[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our June (2022) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Thursday, June 23rd at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by @Julie, MABR, CBRM, Senior Manager Inventory Management, Supply Chain and @Jeremiah, Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Analytics, Technology & Innovation Organization at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) who will be leading a discussion around,“How TVA is Leveraging Supply Chain Data, Advanced Analytics, and Cloud Computing to Create a “Google” to “Amazon” Environment for Supply Chain Inventory.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

TVA is leveraging advanced analytics to close the gap between the current $700M+ of inventory and the work management and operational performance of electricity generation assets. A highlight of this process is a new search tool called “MICA” (Materials Intelligent Catalog Assistant) that produces “Google” level search results and an “Amazon” like application for finding inventory and creating work orders. This solution is expected to save TVA millions of dollars. MICA had saved TVA $4.5M already while it was in beta testing.

MICA helps users find inventory and materials they need to better plan projects. MICA’s development is part of TVA’s focus on Intelligent Inventory – a series of efforts to align assets with inventory using Maximo and advanced analytics.

Session attendees will learn ways TVA is applying modern technologies to traditional processes to transform work and asset performance.

Speaker: Jeremiah Jansen, Senior Product Manager, Enterprise Analytics, Technology & Innovation Organization (TVA)

Jeremiah Jansen works at TVA as Senior Product Manager in Enterprise Analytics which is part of TVA’s Technology & Innovation Organization. As part of the Enterprise Analytics team, he has worked on analytics use cases for business units across the enterprise that turn data into insights using data science techniques and applications. His projects cover a wide range of data analytics, machine learning, and data science applications that include natural language processing and text search, advanced statistics and predictive analytics for TVA equipment, supply chain analytics, and image recognition with helicopter and drone data. He has a MS in Computer Science at John Hopkins University. 

Speaker: Julie Soutuyo, MABR, CBRM, Senior Manager Inventory Management, Supply Chain (TVA)

Julie Soutuyo joined the Tennessee Valley Authority in 2011. She has held senior-level positions in the Cyber Security, Information Technology, TVA Police and Emergency Management, and Supply Chain organizations. Julie has led numerous teams to develop solutions for a wide variety of technology-enabled, enterprise-wide challenges. She is a 20-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, a former GS-14 at the U.S. Department of Transportation and has over a decade of experience as a management consultant in support of Defense, Space, and Energy clients. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Excelsior College and holds advanced certifications in risk and business resilience.
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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 13:23
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming June (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Enterprise Analytics 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) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation. On Thursday, June 23rd at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Julie Soutuyo, Senior Manager – Inventory Management and Jeremiah Jansen, Senior Product Manager – Enterprise Analytics at Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) who will be leading a discussion around, “How TVA is Leveraging Supply Chain Data, Advanced Analytics, and Cloud Computing to Create a “Google” to “Amazon” Environment for Supply Chain Inventory.” 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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[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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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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

It’s great to meet you @Brandy thanks for the introduction! We actually have two past presentations around Tableau which might be a great place to get started. 

https://connect.utilityanalytics.com/viewdocument/november-15th-meeting-making-the?CommunityKey=b430aff1-d667-4398-97d1-533e2bdcc7dd&tab=librarydocuments

https://connect.utilityanalytics.com/viewdocument/august-23rd-meeting-creating-a-c?CommunityKey=b430aff1-d667-4398-97d1-533e2bdcc7dd&tab=librarydocuments

If you have any issues accessing the links just let me know.

Thanks!
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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-08-2022 20:20
From: Brandy Sawyer
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hi Everyone!

My name is Brandy Sawyer. I work for Benton Public Utility District (PUD). I’ve been with the company only 3 months, and am brand new to Utilities. I have 17 years in analytics in the grocery industry, so analytics as a whole is not new to me. I’m just getting up to speed on electricity metrics and wanted to connect with others in the same arena.

My PUD is heavily into Tableau Dashboarding, with a solid group of power users who are really invested in analytics and growing our data knowledge. I am really excited to dig in and start participating in groups to get familiar with everyone!

