[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Thank you to everyone who took time to attend today’s discussion around Establishing a Career Path for Analysts & Upskilling Your Team. Please take a minute and complete our post meeting evaluation (link below) which in turn will help UAI and the Data Science Leadership team develop relevant content for future discussions.

 

Evaluation Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020UAIComm

 

I’ll be sending out a copy of today’s slide deck and recording later in the week but if you have any questions in the meantime please let me know.

Thanks!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-17-2020 15:04
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: August Data Science Meeting Tomorrow!

Hello UAI Data Science Community Members,

In lou of us moving our community communications over to Connect, I wanted to send you all a quick reminder for our Data Science meeting tomorrow (Tuesday. August 18th at 1:00 PM CT) were we will be hearing from JC Zannis (Southern Co) and Dawn Frye (OUC) and their presentation, “Establishing a Career Path for Analysts & Upskilling Your Team.” This discussion is going to be interactive and we urge you all to come prepared with some questions. Please see below for more information on this session and our dial in instructions.

Session Description:
Join the Data Science Community on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm CT to hear stories from two UAI Utility Members – J.C. Zannis, Manager of Structuring & Analysis at Southern Company and Dawn Frye, Manager of Smart Grid and Meter Data Management at Orlando Utilities Commission – on how they are working to establish career paths for analysts and how they are helping their teams improve and learn new skills. The session will include information on career development, people and talent development in analytics, and upskilling your team.

Dial In: (Also provided on our calendar placeholder)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98308036527

 

Meeting ID: 983 0803 6527

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Meeting ID: 983 0803 6527

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acyLfYhsrP

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

Hello UAI Data Science Community Members,

Thank you to everyone who attended our August Data Science meeting on “Establishing a Career Path for Analysts and Upskilling your Team.” We were fortunate to bring in two great presenters, JC Zannis (Manager of Structuring and Analysis at Southern Co.) and Dawn Frye (Smart Grid/Meter Data Manager at OUC) who discussed how they are working to establish career paths for analysts and how they are helping their teams improve and learn new skills. Please find a full recording and copy of the presentation in our Data Science library folder here.

*IMPORTANT UPDATE ON NEXT MONTH’S MEETING:

Next month we will be making a one time switch to our usual meeting day/time and instead meeting Monday, September 28th at 2:00 PM CT. We have a very exciting presentation around “Asset Failure Prediction Models” which will bed led by Jhonny Di Girolamo, Asset Management Consultant, Asset Management Group at CenterPoint Energy.

Please keep updated on this session (and others) by visiting our Events Page on UAI Connect. The Events Page will provide a full snapshot of what’s planned each month by community. If you have any questions or issues accessing please let me know.

 

Please see below for a few other important announcements:

 

• UAI Excellence Awards – Deadline Extended through August 31^st:

For those of you who have yet to submit your nominations, UAI Excellence Awards are taking submissions through the end of the day today, August 31^st. We’ve simplified the process by creating this short nomination form here which can be accessed and completed by you or an interested team member. Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

• The Voices of Experience|Artificial Intelligence guide is finally live on SmartGrid.gov! UAI worked with NREL on this important guide:

Voices of Experience is an initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Electricity’s Advanced Grid Research group designed to bring utilities together to share their knowledge, insights and lessons learned through implementing the emerging technology that is reshaping the electric power industry.

 

The information in this guide came directly from UAI Utility members and other utility staff who are working through the challenges of building internal skill sets, investing in a new set of technologies to access and manage more data than ever before, and demonstrating its value to their organizations. Utilities engaged in developing AI capabilities have learned lessons and gained insights along the way that can be applied to other utilities preparing for the data-driven future. The goal of this guide is to provide information that might not be accessible elsewhere-the kind you might get from talking to a colleague at a neighboring utility.

Download the guide here!

 

• New UAI Communities Launching this September!

Finally, UAI is proud to announce the launch of three additional communities this September. The following are now available and can be registered using our same community request form here.

 

• Customer Analytics (Meets the 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 11:00 AM CT)
  • 1^st meeting Tuesday, September 8^th at 11:00 AM CT
• Grid Analytics (Meets the 3^rd Wednesday of each month at 1:00 PM CT)
  • 1^st meeting Wednesday, September 16^th at 1:00 PM CT
• Asset Health Analytics (Schedule still TBD)

*We are currently looking for UAI utility members who may be interested in leading/sponsoring the Grid Analytics and Asset Health Analytics communities. If you’re interested, please reach out to Leslie Cook (lcook@utilityanalytics.com) or myself (kpraet@utilityanalytics.com) and we’ll provide some more information.

If you have any questions please let me know otherwise I look forward to catchinh up with you all next month.

Thanks!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 08-18-2020 18:01
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: August Data Science Meeting Tomorrow!

Thank you to everyone who took time to attend today’s discussion around Establishing a Career Path for Analysts & Upskilling Your Team. Please take a minute and complete our post meeting evaluation (link below) which in turn will help UAI and the Data Science Leadership team develop relevant content for future discussions.

 

Evaluation Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020UAIComm

 

I’ll be sending out a copy of today’s slide deck and recording later in the week but if you have any questions in the meantime please let me know.

Thanks!

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

Original Message:
Sent: 08-17-2020 15:04
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: August Data Science Meeting Tomorrow!

Hello UAI Data Science Community Members,

In lou of us moving our community communications over to Connect, I wanted to send you all a quick reminder for our Data Science meeting tomorrow (Tuesday. August 18th at 1:00 PM CT) were we will be hearing from JC Zannis (Southern Co) and Dawn Frye (OUC) and their presentation, “Establishing a Career Path for Analysts & Upskilling Your Team.” This discussion is going to be interactive and we urge you all to come prepared with some questions. Please see below for more information on this session and our dial in instructions.

Session Description:
Join the Data Science Community on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm CT to hear stories from two UAI Utility Members – J.C. Zannis, Manager of Structuring & Analysis at Southern Company and Dawn Frye, Manager of Smart Grid and Meter Data Management at Orlando Utilities Commission – on how they are working to establish career paths for analysts and how they are helping their teams improve and learn new skills. The session will include information on career development, people and talent development in analytics, and upskilling your team.

Dial In: (Also provided on our calendar placeholder)

Join Zoom Meeting

https://zoom.us/j/98308036527

 

Meeting ID: 983 0803 6527

One tap mobile

+12532158782,,98308036527# US (Tacoma)

+13462487799,,98308036527# US (Houston)

 

Dial by your location

        +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)

        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)

        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)

        +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)

        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

        +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)

Meeting ID: 983 0803 6527

Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acyLfYhsrP

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