Water
The growing intelligence evolution impacts water as well, as more water utilities automate and adopt AMI technologies. This breakfast roundtable will provide unique opportunities to discuss the latest technologies, trends and projects in the water industry. In addition, the roundtable will explore what the smart grid means to water utilities, discussing the uses and benefits of cross-industry technology like advanced metering infrastructure.
Moderators: David Foltz and Ian Macleod
David Foltz is a Principal Consultant with Black & Veatch’s Enterprise Management Solutions Group. He has worked with private and municipal utilities for 25 years as a consultant and service provider. His diverse utility background includes extensive management experience in meter reading, billing and collection, customer service, utility accounting, business unit development, and project/transition management. His consulting experience includes work in AMR/AMI technology assessment and procurement; customer service process improvement; revenue enhancement; software selection and implementation; and market and competitive assessment.
Ian Macleod is Director of Marketing for Master Meter, Inc. For over a decade, MacLeod has served in both Territory Sales Management and Product Marketing Management capacities for other water industry organizations prior to heading Master Meter’s marketing department. He presents internationally on topics ranging from water resource management to technology migration for meter data collection and leveraging meter data management. MacLeod is a graduate of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and holds a special diploma in International Studies from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.

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