In my free time I like to read books, watch movies, and crochet!

Thanks!

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Brandy Sawyer
Business Intelligence Analyst
Benton PUD
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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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Grid Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our June (2022) Grid Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, June 15th at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by @Jordan, Data Science Manager at Entergy who will be leading a discussion around,“Transformer Failure Analytics: Lessons Learned and Future Path.” 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:

Applying analytics to transformer failures and improving daily operations and spend is of great importance to most utilities. This not only has the potential to save money but also improve customer reliability and satisfaction. This presentation will step through Entergy’s journey in this space and explore how we’ve evolved and learned from ourselves and other utilities. In addition, the presentation will explore our path forward and discuss some critical lessons learned.

Speaker: Jordan Pino, Data Science Manager (Entergy)

Jordan Pino is currently Manager – Data Science at Entergy where he works within the Business Data & Insights group. Specifically, Jordan manages a team of Data Scientists who develop advanced analytical solutions to improve business functions across all divisions. He works to establish, monitor, report, and continually improve work processes to enhance analytics capabilities at Entergy. Jordan’s past work focused heavily on advanced analytics for Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E), American Electric Power (AEP), FirstEnergy, and Southern Company. He is highly skilled in machine learning, data mining, big data, and data visualization. 

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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 11:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming June (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Grid Analytics 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) Grid Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, June 15th at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by @Jordan, Data Science Manager at Entergy who will be leading a discussion around,“Transformer Failure Analytics: Lessons Learned and Future Path.“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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are just under one week away from our June (2022) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Wednesday, June 15th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by the following leadership team members who will be leading a roundtable themed discussion on, “Organizational Structure and How it Affects Analytics Maturity:”

– @David, Director, Performance Management and Organizational Strategy (SoCalGas)
– @Kaleb, Data Science Supervisor (ONE Gas)
– @Miaad, Technical Manager (Enbridge)

As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight. 

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

During this roundtable, members of the Natural Gas Analytics Community will discuss how they organize their analytics team(s). Organizational structure makes a big impact on the things surrounding analytics and the evolution of analytics maturity. This session is not to focus on what the different current organizational structures are, but what is working and not working in each utility regarding organizational structure, lessons learned, and if each member got a chance to start from scratch regarding building their organizational structure, how would they do it differently, why is it good/bad and why does it work and why not.

Speaker: David Baron, Director, Performance Management and Organizational Strategy (SoCalGas)

David Baron has worked at SoCalGas since 2012, and his organization provides support to the rest of the company in Data Science, Process Improvement, Workforce Planning and Change Management.  Prior to SoCalGas, he spent many years leading a customer analytics consulting practice across multiple industries including Utilities.  He holds advanced degrees in Statistics, Operations Research and Business. 

Speaker: Kaleb Thompson, Data Science Supervisor (ONE Gas)

Kaleb Thompson is an analytics professional who has worked at ONE Gas for over six years in a variety of roles such as Data Engineer, Data Scientist and now supports the advanced analytics efforts at ONE Gas.

Speaker: Miaad Safari, Technical Manager (Enbridge)

Miaad Safari is an Integrity Engineer specializing in Risk and Reliability assessments. He is a strong advocate of enhancing integrity data analytics and the development of efficient and accurate risk and reliability models to gain a better understanding of the industry’s aging assets. After spending over a decade devoted to Pipeline Integrity at Enbridge Gas Inc., Miaad has developed an in-depth knowledge of integrity threat assessments, ILI technologies, fitness-for-service assessments, reliability models, and risk assessments.  
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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 11:31
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming June (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Natural Gas Analytics 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) Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation. On Wednesday, June 15th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by the following leadership team members who will be leading a discussion around, “Organizational Structure and How it Affects Analytics Maturity”

– @David, Director, Performance Management and Organizational Strategy (SoCalGas)
– @Kaleb, Data Science Supervisor (ONE Gas)
– @Miaad, Technical Manager (Enbridge)

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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our June (2022) Customer Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Tuesday, June 14th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by @Arnie, Managing Director, Strategic Solutions Analytics at Duke Energy who will be leading a discussion around, “How Customer Analytics Can Help Reach Carbon Goals.”

