[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Data Science Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our June (2022) Data Science Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, June 21 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by @Julie, Data Science Project Manager at SoCal Gas who will be leading a discussion around, “Transforming our Business Use Case: Inventory Management by Demand Forecasting and Optimization Modeling.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight. 

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

As one of the Transforming our Business (ToB) use cases at SoCalGas, Inventory Optimization aims to tackle issues that arise in supply chain management. The Data Science team in SoCalGas has developed a systematic and enterprise-wide approach that determine the optimal inventory levels of materials. In this talk, Julie will share the end-to-end solution including workflows and methodologies applied in the ToB use case.

Speaker: Julie Zhang, Data Science Project Manager (SoCal Gas)

At SoCalGas, Julie utilizes state-of-the-art Data Science tools and machine learning techniques to solve complex business problems across the company. Julie delivered models and insights to upper management and various operating teams, including Customer Services, Customer solutions, Gas Control, Damage Prevention, Financial Planning, Legal, and Human Resources. Prior to joining SoCalGas in March 2019, Julie worked in Caltech and U.C. San Diego as a postdoctoral researcher, where she worked on statistical modeling and data-mining techniques from multidisciplinary projects.  She received a PhD in Geophysics from the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in University of Miami. 
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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: 06-01-2022 10:05
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming June (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Data Science Community Members,

I hope all is well! With June just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our June (2022) Data Science Community Conversation. On Tuesday, June 21st at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by @Julie, Data Science Project Manager at SoCal Gas who will be leading a discussion around, “Transforming our Business Use Case: Inventory Management by Demand Forecasting and Optimization Modeling.” I’ll be providing more information on this session, including our Microsoft Teams credentials, one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

 

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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