[Leslie Cook (Adm)]

HAPPY FRIDAY! I hope everyone has had an amazing week! Please take some time today to complete the Grid Analytics Community survey to help shape future discussions during Community Conversations! Please complete by TODAY, Friday, March 3, 2023!

TAKE THE POLL! 

We (the leadership team for the Grid Analytics Community) request your input! It is time to refill our topic bucket and help prioritize topics of discussion for future Grid Analytics Community Conversations. Our discussions are better when we get your input and you help identify valuable, timely, and relevant use cases and topics of discussions for our meetings. 

TAKE THE POLL! 

We created this poll to help us do three things:

1. Prioritize the topics of discussion we currently have on our list
2. Identify past, present, and future use cases for your utility
3. Identify successes and challenges + other topics of interest you may have

Please take the poll by TODAY, Friday, March 3: https://www.menti.com/al6punsthjjf

Thanks to all! 

Sincerely, 

The Leadership Team, Grid Analytics Community

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Leslie Cook
Membership, Engagement, & Training Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@utilityanalytics.com
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-01-2023 14:45
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Please Help Shape Future Discussions – Take Survey by Friday, March 3

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

We now have seven (7) responses to the survey. I ask more of you to please take it, so we can get 30+ Grid Analytics Community member responses. The more responses, the better the results! There are three more days to complete it! Please complete by this Friday March 3, 2023!

TAKE THE POLL! 

We (the leadership team for the Grid Analytics Community) request your input! It is time to refill our topic bucket and help prioritize topics of discussion for future Grid Analytics Community Conversations. Our discussions are better when we get your input and you help identify valuable, timely, and relevant use cases and topics of discussions for our meetings. 

TAKE THE POLL! 

We created this poll to help us do three things:

1. Prioritize the topics of discussion we currently have on our list
2. Identify past, present, and future use cases for your utility
3. Identify successes and challenges + other topics of interest you may have

Please take the poll by Friday, March 3: https://www.menti.com/al6punsthjjf

Thanks to all! 

Sincerely, 

The Leadership Team, Grid Analytics Community

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
719-203-8650, lcook@utilityanalytics.com
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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our March (2023) Grid Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by the following speakers who will be leading a *70 minute discussion around, “Consumers Energy’s Analytics Journey.”

– Chelsea Szpond, Manager of Operations Process (Consumers Energy)

– Mike Shi, Manager of Agile Analytics (Consumers Energy)

– Brad Steere, Director of Operations Analytics (Consumers Energy)

– Amanda Gomez, Executive Director of Operations Performance Analytics (Consumers Energy)

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

Join Consumers Energy as they discuss their journey of utilizing advanced analytics through digital product development, how cost competitiveness and customer experience have played a role in this, and a deeper dive into one digital product in development that utilizes predictive and prescriptive analytics to influence optimized utility Forestry/Vegetation Management.

Speaker: Chelsea Szpond, Manager of Operations Process (Consumers Energy)

Chelsea Szpond is the Manager of Operations Process at Consumers Energy. Chelsea is responsible for the outcome of the Forestry digital products by owning and managing the product backlog. With her utility Forestry background, she represents the needs of the various Stakeholders of these projects and aims to combine digital products & process effectively. 

Speaker: Mike Shi, Manager of Agile Analytics (Consumers Energy)

Mike Shi is the Manager of Agile Analytics at Consumers Energy. Mike leads a “full stack analytics” team responsible for everything from report/dashboard creation to predictive modeling and custom software development.  Currently, the team’s focus is on all things electric reliability – building digital tools in support of making Consumer Energy’s electric system more reliable and resilient. 

Speaker: Brad Steere, Director of Operations Analytics (Consumers Energy)

Brad Steere is the Director of Operations Analytics at Consumers Energy. Brad leads a team that enables the Analytics journey for CE Operations. His team is responsible for delivering transformational data and technology products that enable Consumers Energy to make better decisions while streamlining the use of technologies in the emerging environment. 

Speaker: Amanda Gomez, Executive Director of Operations Performance Analytics (Consumers Energy)

Amanda Gomez is the Executive Director of Operations Performance Analytics at Consumers Energy. Amanda leads dedicated process teams focused on breakthrough outcomes for Consumers Energy’s most critical operational goals. These outcomes are achieved by combining process, advanced analytics, and design thinking to develop digital solutions coupled with their lean operating model.  

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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). I’ve noticed these invites can sometimes be flagged as spam, so please check your junk folders if you’re not seeing right away. For your convenience I have also attached the placeholder to this message as an easy download. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Wednesday, March 15 at 1:00 PM CT, or are having trouble downloading the placeholder from this message, please reach back 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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