Learn more about this session and our speaker below!

Session Description:

The utility industry is changing more rapidly than ever and our goals to decarbonize and grow the business are bigger than ever. Change is scary but it also represents opportunity in the way we engage with customers and how we manage the grid edge. Today more than ever, data scientists and our work can add real value to help companies meet this goal. This session will address some of the big questions we’re all trying to answer and the innovative strategies we’re deploying at Duke Energy.

Speaker: Arnie Richardson, Managing Director, Strategic Solutions Analytics (Duke Energy)

@Arnie has over 10 years of experience in the electric utility focusing on analytics, delivery, and innovation. He has held roles in Load Research, Data Science and Product Management before his current role of leading Regulated Solutions Analytics for Duke Energy. 
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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 10:02
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming June (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Customer Analytics 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) Customer Analytics Community Conversation. On Tuesday, June 14th at 11:00 AM CT, we’ll be joined by Arnie Richardson, Managing Director of Strategic Solutions Analytics at Duke Energy, who will be leading a discussion around, “How Customer Analytics Can Help Reach Carbon Goals.” 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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello @Margaret thank you for your note and we apologize for any inconvenience. I will take a look into your account now and reach out individually via email to ensure we get this corrected going forward.

Thanks again and sorry for the trouble!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-02-2022 10:31
From: Margaret Keane
Subject: UAI Community Engagement Award – Become This Year’s Most Engaged Utility Company!

I have unsubscribed more than once but continue to receive your emails.  Please remove me from your distribution list. 

 

Thank you.

Margaret Keane

 

Original Message:
Sent: 6/2/2022 10:00:00 AM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: UAI Community Engagement Award – Become This Year’s Most Engaged Utility Company!

Hello UAI Members,

Last week I had sent out a message promoting our Community Engagement Award – Most Engaged Professional, part of this year’s UAI Excellence Awards. Divided into two parts (MOST ENGAGED PROFESSIONAL & MOST ENGAGED UTILITY COMPANY) I want to speak more on THE MOST ENGAGED UTILITY COMPANY today and get your whole team excited about this amazing opportunity.

THE MOST ENGAGED UTILITY COMPANY represents a utility member company who has had exceptional engagement throughout UAI, including but not limited to, UAI Connect activity, community involvement, volunteerism, event involvement, etc. This year more than ever, our overall engagement has skyrocketed which is a huge testament to the amazing members we work with on a daily basis. To every member utility team, we thank you for your involvement and wish you the best of luck in this year’s selection!

Last year we had the privilege of selecting Sempra Utilities for this award who continue to stay engaged through UAI’s many channels. Hear from @David, Director of Performance Management and Org. Structure, @Tom, Manager of Data & Analytics and Services, and @Karen, Product Owner Team Lead, during their 2021 Acceptance Speech and learn even more about this award below. 

 

THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD – MOST ENGAGED UTILITY COMPANY

UAI will select our winner for this award category from a combination of engagement activity, including engagement score on UAI Connect (How often are you posting or replying on Ask Your Network or other online communities? How often are you sharing resources? Are you viewing and downloading research? Have you completed your profile? Are you inviting other members to connect and sending direct messages via UAI Connect direct messaging?… all of these activities count toward your overall engagement score on UAI Connect), UAI Community Conversation involvement (Are you attending Community Conversations regularly? Are you volunteering as a Community leader or sponsor?), and other volunteerism with UAI… there are so many opportunities to get involved to become a more engaged UAI member. 

Reach out to me directly at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com if you want to get more involved or have questions about volunteering with UAI.

Volunteering allows you to connect to your community and make it a better place. And volunteering is a two-way street: It can benefit you and your utility as much as the cause you choose to help. Dedicating your time as a volunteer helps you make new connections, expands your network, and boosts your social skills. In other words…The more you give, the more you get in return!

