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Guerry Waters

Vice President - Industry Strategy
Oracle SPL

Member Since: 05/27/03

Author Rating: Silver

Article Count: 8

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Background

Guerry Waters has more than 30 years experience in global information technology strategy, organization, architecture and business-driven IT solutions. He has been the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at SPL since November 2000.

Prior to joining SPL, Guerry was Vice President of Energy Information Strategy at META Group, where he focused on customer management and alignment of the information technology function with the energy lines of business. His previous responsibilities in the energy industry included the positions of CTO and Director of Technology Strategy and Engineering at Southern Company.

Guerry's educational background includes concentrations of studies in business, technology and extensive course work and studies in management, strategy development and implementation planning. He is a frequent speaker and writer on issues surrounding the transformation of information technology and the creation of customer-related strategies and solutions in an increasingly competitive global market.

Articles

1.27.09	Technology and the Aging Mobile Workforce Topic: Grid Operations Article Viewed 3813 Times; Comment on this article An era is ending. A generation of workers born after World War II is beginning to retire. Inevitably, as these valued employees leave, they take with them years of knowledge and experience. That is value that cannot be replaced by hiring even the smartest workers in their twenties.

11.11.08	CIS and MDM: Partners or Competitors? Topic: Metering Article Viewed 3747 Times; 1 comments Technology evolution is almost invariably painful and expensive for both vendor and customer. So it's not surprising that, as needs for change emerge, our first response is denial. And the more successful the vendor of the existing technology, the greater the impulse to deny the need for change.

9.11.08	Strategic Metering Topic: Metering Article Viewed 5016 Times; 7 comments AMI. AMR. Smart Meters. Smart Grids. What's the difference? And who cares? Aren't they all just new ways to measure consumption and collect billing data?

12.13.07	Asset Management Should Accommodate Both Financial and Operational Needs Topic: Risk & Operations Article Viewed 4929 Times; Comment on this article Something breaks. Should you fix it or replace it? That seems like a question that any asset management system should be able to answer. The sad fact is, however, that most operational managers use asset management software that cannot tell them how much they've previously spent on this particular broken asset, what its current book value is, or what the asset's remaining life expectancy is.

10.26.07	Locating the Smarts in Smart Metering Topic: Metering Article Viewed 6647 Times; 15 comments How "smart" should meters be in order to create an effective "smart metering" system? One side of the debate equates "smart metering" with "smart meters" -- that is, meters capable of data storage and manipulation. The other side reads "smart metering" as "smart applications for meter data."

1.5.07	Application Integration Creates the Strategic Utility Topic: Infomation Technology Article Viewed 4249 Times; 1 comments Most utilities today manage their IT portfolios by mixing multi-business software applications with some applications that are utility-specific. It makes sense. When it comes to business processes involving supply contracts, general ledger or human resource administration, utilities operate much like their own business customers.

6.24.03	Energy Utilities and Customer Management Technology Topic: Billing & Customer Care Article Viewed 5027 Times; 1 comments For thirty years, CIS technology ruled the marketplace. Then in one decade CRM arose, flourished, and fell. Where do we go from here?

6.4.03	New Tools Foster Innovative, Cost-Effective Products for Commercial and Industrial Customers Topic: Billing & Customer Care Article Viewed 5001 Times; Comment on this article Millions of residential consumers express relief at the dramatic slow-down in North American electric competition. Business customers do not. For many businesses, energy costs significantly affect product and service costs.

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