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Upcoming Events

January, 2012-- Dale Pennington, UtiliWorks' Managing Director and Eddy Hernandez, Director of Customer & Information Services for Brownsville Public Utility Board are presenting at EUCI's 10th Annual Billing for Utilities Conference. The presentation topic is "AMI and Brownsville PUB: Is There a Future or is the Relationship Off?" The event is taking place January 31- February 1, 2012 in Houston, TX.

January, 2012-- UtiliWorks is exhibiting at booth 4354 at Distributech 2012 in San Antonio, TX. The event is taking place January 24-26, 2012 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.

November, 2011-- UtiliWorks is presenting, exhibiting and participating at the 2011 Harris Customer Conference. The event is taking place November 15-18, 2011 in Anaheim, CA.

November, 2011-- UtiliWorks Managing Director, Dale Pennington is presenting at the 2011 National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri on November 13, 2011. Dale's presentation is on "Electric Vehicles- Fact and Fiction."

September, 2011-- UtiliWorks is exhibiting at Utilimetrics Autovation 2011 . The event is taking place September 25-28, 2011 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C.

September, 2011-- UtiliWorks is sponsoring, presenting and exhibiting at the Rural Smart Grid Summit with Synaptitude Consulting. The event is taking place September 19-21, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort in Bonita Springs, Florida.

August, 2011-- UtiliWorks and Digital Defense are unveiling award winning Smart Grid security services at an upcoming conference. The solutions will be discussed at the DOE Smart Grid CyberSecurity Information Exchange in Chicago on August 23, 2011. Click here to read the press release.

July, 2011-- UtiliWorks is sponsoring, presenting and exhibiting at the Municipal Smart Grid Summit with Synaptitude Consulting. The event is taking place July 25-27, 2011 in Bonita Springs, Florida.

May, 2011-- UtiliWorks and the City of Ruston's Utility Director, Darrell Caraway will lead the workshop presentation on Building a Smart Infrastructure at the 2011 CS WEEK Conference. The discussion will take place on May 24th at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center located in Orlando, FL.

April, 2011-- UtiliWorks will present a session on factors to consider when planning an AMI/ MDM project at Alameda Municipal Power's headquarters in California. The event which takes place on April 27 is hosted in conjunction with Alameda Municipal Power and Harris Computer Systems. UtiliWorks has been invited as an industry expert to discuss how implementing Smart Metering technologies can drive value for utilities and their customers.

April, 2011-- UtiliWorks is sponsoring, exhibiting and presenting at Spintelligent's Metering America 2011 conference in Dallas, TX from April 18-20. UtiliWorks and Synaptitude Consulting will discuss the topic of "Beyond Revenue Protection- Revenue Assurance" on April 20.

April, 2011-- UtiliWorks Consulting's Managing Director, Dale Pennington, was invited to speak at the Hannover Fair for the "Smart Grid in the USA" forum, in Hannover, Germany. Dale presented on April 5, 2011 as an industry expert to provide German companies with an overview of the US Smart Grid market. The event attracted visitors from over 80 countries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. A webcast of the presentation can be found here.

February, 2011-- UtiliWorks will have two presenters at AWWA's 2011 Customer Service/IMTECH Conference in Dallas, TX on February 28. Tisha Hayes, Senior Consultant will be presenting on the topic of AMI Communications. Nicole Pennington, Marketing Coordinator, will discuss "A Practical Alternative to the Utility Assessment."

November, 2010-- UtiliWorks attended the Advanced Energy 2010 conference in NYC as an exhibitor. The event took place November 8-9, 2010.

October, 2010-- UtiliWorks Managing Director, Dale Pennington, attended the "Energy Efficiency Transatlantic Program 2010" in Germany from October 12-22. Dale was invited to review the innovative Smart Grid technologies for energy efficiency that are being developed in Europe.

September, 2010-- UtiliWorks Managing Director, Dale Pennington and Tom Taggart, Director of Public Services for the City of San Marcos, TX will be presenting on the topic of "Understanding Demand Side Management and the Smart Grid" at Utilimetrics Autovation on Tuesday September 14. UtiliWorks will also be an exhibitor for the event, which takes place in Austin, TX from September 12-15, 2010. UtiliWorks Innovation Showcase Presentation on the topic of "Using Web-Based Assessment Technology to Prepare for an AMI/ Smart Grid Deployment" will take place Monday September 13, 2:45-3:30 p.m. The showcase presentation is a non-additional cost for Autovation attendees. Please contact Nicole Pennington, UtiliWorks Marketing Coordinator to secure your registration: npennington@utiliworks.com or (225) 578-0080.

