[Gina Weber (Adm)]

Hi Ty-rell! Welcome to the UAI community. Before joining UAI, I spent many years there at CNP (in Houston) working on many analytics projects. Looking forward to connecting soon. Hope to see you in Kansas City at UA Summit in April.

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Gina Weber
Managing Director, Utility Analytics Institute
(281) 839-8434
GWeber@EndeavorB2B.com
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/Gina-Weber
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-11-2023 10:46
From: Ty-Rell Walton
Subject: Hello Everyone!!

Hello everyone

My name is Ty-Rell Walton. I currently work for CenterPoint Energy at the Louisiana office. I’ve been with the company for a few months but, have been working in Data Analysis for three years now. I am a southern boy from the great Cajun State of Louisiana where we love our Gumbo, Boudin, and Mardi Gras! I am a 2019 graduated at Louisiana State University (Go Tigers) in Computer Science. I love to travel, spend time with family, friends, camp, watch my favorite show on Netflix (NCIS) and bowl among other things. I am very adventurous and always looking to try new activities. I am excited to join the UAI Community and look forward to learning, collaborating, and meeting new colleagues in this data analysis world. As we say back home, laissez les bon temps rouler (Let the Good time roll)!

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Ty-Rell Walton
Data Analyst
CenterPoint Energy
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[Gina Weber (Adm)]

Nope I have them Gary, thank you for checking and submitting those topics. Hope you are doing well!

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Gina Weber
Managing Director, Utility Analytics Institute
(281) 839-8434
GWeber@EndeavorB2B.com
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/Gina-Weber
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-29-2022 16:54
From: Gary Rector
Subject: UA Summit 2023 – Call for Topics

Hi Gina,

I submitted a couple of ideas a few weeks ago-has the agenda changed? Should I submit again?

 

Thank you,

 

-G

Stay hydrated and watch kids around water!

 

 

Original Message:
Sent: 11/29/2022 4:40:00 PM
From: Gina Weber
Subject: UA Summit 2023 – Call for Topics

Hi y’all!

I’m excited to announce that we’re changing things up for Utility Analytics Summit 2023. This year we will bring event attendees a new, more collaborative summit.

Our program will be made up of discussion forums and roundtables designed to enrich the attendee experience by providing an immersive conference that they can participate in.

All sessions will begin with a subject matter expert who will set the stage by sharing their strategies and experiences and then we’ll flip the script and ask attendees to participate in the discussion.

Discussion leaders will be asked to develop thought-provoking questions for the audience that are aimed at finding new approaches, solutions and perspectives.

We’re currently looking for session leaders and will be accepting topic submissions through December 7, 2022. 

We hope you all have a safe and refreshing holidays, we are looking forward to seeing everyone in Kansas City.

All the best,

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Gina Weber
Managing Director, Utility Analytics Institute
(281) 839-8434 cell
GWeber@UtilityAnalytics.com
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/Gina-Weber
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[Gina Weber (Adm)]

Howdy y’all! 

I think it is about time I said hello from the UAI team, and formally introduced myself for those of you I haven’t met. I am Gina Weber and I am the managing director here at UAI. I have the great pleasure of overseeing the day-to-day activities of UAI operations and programming & delivering our events, both virtual and in-person. I’ve been with UAI since the fall of 2017, when I left CenterPoint Energy to join this amazing organization. I had been an active UAI member and true believer of the community since the first presenting at UA Week held in Arlington in 2012 and I’m thrilled that we will be returning to the DFW area this fall for UA Week again. 

My 10 years spent in various departments at CenterPoint Energy has allowed me to provide context to topics and situations that are unique to our industry and pull from my experience with newly formed analytics organizations to share some of my lessons learned. I was fortunate enough to spend time in a number of areas within the utility such as: Industrial & Large Commercial Accounts, Electric Operations, Revenue Protection, Analytics and Data Services, Distribution Operations, and Customer Operations.  

On a personal note I am a proud Texas Tech Alumni and bleed red & black. College sports are one of my favorite pastimes. My family and I are based in Pearland Texas, a large suburb outside of Houston.  I have a 6 year old daughter and 2 bonus kids age 11 and 13. On most nights and weekends you will find me either at a cheer practice/competition for my 6 year old or a softball tournament around the country for my 13 year old. They keep us BUSY but we wouldn’t have it any other way and know that one day we will miss these crazy times. In my free time (not that I have much of that) I love to craft and spend time with friends and family.

