2017 SUMMIT SPEAKERS

Denise L. Kruger
Senior Vice President, Regulated Utilities for Golden State Water Company

John Cullinane
Chief Security Officer, WGL Holdings

Jason Winder
Founding Partner of Aerstone

Commissioner Willie L. Phillips
Commissioner, Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia

Mason Hogue
Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Jesper Olesen
Chief Information Officer at Vertex

Kim Schafer
VP Industry Strategy and Marketing at Vertex

Dave Craven
Director and Customer Care at Union Gas

Jason Epstein
Business Attorney and Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Geof Vickers
Business and Technology Attorney and Partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Thomas Kuczynski
Chief Information Officer at DC Water and Sewer

Matthew McCormack
VP & Chief Security Officer at Virtustream

Kurt Sweetser
Southern California Edison IT Director Customer Service Re-Platforming Program (CSRP)

Steve Wenke
Managing Partner at AAC Utility Partners

Rick Cutter
Managing Director at Cloud for Utilities

Chad Sweet
Co-Founder at The Chertoff Group

Brian Bradford
VP Asset Solutions at Oracle Utilities

Shannon Paulsen
Director – Enterprise Forward at Madison Gas & Electric

Christine Richards
VP of Research, Zpryme

Julie Quigley
Director of Administration, PWSA

Neel Gulhar
Senior Director, Product Marketing, Oracle Utilities
2017 SUMMIT AGENDA
Arrival Day – Sunday November 5, 2017
3:00pm to 7:00pm | SUMMIT WELCOME DESK |
4:30pm to 6:00pm | WELCOME RECEPTION |
Summit Day 1 – Monday November 6, 2017
8:00am to 6:00pm | SUMMIT WELCOME DESK |
9:30am to 11:00am | EXHIBITOR ONLY SETUP WINDOW |
11:00am to 11:30am | Summit Welcome & Introductions, with Snead and Cutter
Amos Snead, Managing Director, Cloud for Utilities Rick Cutter, Managing Director, Cloud for Utilities |
11:30am to 12:10pm | Cloud Models for Utilities, Just the Facts Cloud in the utility industry is happening now Rick Cutter, Managing Director, Cloud for Utilities |
12:20pm to 12:50pm | CASUAL NETWORKING LUNCH (EXHIBIT HALL) |
1:00pm to 1:50pm | A Regulator’s Perspective on Cloud Services, in Regard to Their Eligibility to Earn a Rate of Return Commissioner Willie L. Phillips, PSC of the District of Columbia |
2:00pm to 2:50pm | An Executive’s Perspective on the Financial Benefits of Shifting to the Cloud Denise Kruger, Senior Vice President Regulated Utilities at Golden State Water Company Brian Bradford, VP Asset Solutions at Oracle Utilities |
3:00pm to 3:30pm | NETWORKING BREAK (Exhibit Hall) |
TRACK 1 | TRACK 2 | |
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3:40pm to 4:30pm | Cloud emergence from multiple utilities’ perspective, an open conversation Shannon Paulsen, Director – Enterprise Forward, Madison Gas & Electric Charles Kiely, Asst General Manager Customer Care and Operations, DC Water Julie Quigley, Director of Administration, PWSA | Cloud Strategy and the Decision-Making Process Tom Kuczynski, Chief Information Officer, DC Water Steve Wenke, Managing Partner, AAC Utility Partners |
4:40pm to 5:30pm | Southern California Edison is heading to the Clouds! This session will outline SCE’s plan to have the majority of their apps in the cloud in 2027. Kurt Sweetser, Director of IT – Customer Service Re-Platforming Program |
5:30pm to 6:00pm | NETWORKING RECEPTION (Exhibit Hall) |
Summit Day 2 – Tuesday November 7, 2017
7:30am to 5:00pm | SUMMIT WELCOME DESK |
7:30am to 8:20am | CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST EXHIBIT HALL |
8:30am to 9:30am | KEYNOTE SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Cybersecurity and the Cloud: What’s Next? Chad Sweet, Co-Founder and CEO, The Chertoff Group |
9:40am to 10:10am | NETWORKING BREAK EXHIBIT HALL |
TRACK 1 | TRACK 2 | |
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10:20am to 11:10am | How Washington Gas Manages Cybersecurity for their Portfolio of Cloud Applications John Cullinane, Chief Security Officer, WGL Holdings | Cloud to Cloud Integration, a Multi-Cloud Approach Tom Kuczynski, Chief Information Officer, DC Water Jesper Olesen, Chief Operating Officer, Vertex |
11:20am to 12:10am | Moving to the Cloud: Cybersecurity Threats and Risks Jason Winder, Founding Partner, Aerstone Matt McCormack, Chief Information Security Officer, Virtustream (formerly, CISO, Defense Intelligence Agency) | Service Levels and Other Contractual Considerations for Cloud Mason Hogue, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, co-head of the Technology and Procurement Industry Group Geof Vickers, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP |
12:20pm to 1:00pm | LUNCH BREAK |
1:10pm to 1:50pm | The Legal Implications to the CEO Regarding Cyber Thefts of Customer Data in the Cloud Jason Epstein, Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP |
2:10pm to 2:50pm | Cloud Insights from our Technology Partners Perspective, (Panel Discussion) Panel Moderator: Rick Cutter – Managing Director, Cloud for Utilities Neel Gulhar – Senior Director, Product Marketing, Oracle Utilities Steve Wenke – Managing Partner, AAC Utility Partners Kim Schafer – Vice President, Industry Strategy and Marketing, Vertex Michael O’Donnell – Vice President of Sales Utilities, SAP North Matthew MacDonald – Cloud Transformation Director, WIPRO |
3:30pm to 4:00pm | NETWORKING BREAK (Exhibit Hall) |
4:10pm to 5:10pm | Putting your mission critical applications in the Cloud (Panel Discussion) Panel Moderator: H. Christine Richards, VP of Research, Zpryme Denise Kruger, Senior Vice President Regulated Utilities, Golden State Water Company John Lowson, VP Transition Management and IT, Liberty Utilities – Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Dave Craven, Director of Customer Service, Union Gas |
5:10pm to 5:30pm | Closing Remarks |
Agenda subject to change.
SAMPLE OF COMPANIES REGISTERED FOR SUMMIT 2017
AAC Utility Partners • Aerstone • Baltimore Gas and Electric • District of Columbia – DC Water • Golden State Water Company • Harris • Infosys • Itineris • Level One • Liberty Utilities • Madison Gas & Electric • Oracle • PPL • San Gabriel Valley Water Company • SAP • Southern California Edison • Union Gas • Vertex • Washington Gas • Wipro
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