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- Nov 26, 2019
- 2 min
The World Came to WATEC Israel
After European Utility Week in Paris, I headed to Tel Aviv for the WATEC conference which took place Nov. 19-21. WATEC 2019 had a strong...
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- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Ah Paris!
This past week Paris, France played host to the European Utility Week and POWERGEN Europe conferences. And I was once again invited to...
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- Nov 8, 2019
- 1 min
North Carolina AWWA-WEA Conference
I had a great week at the 99th Annual Conference of the North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association and the North...
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- Aug 22, 2019
- 2 min
Private Utility Broadband Getting Traction
Grid modernization and digitization are driving utilities to move beyond legacy narrowband communications to advanced private broadband...
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- Jun 13, 2019
- 2 min
"Red-eye" Flights
I took yet another "red-eye" flight this week - home from the American Water Works Association ACE Conference in Denver - and for many...
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- May 20, 2019
- 2 min
Feeling EmPOWERed in Africa
I spent last week in Cape Town, South Africa participating in the African Utility Week conference. Throughout my many activities of the...
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- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
New Clients Make My Brain Dance
It is true that happy employees and leaders are more effective, engaged, resilient, creative, social, and productive – all crucial...
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- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
New Logo and Website!
After nearly five years in business, it was time to refocus and refresh. Thankfully I have a great graphics team for creative insights....
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- Mar 5, 2019
- 1 min
Utilities Telecom and Smart Cities
Today I had the chance to speak at the International Wireless Conference and Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas about a key subject. Smart Cities...
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- Oct 2, 2018
- 1 min
Award! 2019 Global Smart Energy Elite
Today I received some awesome news.... for the first time I have received a global honor from the industry about which I am...
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- Aug 31, 2018
- 3 min
Infrastructure Bill Q&A
The issue? America’s infrastructure is crumbling, while some areas saw improvement in the last year others declined. Infrastructure is...
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- Aug 10, 2018
- 1 min
Interoperability
The utility industry is undergoing a profound change thanks to new “smart” technologies and push for smart cities – this evolution will...
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- May 18, 2018
- 2 min
From Desert to Drought
Three overnight flights is all it takes to get from Palm Springs, California to Cape Town, South Africa...but these places 12,000 miles...
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- Apr 21, 2018
- 2 min
Global Water Summit 2018
The arrival of new telecom and communicating technologies, business drivers and finance challenges are blurring the edges of the...
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- May 18, 2017
- 1 min
Africa Utility Week
This week I am speaking at the 2017 African Utilities Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Utility technology challenges around...
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- Jun 5, 2016
- 1 min
Need for AMI for Water
For electricity and gas utilities, the adoption of smart meters and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) has been largely driven by...
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- Sep 10, 2015
- 1 min
We're Growing!
I'm so pleased that Smart Water, Smart City LLC is growing and expanding our abilities to serve our clients. We've had so much demand for...
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- Apr 25, 2015
- 1 min
The Energy/Water Nexus
Around the country, a new conversation is emerging among municipal leaders and utility executives as they explore the energy/water nexus....
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- Apr 6, 2015
- 3 min
Are we forgetting the poor in a Smart City?
More than 45 million people, or 14.5 percent of all Americans, lived below the poverty line in 2013, the Census Bureau reported. Median...
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- Mar 23, 2015
- 2 min
Smarter Waste Recycling
Back in the early 1970’s the U.S. had major trash problems – highway litter bugs, trash strikes crippling cities, and overflowing...
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