

1617 Chestnut Av N – EMC  Minneapolis, MN 55403

P: 612.330.6284  M: 612-414-6953

E: James.D.Catalano@xcelenergy.com

 

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Original Message:
Sent: 2/10/2021 8:53:00 AM
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: RE: Smart Speaker Experiences

Again, I don’t have a clear picture here on what software you are using. I can’t imagine Salesforce doesnt have alerts. You can also create reports in PowerBI and Tableau to automatically send alerts when certain thresholds are met. I am not familiar how one would set up the back end to make sure those who are supposed to get the alerts will receive them. The vendor can help you out with that.

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Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2021 08:34
From: Ben Ettlinger
Subject: Smart Speaker Experiences

We do not have any experience in this area. I did check Gartner and the only thing they have on this topic is in regard to meeting room software. Are you sure the term smart speaker is what you are really looking for?

——————————
Ben Ettlinger
Emerging Technologies
Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Group
New York Power Authority
White Plains, NY
914 681 6496
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2021 08:10
From: Scott Saff
Subject: Smart Speaker Experiences

Good morning. I’m looking for any experience with utilities using smart speakers as a tool for engaging their customers. Communications for high bill alerts, beat the peak notices, payments, etc.  Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!

Scott Saff

NC’s Electric Cooperatives 

Scott.Saff@ncemcs.com

Get Outlook for iOS