Duration: 1 hour
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Summary
Learn how a local Florida utility is using smart, connected sensors and machine learning to tackle critical challenges and better serve its commercial and industrial customers. Discover how these advanced technologies revolutionize power quality management, enabling utilities to deliver reliable power for manufacturers, airports, data centers, and hospitals. Additionally, we will explore how utilities leverage data analytics to enhance operational maintenance by targeting transformers showing signs of voltage degradation and overloading, thereby helping prevent costly failures and outages.Speakers
Melvin Liwag
Senior Engineer
Orlando Utilities Commission
Mr. Liwag has dedicated 30 years to the Orlando Utilities Commission, establishing himself as a highly experienced electrical engineer within the electric utilities industry. With expertise in operations and construction management, Mr. Liwag excels in the distribution control center and trouble dispatch environment. He is proficient in smart grid project engineering and management, Electric distribution design, reliability engineering, and Avian and Bald Eagle conservation. A strong engineering professional, Mr. Liwag graduated from the University of Central Florida with a BS in Electrical Engineering.
Charlie Nobles
VP Business Development – Utilities
Ubicquia
Charlie Nobles serves as the Vice President of Business Development for Ubicquia’s Smart Grid segment. With a focus on expanding Ubicquia’s market presence, he promotes the company’s innovative smart grid solutions, including the UbiGrid platform. Charlie brings a proven track record of success from his tenure at Progress Energy (now Duke Energy Progress) and Sensus, where he delivered key utility solutions to a diverse set of global utility companies.
His strategic acumen and deep understanding of smart grid technology have been instrumental in driving the adoption of Ubicquia’s solutions, enhancing grid reliability, efficiency, and sustainability. Charlie holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School. With the team, Charlie helps Ubicquia continue to set industry standards in smart grid technology, helping utilities and municipalities optimize their energy management and infrastructure.
Cory Stewart
Technical Architect
Ubicquia
Cory Stewart is the Technical Architect for Ubicquia's Utilities segment. He supports sales teams as a technical SME for presentations and deployments, both in person and remotely. Cory installs UbiGrid DTM+ units on transformers, sets up customers on the UbiVu network, and designs and administers training on product usage. He advises customers on maximizing the benefits of transformer monitors. Cory has over 15 years of experience in technology consulting, including smart grid consulting and power quality analysis.
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