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Learn even more about THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD on our awards portal and reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com if you have any questions along the way. 

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

Thank you so much for your kind words @Pamela! Working with several utility teams, we get the rare privilege of following the successes of our members real time and love being able to recognize them during the UAI Excellence Awards. If you’re ever interested in nominating and have any questions please reach out and let me know.

 

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-27-2022 13:36
From: Pamela Flot
Subject: UAI Excellence Awards – Are you Celebrating the Talent on your Team?

Kevin,

 

What you wrote is very moving and so true. I don’t have anyone in mind at this moment to recognize, but I am surrounded by wicked smart, innovative people and I do my best to acknowledge them on a regular basis. Thank you for helping me look at peoples accomplishments in a different light.

 

Thank you,

Pamela (Pam) I Flot | Program Analyst

Western Area Power Admin | Headquarters

(O) 720.962.7285 | flot[at]wapa.gov

 

Original Message:
Sent: 5/27/2022 12:01:00 PM
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: UAI Excellence Awards – Are you Celebrating the Talent on your Team?

Hello UAI Members,

Are you celebrating the talent on your team and/or your entire team?

A violinist played for 45 minutes in a New York subway. A handful of people stopped, a couple clapped, and the violinist managed to raise about $30 in tips. 💵

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. In that subway, Joshua played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. 🎻

Two days before he played in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats averaged about $1000.

The experiment proved that the extraordinary in an ordinary environment does not shine and is so often overlooked and undervalued. 👀

There are brilliantly talented people everywhere who aren’t receiving the recognition and reward they deserve. But once they arm themselves with value and confidence and remove themselves from an environment that isn’t serving them, they thrive and grow.

Are you celebrating, recognizing, and rewarding the wicked smart, innovative people on your team?

RUN, don’t walk, to nominated them for a UAI 2022 Excellence Award today! Nominate at https://lnkd.in/eBebzqk. The deadline to submit a UAI Excellence Award nomination is June 30, 2022. 🏃‍♂️🏃🏃‍♀️

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

Hello Natural Gas Community Members,

I noticed conflicting Teams credintials on today’s placeholder. Please use the credintials below to join today’s meeting. If you have any questions please email me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com. 

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Original Message:
Sent: 05-17-2022 12:30
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Final Reminder! Tomorrow’s (May 18) Community Conversation + Teams Link

Hello Natural Gas Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! I just wanted to send one final reminder for tomorrow’s Natural Gas Analytics Community Conversation (Wednesday, May 18th at 11:00 AM CT) where we have an exciting discussion planned around, “MSAI Schedule and Routing Optimization  – Scattered to Consolidated and Unbalanced to Balanced,” led by Steven Alejandre, Team Lead of Meter Set Assembly Inspection (MSAI) at SoCal Gas.

I’ve updated our existing calendar placeholder with our Microsoft Teams credentials and included below for your reference. In addition, I’ve also attached the placeholder to this message for easy download. If anyone does not have on their calendars or are having trouble downloading the placeholder please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

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Thanks and I look forward to connecting!

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Boulder CO
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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Thanks for getting in touch on this! Our events team are working today to get each of the UA Summit sessions rolled over to the UA Summit website. Once rolled over, they will be sending an email to each attendee with a direct link where they can access. I also will be moving these sessions to UAI Connect in the coming weeks and will make members aware once available. 

If you have any questions in the meantime please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

Thanks again!

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Sent: 05-17-2022 11:45
From: x x
Subject: Slide Presentations from the recent UAI Summit 5/12

I just recently attended the UA Summit 2022 and would like copies of the presentations given at the Summit.  Does anyone know where they are posted or how to access them?  Thank you!

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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Shraddha,

It’s amazing to get connected, we’re so excited to have you in our community! Though not an alumn myself, I have family who attended University of Connecticut. I’m not sure if you will be attending UA Summit next week (taking place in New Orleans) but we have several members travelling who I know would be excited to connect. If you have any questions on UA Summit please let me know!

