UTC Telecom & Technology 2019

Creating a Network & Telecom Roadmap for Accelerating Deployment of Innovative Grid Services (Room 203BC)

20 Jun 19
3:50 PM - 4:50 PM

Tracks: Using Data for Innovative Telecom Solutions

Speaker(s): Kurt Baumgarten, Telecommunications Engineer, Dairyland Power Cooperative; BRUCE WADDELL, Senior Consultant, Lockard & White, Inc.; Kerry Groetsch, Manager Telecommunications Operations, Dairyland Power Cooperative

Rapid changes in the electric utility industry are forcing changes to field networks at an alarming rate, stretching the limits of utility organizations’ technical skills and capacity. A structured approach to developing a technical and financial roadmap can help bring order to a reactionary and chaotic approach to network changes. In this session, attendees will learn a proven method for creating and maintaining a network and telecom roadmap to meet a utility’s changing business needs.