September, 2010-- UtiliWorks will have two presenters at Spintelligent's Smart Energy International Conference & Expo in San Jose, Ca September 7-9, 2010. Tisha Hayes, Senior Consultant will be presenting on the "Practical Considerations for Communications Backhaul Systems" on September 9. Dale Pennington, UtiliWorks Managing Director's will speak on the topic of Customer Engagement on September 8.

August, 2010-- UtiliWorks Consulting will be one of the nine featured presenters at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) inaugural Green Business Expo on Wednesday, August 25 from 7:00 am - 4:30 pm. UtiliWorks will also be an exhibitor at the event, which is located at the DEQ headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA. For more information on the Green Business Expo, click here.

July, 2010-- UtiliWorks will be an exhibitor and sponsor for the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives Annual Meeting July 25- 27. The event will take place at the Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center in Baton Rouge, LA.

July, 2010-- UtiliWorks VP Operations, Todd Barlow and Marketing Coordinator, Nicole Pennington will be exhibitors at the Louisiana Rural Water Association's Annual Conference and Exhibition in Alexandria, LA July 20-21.

July, 2010-- UtiliWorks Consulting and Neurametrics are hosting the next free Insight Webinar July 13 at 12 p.m. CST. Click here to register.

July, 2010-- UtiliWorks will exhibit at the KY/TN Water Professionals Conference. The event will take place July 18-23 at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, TN.

July, 2010-- The UW Insight Webinar, hosted by UtiliWorks and Neurametrics, took place at 12 CST on June 29, 2010. Click here to download the UtiliWorks Insight Webinar.

June, 2010-- UtiliWorks Consulting and our partner, Neurametrics are hosting a free on-line demonstration of our innovative, web-based analysis and assessment tool, UtiliWorks Insight. The webinar will consist of a power point presentation, a live demonstration and a Q&A session. The event will take place June 29 at 12 p.m. CST. For more information on how to register please click here.

May, 2010-- Dale Pennington, UtiliWorks Managing Director will be presenting at "The Smart Grid: From Concept to Reality" hosted by The Energy Services Alliance of Manitoba, ESAM. The event takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada June 10th.

May, 2010-- UtiliWorks Consulting will be exhibiting at CS Week in Nashville, TN May 25-28 at booth 104. Nicole Pennington, UtiliWorks' Marketing Coordinator, Kody Salem, Principal Consultant and Bob Russ, VP Professional Services will all participate in the conference. UtiliWorks will host demonstration sessions for the innovative web-based assessment and analysis tool, UtiliWorks Insight. The conference & exhibition has been moved to the Nashville Convention Center.

April, 2010-- UtiliWorks' VP, Todd Barlow will attend the SmartSynch Conference in New Orleans from April 26-28. The focus of the conference is on enabling communications for the Smart Grid.

April, 2010-- Nicole Pennington and Dave Foltz will be representing UtiliWorks as members for the American Water Works Association's NJ Annual Conference April 13-16. Dave and Nicole will demonstrate UtiliWorks' innovative web-based analysis and assessment tool, UtiliWorks Insight at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.

January, 2010-- Kody Salem, Principal Consultant and Nicole Pennington, Marketing Coordinator will be participating at Spintelligent's "Metering, Billing/ MDM America 2010" exhibition in San Diego, CA. UtiliWorks will feature the launch of a highly developed analysis tool, UW Insight during the display from March 8-9th.




News and Publications

November, 2011-- Nicole Pennington and Nicole Naassan are published by Smart Grid News in November, 2011. Click here to read the article "Electric Vehicles: Fact and Fiction."

June, 2011-- UtiliWorks was featured in the Business Section of Baton Rouge's local newspaper, the Advocate on June 19, 2011. Click here to read the article titled "Meter of the future."