As you get your feet wet on UAI Connect please feel free to reach out to me directly kpraet@utilityanalytics.com if you have any questions. Please also check our eight current/interactive communities which provide a great opportunity to learn and connect with other members of UAI.

Cheers!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-05-2022 12:43
From: Shraddha Sharma
Subject: Introduce Yourself

Hello UAI members,

My name is Shraddha Sharma. I work for Entergy Services from past 2.5 years as data scientist in New Orleans. I got this opportunity to get familiar with Utility Analytics and latest advancements that utility companies are working on. I enjoy my work and am interested in meeting and learning  from people who work on similar business problems.

I have done my masters in business analytics and project management from University of Connecticut and Bachelors in Information Technology. Although this is my first Utility company experience, my dad worked in a utility company all his life(back in India, where I am from) and I grew up hearing about, and seeing power generation very closely. 

In my free time I like painting, reading and working out. I am excited to be part of UAI team and looking forward to meeting someday in person!

-Shraddha

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Shraddha Sharma
Sr. Data Scientist
Entergy
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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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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

In my previous note I forgot to mention that this will be a 90-minute session taking place between 1:00 – 2:30 PM (CT). We welcome the opportunity to have an extended conversation on this great topic! If anyone has any questions prior please let me know.

Thanks again!

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Kevin Praet
Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-21-2022 14:19
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming April (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our April (2022) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Thursday, April 28 at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by Stefan Buettner, Director of Global Strategy and Impact from the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP), who will be leading a discussion around, “Are We Ready? – Pathways to Net-Zero.” 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:

With the increasing societal expectations and the current international situation heightening the urgency of the energy transition, the pressure is rising for companies to decarbonize. Thus, besides the reasons for decarbonization, this presentation will address companies’ reactions, their intentions as well as specific strategies and methods for reaching net-zero.

Speaker: Stefan Buettner, Director of Global Strategy and Impact (University of Stuttgart, Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP))

Stefan Buettner (@StefanMBuettner) is Director Global Strategy & Impact at the Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) and chairs the UN ECE Task Force on Industrial Energy Efficiency, as well as the UN ECE Group of Experts on Energy Efficiency. As initiator of the Energy Efficiency Barometer of Industry (#EEBarometer) and project lead of the Energy Efficiency Index of German Industry (#EEIndex), he facilitates demand-side informed efficiency action. He also coordinates the joint activities of EEP and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA to decarbonise industry. Mr Buettner is working on multinational committees, such as the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG), the UN ECE Committee on Sustainable Energy, the UN ECE Task Force on Carbon Neutrality and as former coordinator of the G20 Energy Efficiency Task Groups on Industry and Finance on ‘strategies to unleash energy productivity and decarbonisation potentials of industry’. In these, he has delivered over 100 speeches in 30+ countries. 
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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). For your convenience I have also attached the placeholder to this message. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Thursday, April 28 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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Membership Coordinator
Utility Analytics Institute (UAI)
Boulder CO
315-440-3033
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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

Please disregard the previous message, this was sent by mistake!

Sorry for any inconvenience!

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Boulder CO
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-14-2022 11:16
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Final Reminder! Tomorrow’s (April 12) Community Conversation + Teams Link

Hello Customer Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! I just wanted to send one final reminder for tomorrow’s Customer Analytics Community Conversation (Tuesday, April 12 at 11:00 AM CT) where we have an exciting discussion planned around, “Leveraging Smart Meter Data for Customer Segmentation.” As this discussion will be interactive, we encourage you to come prepared with questions and your insight.

I’ve updated our existing calendar placeholder with our Microsoft Teams credentials and included below for your reference. In addition, I’ve also attached the placeholder to this message for easy download. If anyone does not have on their calendars or are having trouble downloading the placeholder please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

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Thanks and I look forward to connecting tomorrow! 

