SAP for Utilities 2019 | Eventful Conferences | 21 October 2019 | Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego , 1 Market Pl, San Diego, CA 92101, USA

The current state of the industry has led to a difficult crossroad for utilities companies. SAP customers in utilities are looking to make more business processes digital but are faced with the challenge of whether they will have the time, budget, teams, or infrastructure needed for an implementation. Now more than ever, collaboration between the utility’s community is imperative. Entering its 12th year, SAP for Utilities has evolved into North America’s largest SAP industry conference. The conference unites nearly a thousand professionals each year to network, learn, and discover SAP solutions and strategies specific to the utilities industry.

Why Attend?
Now entering its 12th year, SAP for Utilities brings together a global network of professionals in the SAP space to network, learn, and discover their success. You’ll witness what leading companies are doing with some of the world’s most powerful tools. A strong lineup of keynotes, interactive sessions, and unlimited opportunities make this a can’t miss event.

Community
• More than 200 companies
• Unlimited conversations and networking
• One-on-one meetings with SAP experts
• Opportunity to be recognized at SAP's Industry Innovation Awards

Conference
• More than 100 world-class speakers
• Five tracks on topics uncovered by research
• Topics including S/4HANA, IoT, Data Governance, and more
• Attendee rating of 4.5 for customer satisfaction

Solutions
• Service and solution providers from 30-plus companies
• Interactive solution demos
• Direct access to SAP product team
• SAP roadmaps and upcoming functionality

Who Attends?
Welcome to a community that is home to hundreds of top-tier organizations. The focus? Further utilizing and sharing the capabilities of SAP through the best-in-class learning opportunities. The conference unites hundreds of utilities organizations using SAP from across North America and beyond such as National Grid, CenterPoint Energy, Southern California Edison, and Idaho Power.

2019 Speakers

Thomas Lord
CIO, UGI Utilities

Mike Callas
Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Eva Ng
Principal Director, Accenture

Jay Leno
Television Host, Author & Comedian

Jhonny Di Girolamo
Asset Management Consultant, CenterPoint Energy

Michael O’Donnell
National Vice President , SAP

Todd Inlander
Senior VP and CIO, Southern California Edison

Retha Hunsicker
VP Customer Service, Duke Energy

Kurt Sweetser
Director of IT, Southern California Edison

Carolyn MacKool
Director of Customer Experience, DC Water

Parmarth Naswa
Program Director, Infosys

Anthony Bunting
Chief Transformation Officer, Cleco Holdings

Steen Hansen
Senior Director, SAP

Geoff Scott
CEO, ASUG

Jassi Arora
VP, Duke Energy

Sue Daulton
Senior Management Analyst, Tacoma Public Utilities

Alex Mango
VP of Finance Excellence, National Grid

Ed Miller
Director of Consulting, Havensight Consulting Group

Jagathguru Chandrasekharan
Senior Principal Consultant, Utegration, Inc.

Clayton Dean
Manager of Call Center in Customer Service, TECO Energy

Amy Gonzalez
Lead Senior Specialist, Sothern California Edison

Eric Stine
Chief Customer Innovation Officer, SAP

Kat Cole
Chief Operating Officer and President, FOCUS Brands

Durgesh Tiwari
Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Lance Brown
VP of Customer Engagement Solutions, Smart Energy Water

Crawford Owens
SVP of Global Business Development, Rizing LLC

Martin Stenzig
CTO, Rizing LLC

Patric Dahse
CEO, Natuvion

Dan Linder
CIS Replacement Technology Manager, Sempra Energy

Tina Kuo
Product Manager for Service Cloud, SAP

Matthew Easlea
Chief Strategy Officer of Intelligent Asset Management, SAP

Christine Evans
Principle Manager, Front Office Process Lead, Customer Service Re-Platform Program, Southern California Edison

John Piroli
EAM Stream Lead, ERP Strategic Projects, Toronto Hyrdo

Scott Little
VP and GM for North America, Sigga

Phillip Smith
IT Director, DTE Energy

Jennifer Guskey
Global Senior Solution Director, SAP

Caroline Winn
COO, San Diego Gas & Electric

Pedro Costa
Subject Matter Expert for Utilites, HCL

Richard Feco
Innovation Expert for Regulated Industries, SAP

Roland Reiter
CIO, Badenova

Karim Benaoudia
Principal Director, Accenture

Henry Bailey
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Utegration

Paul Kurchina
Community Builder and Evangelist, ASUG

Mark Prevost
VP of Asset Management, CLECO

Prithpal Khajuria
Global Segment Leader for Power Industry, Intel

Miguel Gaspar Silva
Global Head Utilities IBU, SAP

Albina Shapiro
Product Manager, SAP

Stefan Wolf
Solution Management Utilities, SAP

Robert Koury
Director, Accounts, Utegration

Chris Surbey
Software Development Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric

Armon Curd
Executive Vice President, Customer Experience, DC Water

Matthew Piper
Global Director of Utilities and AEC, Esri

Talin Sokugawa
Systems Operations Data Analytics Lead, Hawaiian Electric Company

Jonathan Davis
Senior Analytics Account Executive, SAP

Sayana Siddabattula
IT Manager, Dominion Energy

Shailesh Patwardhan
Senior Manager Technology Consulting, Accenture

Gary Goldsberry
Director Corporate Applications, NRG

Jeff Farney
VP of Information Technology, Southwest Water Company

Joe Lynch
Director of Information Technology, Southwest Water Company

Jim Bales
VP, Energy & Utilities Industry Leader, IBM

Grant Reveal
Senior Manager, Access Management, Entergy

Jasvir Gill
CEO, AlertEnterprise

Dhanachezhiyan Mahalingam
Director IT of Business Systems, Metropolitan Utilities District

Kim Whittaker
President, FNTS

Georges Gonzalez
Director of Customer Services Division, Pinellas County Utilities

Theresa Burch
Manager of Customer Solutions, Billing and Payment, Puget Sound Energy

Chaidan Lekchaum
Director of Application Services, Vertex

Alejandro Reyes
Director of IT, AES Corporation

Kristina McClenahan
Product Development Manager, Billing and Payment, Puget Sound Energy

Rajdeep Sarma
Senior Manager, PwC

Zeeshan Sheikh
Chief Information Officer, Entergy

Andre Guillory
Program Manager, Cleco

Kazushi Nomi
Managing Executive Officer, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

William Donoghue
Director of Finance Excellence, National Grid

Michael Langner
Director, PwC

Gibbons Saint Paul
Manager, Enterprise Application Solutions, Salt River Project

Drake Winfrey
SAP Business Analyst, Salt River Project

Kylene Laity
Record-to-Report Lead, UGI Utilities, Inc.

Julia Slook
Senior Consultant, Utegration

Krishna Srikakolapu
Manager Information Systems, Huntsville Utilities

Dean Mozdzen
Manager of Distribution Control and Automation Project, SaskPower

Steve Smith
VP of Strategic Industries, ClickSoftware

Brian Raver
HANA and Analytics Solution Strategy, SAP

Phani Wuppalapati
Senior Advisor for Supply Management /Supply Chain Integration, Southern California Edison

Marc Rosson
IT Operations and Strategy, Snohomish County PUD

Sam Wolfe
Solution Manager, Evora IT Soultions

Brian McMillin
Technology Manager, Customer Services Field, Southern California Gas Company

Carol Johnston
VP Product, Clevest

John O’Connor
Principal Product Manager, American Water

John Belden
Project Execution Advisory Services Practice Leader, UpperEdge, LLC

Yuvaraj Mani
Chief Product Officer, App Orchid

Alex Mangual
SAP EAM Program Coordinator, City of San Diego

Rich Anderson
VP, Utopia Global

Grace Brosnon
CTO, City of Tacoma

Kiela Abbott-Robinson
Manager of Transactional Accounting, NextEra Energy

Kathleen Wilhide
CPA – Specialist, Office of the CFO and GRC Solutions, SAP

David Speas
Director, Procurement Operations, NiSource

James Piacentino
Global VP, Intelligent Enterprise Group, SAP

Weiling Xu
Product Manager, SAP Cloud for Utilities, SAP

Amrish Patel
Enterprise Architect – Office of Innovation, SAP

Martin Mysyk
Principal Enterprise Architect, SAP

Chris Swartz
Business Architect, San Diego Gas & Electric

Steve Greenley
SVP, Gas Operations, CenterPoint Energy

Ani Ramachandran
Senior Value Advisor, SAP

Bhagya Subbareddy
SAP S/4HANA Evangelist for Regulated Industries, SAP

Ramesh Panicker
VP of Utilities, SAP Digital Core Cloud, SAP

Tom Voshell
VP Secure SaaS Solutions, NS2

Jim Sieger
SAP S/4HANA Cloud / HEC Specialist, SAP

Robert Taylor
Senior Solution Engineer, SAP

Gavin Cain
Innovation Client Partner, SAP

Krishna Yalamanchi
Cloud Solutions Architect, Intel

Bashir Bseirani
CEO and CTO, Avertra Corp

Erynn Wood
Director of Product Strategy , Avertra Corp

Andrew Theis
Experience Management Engineering, SAP

2019 Sponsors

COLLABORATION:
• SAP
• Eventful

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Utegration
• Smart Energy Water

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Clevest
• Deloitte
• pwc
• IBM
• Infosys
• Cognizant
• HCL
• Rizing
• Natuvation
• Sigga
• PowerPlan

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Upper Edge
• Vertex One
• Esri
• Optima
• Dell EMC
• FiS
• fnts
• Alert Enterprise
• TMG Consulting
• Accenture
• KMPG
• Tech Mahindra
• Blackline
• Apporchid
• DXC Technology
• Prefer Solutions
• Celonis
• EY
• SAS
• Onapsis
• Capgemini
• Avertra
• Click
• Critigen
• Utopia
• Evora Solutions
• Open Text
• Innovapptive
• HPC America
• Havensight
• Itron
• SNP
• Wipro

ASSOCIATE SPONSOR:
• Intel