I love reading everyone’s introductions, many I know, but these introductions help me to know even more about you outside of UAI. I appreciate the contribution each one of you makes to our community and hope that we continue to work together to transform utilities through the use of data and analytics.

I hope I see y’all real soon!

Gina

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Gina Weber
Managing Director, Utility Analytics Institute
(281) 839-8434
GWeber@EndeavorB2B.com
http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/Gina-Weber
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-18-2020 10:38
From: Leslie Cook
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI Members,

I’m excited to try something new on UAI’s Member-Only Community. I want to not only make this forum a place for work and professional connections to take place on a daily basis, a place to ask each other questions, find answers and exchange knowledge and share information, I want to make it a fun environment to help us all de-stress, get to know each other a little better, and build bonds and friendships of a lifetime.

One of the coolest things about the UAI community is seeing members make connections with one another-it’s incredible to watch personal and professional relationship and friendships begin, grow, evolve, and last. The more relationships that are built between us and the more we get to know each other, the more valuable our work exchanges will become. We open up, we share more, we learn more and we all become so much better together!

Our community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. I feel like it’s time that we (both new members and established ones) take a little time to introduce ourselves.

• Share your name
• Where you’re from
• How long you’ve worked in utility analytics
• I also encourage you to share non-invasive personal tidbits about yourself, i.e. what you like to do for fun, your hobbies, your pet peeves, or even your favorite memes, of course keeping it in good taste. Share things that will help us all get to know you better

I think it is important to have a little fun while we work and enjoy each other’s company. Please, use the UAI Member-Only Community as a place to work hard and play hard, enjoy, laugh, and have some fun.

I’ll kick us off, and please know you can include as much or little detail in your introduction. I’m wordy, so I went all out:

I’m Leslie, UAI’s membership & digital engagement manager. I’ve been with UAI for almost five months and I’m passionate about connecting members who share similar interests and challenges, and providing them with benefits, experiences, and tools they need to solve their problems and improve their organizations. I enthusiastically joined UAI to help improve and evolve the UAI membership value, as well as manage UAI’s collection of Communities. I am a strategic program director, dynamic business leader, and expert facilitator with over 20 years of experience. To learn even more about my professional work or to connect with me, visit my profile on UAI’s member-only site or LinkedIn. Please reach out to me directly at any time if you have questions or need anything from UAI. I can be reached at lcook@endeavorb2b.com or 646-693-5965.

I’m a Texas girl at heart, born and raised in a small town in north Texas, and then I headed out west to graduate from Texas Tech University (Go Red Raiders!). After school I moved to Colorado and I’ve lived all along the front range for the last 22 years, settling in Denver for the last six years, and I still have a Texas accent (You can take the girl out of Texas, but you can’t take the Texas accent out of the girl!). I’ve been married to my best friend from high school for 17 years, and we have two amazingly intelligent miniature Australian Shepherds, Indio and Charley, who keep us busy.

When I’m not working, I can be found traveling the world. We have been to 11 countries so far and we hope to continue to expand our adventures. I also like to leverage my high attention to detail and project management skills when dabbling in home remodeling and interior design. I come up with crazy design schemes and my patient husband implements my ideas, doing all the skilled and hard labor work. We are now close to the end of a complete remodel of our 1952 house. I cannot wait to be done with this project that has taken us about three years to complete…I can almost see the light!

I am truly excited to get to know ALL UAI’s members, so please reply to this discussion post to introduce yourself. Give a little of yourself and you will be surprised at how much you get in return through your valuable, purpose-built relationships via UAI.

Like I said, I have only been with UAI for about five months, but I’m already having so much fun and learning a lot from all of you! We have a lot of positive updates coming soon and we are evolving, with your input, to better meet your needs and goals, and I can’t wait to share these things with you. You must stay tuned into UAI’s Member-Only Community to learn more within the next few months. We will also be announcing some new things and some updates during the unique and exciting event we have coming in June 2020, UA Summit Reimagined!

Introduce yourself, learn more about others, and connect through UAI!

Stay safe and healthy,

     Leslie

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Leslie Cook
Membership & Digital Engagement Manager
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
646-693-5965, lcook@endeavorb2b.com
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