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May (2023) Member Spotlight: Chuck Hahm (San Diego Gas & Electric)
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May (2023) Member Spotlight: Chuck Hahm (San Diego Gas & Electric)
@Chuck is an active UAI member and provides outstanding influence and contributions to the UAI community through any of our multiple channels, including, but not limited to engagement on UAI Connect, volunteering with UAI, involvement and/or leadership in monthly Community Conversations, and/or speaking at UAI events, plus so much. As thanks, we are featuring him in the UAI Member Spotlight. Chuck is a Data Scientist with an electrical engineering and software development background. He takes an entrepreneurial approach to data science and has worked in a range of industries for both large companies and start-ups.
Kevin: How did you get into the utility analytics industry?
Chuck:
Both by chance and by design. I have worked for tech providers during most of my career. I wanted to gain an understanding of technology adoption from the inside, so I accepted a data science role at San Diego Gas and Electric. The utilities industry continues to interest me because it has global impact and a range of active technology needs.
Kevin: What project have you enjoyed working on most in your career?
Chuck:
My favorite projects have been ones that have called for the greatest creativity in the realm of data science. I am presently working on the problem of meter failure prediction, which I find to be fascinating because it combines time series analysis, machine-learning and failure mode analysis. From a data science perspective, utility meters are sensors that live in a gigantic network and failure modes are behaviors to be detected. The tools and skills to solve this class of problems can be transferred to solve distinct, yet similar challenges. That’s what I love about data science!
Kevin: What has been your biggest professional challenge and how did you work through it?
Chuck:
My biggest professional challenge is to understand the dynamics of successful product development. Data scientists are attracted to the field because it offers so many opportunities to devise creative solutions to interesting problems. However, placing that solution into a real business operation is an even more daunting challenge. Success involves a keen understanding of hard-to-see factors such as human motivations and organizational factors.
Kevin: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice before entering the utility analytics industry, what would it be?
Chuck:
Reach out to colleagues within the industry more. That why I love UAI!
Kevin: What would you like to talk to fellow colleagues and members about in UAI Connect? Or, what issues or topics would you like to see more discussions on in UAI Connect?I would like to connect colleagues on the topic of data science intrapreneurship – being entrepreneurial within our utilities. I believe that data science product development deserves its own conversation space because it poses challenges that are distinct from traditional product development.
Kevin: Thank you so much for sharing with us and for being a highly engaged member of UAI!
Do you have any final thoughts, ideas, or comments you would like to share with your fellow UAI members?
Chuck:
My final thought is that I appreciate the work that has done to bring our UAI community members together. I have been impressed by the level of enthusiasm and energy that I have witnessed from utility analytics colleagues at UAI events. I would not likely have made these connections without UAI.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Chuck,
You are a wealth of wisdom. It takes different perspectives and skillsets to bring creative solutions into successful production – much of which is gaining acceptance for change. You are right. These creative solutions are complex products with their own lifecycle. Thank you for being such an engaged member of the UAI community. It is a pleasure getting to know you better.——————————
Sincerely,Sandi Joralemon
Sr. Research Analyst
Utility Analytics Institute
sjoralemon@utilityanalytics.com
830.832.5042
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-08-2023 12:01
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: May (2023) Member Spotlight: Chuck Hahm (San Diego Gas & Electric)@Chuck is an active UAI member and provides outstanding influence and contributions to the UAI community through any of our multiple channels, including, but not limited to engagement on UAI Connect, volunteering with UAI, involvement and/or leadership in monthly Community Conversations, and/or speaking at UAI events, plus so much. As thanks, we are featuring him in the UAI Member Spotlight. Chuck is a Data Scientist with an electrical engineering and software development background. He takes an entrepreneurial approach to data science and has worked in a range of industries for both large companies and start-ups.
Kevin: How did you get into the utility analytics industry?
Chuck:
Both by chance and by design. I have worked for tech providers during most of my career. I wanted to gain an understanding of technology adoption from the inside, so I accepted a data science role at San Diego Gas and Electric. The utilities industry continues to interest me because it has global impact and a range of active technology needs.
Kevin: What project have you enjoyed working on most in your career?
Chuck:
My favorite projects have been ones that have called for the greatest creativity in the realm of data science. I am presently working on the problem of meter failure prediction, which I find to be fascinating because it combines time series analysis, machine-learning and failure mode analysis. From a data science perspective, utility meters are sensors that live in a gigantic network and failure modes are behaviors to be detected. The tools and skills to solve this class of problems can be transferred to solve distinct, yet similar challenges. That’s what I love about data science!
Kevin: What has been your biggest professional challenge and how did you work through it?
Chuck:
My biggest professional challenge is to understand the dynamics of successful product development. Data scientists are attracted to the field because it offers so many opportunities to devise creative solutions to interesting problems. However, placing that solution into a real business operation is an even more daunting challenge. Success involves a keen understanding of hard-to-see factors such as human motivations and organizational factors.
Kevin: If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice before entering the utility analytics industry, what would it be?
Chuck:
Reach out to colleagues within the industry more. That why I love UAI!
Kevin: What would you like to talk to fellow colleagues and members about in UAI Connect? Or, what issues or topics would you like to see more discussions on in UAI Connect?I would like to connect colleagues on the topic of data science intrapreneurship – being entrepreneurial within our utilities. I believe that data science product development deserves its own conversation space because it poses challenges that are distinct from traditional product development.
Kevin: Thank you so much for sharing with us and for being a highly engaged member of UAI!
Do you have any final thoughts, ideas, or comments you would like to share with your fellow UAI members?
Chuck:
My final thought is that I appreciate the work that has done to bring our UAI community members together. I have been impressed by the level of enthusiasm and energy that I have witnessed from utility analytics colleagues at UAI events. I would not likely have made these connections without UAI.
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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