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Sent: 03-30-2022 11:23
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Today’s March 30, 2022 EAC Meeting – Placeholder + Teams Link

Hello UAI EAC Members,

We look forward to connecting with you today at 12:00 PM (CT) during our March 30, 2022 EAC Meeting! As some members have had issues with our EAC placeholder, I just wanted to send a quick message including our placeholder as an attachment and also including our Teams credintials below. If anyone has any questions or issues joining our meeting today please reach out to me at kpraet@utilityanalytics.com.

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Thanks again and we look for connecting!

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[Kevin Praet (Adm)]

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! We are one week away from our March (2022) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation and want to get you excited about the session taking place. On Thursday, March 24th at 1:00 PM CT, we’ll be joined by the following members from TVA who will be leading a discussion around, “How TVA Operationalizes Data Governance Principals:”

– Neelanjan Patri, Strategic Operation Solutions (TVA)
– Tom Fischer, Sr. Spec, Data Ops & Analytics (TVA)
– Phebe Fleet, Strategic Consultant (TVA)

Learn more about this session and our speakers below!

Session Description:

Due to the current cyber threats, TVA, a Federal Agency, is in a unique position to comply to federal and NERC CIP requirements. Operations is challenged in the data access and governance space to comply to Federal Cyber Security, NERC CIP and the NRC for Nuclear regulations. The presentation will tell the story on how data governance and access, IT security and operational requirements leads to SPP driving operations as well as principal driven approaches.

Speaker: Neelanjan Patri, Strategic Operation Solutions (TVA)

Neelanjan Patri has been associated with UAI for a long time. He works in the Strategic Operation Solutions group at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the Chief Operating Officer’s (COO) organization. In his role, he leads the Operational Technology and Analytics functions for the COO organization. 

Speaker: Tom Fischer, Sr. Spec, Data Ops & Analytics (TVA)

Tom Fischer is fascinated by the marriage of the latest technology to the perennial challenges of the utility industry. With the arrival of cloud computing to increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence, advanced deep learning, and advanced sensor technology, the opportunities to solve old problems in creative ways are endless. Tom looks for ways to “build a better mousetrap,” using the building blocks of innovation to improve day-to-day operations at TVA while being fully compliant with Governance and Cyber Security. 

Speaker: Phebe Fleet, Strategic Consultant (TVA)

Phebe Fleet is a strong adaptable professional with a bachelor’s degree focused in Agriculture, where business, science and technology converge. In Phebe’s 11th year at TVA, where the majority of her career has been focused on identifying, prioritizing and coordinating the delivery of technology solutions that comply with both business and customer requirements. Fun Fact –Phebe is a skilled equestrian placing top 10 at world championships.

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A calendar placeholder for this community conversation was sent out via my alternate email address (kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com). For your convenience I have also attached the placeholder to this message. If you are not seeing a placeholder on your calendar for Thursday, March 24th 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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Original Message:
Sent: 03-02-2022 12:31
From: Kevin Praet
Subject: Upcoming March (2022) Community Conversation

Hello Enterprise Analytics Community Members,

I hope all is well! With March just kicking off, I wanted to reach out and get you excited for our March (2022) Enterprise Analytics Community Conversation. On Thursday, March 24th at 1:00 PM CT, we will be joined by the following members from TVA who will be leading a discuss around, “How TVA Operationalizes Data Governance Principals.”

– Neelanjan Patri, Strategic Operation Solutions (TVA)
– Tom Fischer, Sr. Spec, Data Ops & Analytics (TVA)
– Phebe Fleet, Strategic Consultant (TVA)

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.

Our latest IT update allows me to send meeting placeholders directly to your calendars through my alternate email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com. I sent out invitations for this community, and each of our other communities, last month. If you did not receive a calendar invitation let me know so I can help troubleshoot. As this seems to be an issue with some of our members’ firewalls, we recommend whitelisting my new email address kpraet@sg.utilityanalytics.com to ensure any invites don’t go to your spam/junk folders.

Again please let me know if you have any questions/concerns or do not have a calendar placeholder on your calendar.

Thanks and I look forward to connecting with you all this month!

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