[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our July Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Thursday, July 22nd at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by the following facilitator and panelists who will be leading a discussion around Setting up a Data Lake:

Facilitator: Angela White-Parker, Enterprise Information Architect, SoCalGas & SDG&E
Panelists:

• Scott Harris, Data Architecture Manger, Tacoma Power
• Jeff Horn, Enterprise Analytics Team, Evergy
• Scott Phipps, Sr. Data Science Engineer, Avista

Learn more about this session and each of our speaker below!

Session Description:

During this session, each panelist will share their best practices, pitfalls, what challenges they had and how they tackled challenges, and lessons learned along the way as each set-up a data lake within their utility. Come prepare to asks questions, because panelists will take time to answer questions about the topic from the audience.

Facilitator: Angela White-Parker, Enterprise Information Architect, SoCalGas & SDG&E

As an Enterprise Architect, Angela’s role is to align business needs and strategies with technology frameworks and architected solutions.  Focusing on Enterprise Information Management (EIM) disciplines, she is a key change agent assisting her company transition to a data-centric culture and building data management maturity within Southern California Gas. 

Panelist: Scott Harris, Data Architecture Manger, Tacoma Power

Scott Harris has been with Tacoma Public Utilities as a Data Architect for about one and a half years. Before that he worked in a variety of industries on cloud computing and IOT solutions. He has a Technology Management MBA from the University of Washington.  

Panelist: Jeff Horn, Enterprise Analytics Team, Evergy

Jeff Horn is currently the Manager of Data & Analytics at Evergy. Jeff is a results-driven professional with experience working on teams with aggressive project cycles and complex initiatives. Jeff received a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Emporia State University.  

Panelist: Scott Phipps, Sr. Data Science Engineer, Avista

Following a decade in the consulting business, Scott Phipps began his 25-year career a  Avista as a software developer, moved on to leading the company’s web development efforts, and then as an internal technical consultant on major systems implementations including Oracle CC&B, Oracle MDM, and Itron AMI systems. What began as a few questions about the impact of Covid-19 on our customer’s energy usage developed into a role on Avista’s growing data science team, where we’re focused on upping the game of our company’s business analysts and enabling more informed business decisions. 

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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out earlier in the month via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com), however some members made us aware they either did not receive or noticed the invite got caught in spam. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Thursday, July 22nd at 1:00 PM CT, please reach out to me so I can be sure you are forwarded the invite an alternate way.

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: 07-01-2021 17:37
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming July (2021) Community Conversation

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well and that you’re enjoying that start to your summers! With July just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our July (2021) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation. On Thursday, July 22nd at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by the following facilitator and panelists who will be leading a discussion around Setting Up a Data Lake:

Facilitator: Angela White-Parker, Enterprise Information Architect, SoCalGas & SDG&E
Panelists:

• Scott Harris, Data Architecture Manger, Tacoma Power
• Jeff Horn, Enterprise Analytics Team, Evergy
• Scott Phipps, Sr. Data Science Engineer, Avista

I’ll be providing more information on this session one week prior to our meeting but you can always learn more about each of our upcoming Community Conversations on our Events Page HERE.

I’m excited to share with you our latest IT update that will allow me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars. I sent out invitations for this community and each of our others this morning as well. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. Our Microsoft Teams link will be updated on the placeholder and sent out to member via the discussion form one day prior.

If you have any questions please reach out to me otherwise I look forward to connecting with you all later in the month.

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