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  April 2021 Community Conversation Recordings Available For Download!

  Posted by Kevin Praet (Adm) on April 30, 2021 at 10:52 am

  Hello UAI Members,

  I would like to send a huge THANK YOU! to all the members that presented and facilitated during the April 2021 Community Conversations, as well as to our Community Sponsors and Leaders for their continued time, commitment, guidance and support to drive and deliver valuable programs on an ongoing basis. During April we not only saw a massive spike in engagement but continued to welcome in several new members from various utility companies. To every attendee that joined us in April, we thank you too for joining and sharing your perspectives!

  The following sessions took place in April 2021 during UAI Community Conversations. UAI members that have signed-up for these specific Communities can download the monthly session presentations and recordings on the online Community Collaboration Exchange (CCX) Libraries, which I have linked below:

   

  • April 13^th – Customer Analytics Community Conversation – “Using Data and Analytics to Engage Customers and Craft Innovative Customer Experiences”
    • Speaker: Harish Rao (VP of Data Analytics at Costco Wholesale)
  • April 15^th – Analytics Architecture & Technology (AAT) Community Conversation – “Lessons learned from Grant PUD’s world first go-live of Oracle’s Customer Cloud Services”
    • Speaker: Derin Bluhm (CTO, Grant County PUD)
  • April 20^th – Data Science Community Conversation – “Getting to Know You Even Better”
    • Speaker: Leslie Cook (Membership & Digital Engagement Manager, UAI)
  • April 21^st – Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation – “Predicting Gas Burn for AES Power Legacy Out-of-Merit Gas Generators”
    • Speakers:
      • Erin Boyd (Global Director of Commercial and CX AI/ML at AES)
      • Andres Figuerola, (Data Scientist at AES)
    • April 21^st – Grid Analytics Community Conversation – “PPL Electric Utilities’ Smart Grid Journey.“
      • Speaker: Chris Menges, DCC Training and Applications Supervisor
    • April 22^nd – Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation – “Examples of Utility Enterprise Analytics Technology Footprints”
      • Facilitator: Eddy Halter  (Sr. Director, Enterprise Analytics, Evergy)
      • Panelists:
        • Apolinario (Sam) Ortega (Senior Engineer, Salt River Project)
        • Scott Phipps (Sr. Data Science Engineer, Avista)
        • John Kinateder (Chief Data Scientist, AEP)
      • April 27^th – Safety Analytics Community Conversation – “Using Data to Support the Defensive Driving Program at SoCalGas” (seeking approval with presenters before providing presentation)
        • Speakers:
          • Miriam Ezmirilian (SMS Technology & Analytics Manager, SoCal Gas)
          • Tawny Young (SMS Technology & Analytics Team Lead, SoCal Gas)
          • Robert Howell (Legal and Claim Strategy and Technology Manager, SoCalGas)
        • April 28^th – Asset Health Analytics Community Conversation – “An Analytics Approach To Vegetation Management”

  • Facilitator: Charlie Schaeffer, IT Director – Ameren
  • Panelists:

  • David Martin, Sr. Manager, Vegetation Management – Evergy
  • Rebecca Afsar, Civil Engineer – WAPA
  • Ron Adams, General Manager of Vegetation Management – Duke Energy
  • Tom Martin, Vice President of Product, Data Science Division – E Source

  If you are not part of the UAI Communities, you can learn more about them on UtilityAnalytics.com. All UAI Utility Members receive unlimited access to UAI Communities and the monthly Community Conversations. If you would like to join one or all of the UAI Communities, please submit a “Request to Join“. I’ll be sending a follow up message shortly reviewing our May 3^rd Community Conversations taking place at Utility Analytics Summit. Be on the lookout!

  If you have any questions please let me know otherwise I look forward to connecting with several of you on Monday.

  Thanks!

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  Kevin Praet
  Membership Coordinator
  Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
  Boulder CO
  315-440-3033
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