[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our August (2022) Customer Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, August 9th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by @Jerry, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions and Meena Malhotra, IT Project Manager at PSEG who will be leading a discussion around, “PSEG experience creating cloud-based analytics to support customer facing programs such as AMI, Energy Efficiency, Electric Vehicles.”  As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

Learn about PSEG’s experience implementing an analytics could architecture to support several large customer facing programs: an Advanced Metering Infrastructure deployment, Clean Energy Future program with Energy Efficiency and Electric Vehicles components.

Topics to be discussed include:

• PSEGLI Data Analytics Journey with AWS

• AWS Data Lake Architecture

• AMI Data Source

• AMI Dashboards

• Pandemic Response Customer Use Cases

• PSEGNJ Clean Energy Future (CEF) program

• CEF data sources

• CEF Use cases

• CEF Sample Dashboards

• Enhancement of AWS Data Lake Architecture to:

• Properly handle Personal Identifiable Information (PII) and other sensitive data
• Implement granular security roles for data management

• Lessons Learned

Speaker: Jerry Casarella, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions (PSEG)

 

Jerry Casarella is a husband and father of 2 and currently, the Director of Analytics Architecture and Solution at NJ’s largest utility company, PSE&G, where he has also worked as an Enterprise Architect on a variety of large-scale IT projects in various business domains: Smart Operations, Grid Modernization, Customer Operations, Renewable Energy Services, Power Generation.

He is currently responsible for shaping the analytics architecture strategy and oversees the planning and execution of all data architecture activities, including coordinating and directing the design, development, and implementation of data analytics solutions. Jerry works closely with business area executives to align business strategies with analytics technology plans and corresponding data governance programs.

He has a B.S in Operations Research/Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Rutgers University.

Jerry also teaches as a Faculty Advisor at Rutgers University Business School and as an adjunct professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and serves on the board of directors of NJIT’s College of Computing Science Board of Advisors, and International School Services. He is serving on the Rutgers MBA Alumni Board for Learning Experiences and volunteers for Meals on Wheels and Junior Achievement.

He enjoys running, soccer and is an avid fan of Formula1 and America’s Cup.

Speaker: Meena Malhotra, IT Project Manager (PSEG)

Meena Malhotra is an accomplished business and technical IT leader with over 25 years of experience in information technology in the utility industry. She led the initiative for creating a new cloud data analytics platform and center of excellence team. She continues to build a data driven organization through enterprise reporting while enabling operational and customer insights including  advanced analytics.
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Thanks and I look forward to connecting next week!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-01-2022 17:27
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming August (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With August just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our August (2022) Customer Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, August 9th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by @Jerry, Director of Analytics Infrastructure and Solutions and Meena Malhotra, IT Project Manager at PSEG. We’re still finalizing a few things with this session and will have more information on our Events Page soon. If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

 

Thanks!

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