May, 2011-- Due to staff expansion and consistent success in the smart grid arena, UtiliWorks is pleased to announce our relocation to a corporate office in Baton Rouge. The company is scheduled to move on June 1, 2011. Utiliworks' new address will be: 2351 Energy Drive STE 1200, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. In addition, our new phone number will be: (225) 766-4188.

March, 2011-- UtiliWorks is actively seeking people with talent and character to fulfill the following positions: Project Analyst/ Coordinator and Outside Sales Representative. More information on the positions is available at the UtiliWorks Employment webpage.

November, 2010-- UtiliWorks is actively seeking people with talent and character to fulfill the following positions: Principal Consultant, Consultant, Project Manager and Business Analyst. More information on the positions is available at the UtiliWorks Employment webpage. Click here to read the full job description for Princial Consultant- Utility IT Infrastructure. Click here to read the full job description for the Project Manager position available. Please contact Keri Hebert by e-mail at khebert@utiliworks.com with your resume.

November, 2010-- UtiliWorks article on "Energy Efficiency and the Smart Grid" is published in the November edition of Power Grid International Magazine. Click here to read the article.

July, 2010-- UtiliWorks Managing Director, Dale Pennington is published by Greentech Media, Inc. Click here to read Dale's article on "Home Area Networks, Risk and Reality in the Smart Grid."

June, 2010-- Dale Pennington, UtiliWorks Managing Director was published in the May issue of Electric Light & Power Magazine. Click here to read the article "Demand Side Management- Fitting the Pieces Together."

May, 2010-- UtiliWorks client, the City of San Marcos, TX was awarded the Best Smart Infrastructure/Grid Project at CS Week in Nashville, TN. The Expanding Excellence Awards were announced on May 27 by CS Week and Electric Light & Power Magazine. Congratulations to the City of San Marcos for a great accomplishment!

March, 2010-- Congratulations to UtiliWorks' client, the City of Ruston, for winning the Smart Grid Project of the Year by Utility Automation and Engineering T&D Magazine, a division of PennWell Corporation. The awards were announced and distributed during the opening keynote ceremony for DistribuTECH on Tuesday, March 23 in Tampa, Florida. Click here to read the press release.

January, 2010-- The annual UtiliWorks gathering took place in Las Vegas, Nevada from January 21- 22. The two day meeting proved to be very productive. UW members hosted industry information sessions and established company goals.




New Hires

September, 2011-- Mark Gray joins the UtiliWorks team as the Director of Business Development. He will be working closely with the business development team to qualify and convert many of the current leads and opportunities into contracts. Mark will also have a special focus on UtiliWorks Insight, web-based analysis and assessment tool.

September, 2011-- Ranea White joins the UtiliWorks team as Transition Manager. She is leading the transition of UtiliWorks' projects from the sales cycle into delivery. Ranea works closely with the assigned project manager to facilitate the setup of projects. Ranea is also highly involved with proposal development and other sales related tasks.

June, 2011-- John Flood joins the UtiliWorks' team as a Consultant. John is responsible for exploring, understanding and mapping all current state customer business practices. He is a certified trainer in Lean Enterprise Methodology and Value Stream Mapping. He facilitates Business Process Improvement and Quality Initiatives that are developed in response to AMI future state designs.

June, 2011-- Lauren Blender joins the UtiliWorks team as a financial analyst. She is responsible for operational and capital cost analysis, including present worth analysis for capital projects, capital budgeting and forecasting. In addition, she is involved with business transactional cost analysis and business process discovery.

April, 2011-- Nicole Naassan joins the UtiliWorks' team as a Senior Consultant. Nicole will be responsible for managing utility business process development. She has 20 years of experience in the energy sector and is an expert in meter to cash analytics and controls.

December, 2010-- Tim Patterson joins the UtiliWorks' team as a Principal Consultant. He is an expert in metering automation technology, IT integration, and project management. Tim has worked globally as a manager, engineer and consultant and has been awarded multiple US patents for innovations in metering technology.

October, 2010-- Charles Stachacz joins the UtiliWorks' team as a Principal Consultant. He will bring over 20 years of experience in the Utility industry. Charlie specializes in Project Management for CIS, mobile workforce management, AMI deployment planning and implementation, business process analysis for utility operations, strategic systems planning and integration.