Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management
Ashish Upadhyaya
Consulting Leader - Utilities Domain
Summary
Energy, Utilities domain expert and thoughtleader with 22+ years of working with Electricity, Gas and Water utilities and Oilfield services companies
Worked with a leading electricity company as well as provided IT consulting for all the mission-critical processes to electricity, gas and water utilities
Proven ability to recruit, build and retain motivated teams
In-depth understanding of utilities industry challenges of today and tomorrow
Passionate about addressing utilities challenges of energy transition and sustainability
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
Work History
Digital Solution Specialist
Infosys Ltd
Hyderabad
01.2022 - Current
- Responsible for digital transformation projects and pursuits in Utilities domain
- Leading digital solution initiatives for Utilities sector
- Leading analytics tracks of two very large CIS transformation programs for electric and gas utilities in the US
- Managing recruitment for the Utilities COE
- Key contributer to Energy Transition and sustainability offerings
Principal Consultant
Infosys Ltd
Hyderabad
12.2015 - 12.2021
- Solution architect for several pursuits and projects focusing on Smart grid, Demand response, Billing and settlement, Customer service and experience, Mobile workforce management for some of the largest utilities in the US
- Managed Reporting and Analytics projects right from strategy creation to technology selection to requirements rationalization to final delivery for several electric, gas and water utilities
- Led solution for a common BIDA (Business Intelligence and Data Analytics) involving several systems from Meter-to-Cash process belonging to multiple OpCos (Operating Companies)
Entrepreneur
Self
Jabalpur
08.2014 - 11.2015
- Pursued entrepreneurship in horticulture, taking a break from professional career
- Also trained managers and engineers from distribution utilities in GIS and Metering system/ infrastructure for Reliance Energy Management Institute under Power finance corporation initiative
Consulting Manager
Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Utilities GBU Consulting
Hyderabad
09.2013 - 07.2014
- Led Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management (WAM) system implementation
- Responsible for fit-gap identification, solution design, integration architecture, product configuration and business process change recommendation
- Supported Smart Grid and Meter Data Management system implementations
Lead Consultant
Infosys Ltd
Hyderabad
12.2007 - 08.2013
- Built Meter Data Management competency from ground zero
- Mentored IT consulting and implementation teams across Smart Grid, Meter to Cash, Customer services, Outage management and Work and asset management
- Created end-to-end solutions involving Meter Data Management, Customer Care and Billing and Work and Asset Management enabling all the involved business process integrations.
- Led several implementations of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management as well as Load Profiling and settlement System in India and North America.
- Provided consulting support in MDM, Billing, Asset management and GIS to utilities clients
- Supported proposals in the areas of fit-gap identification, solution landscaping, integration architecture and effort estimation
Dy Manager, Maintenance Planning
Reliance Energy Ltd
Mumbai
11.1998 - 11.2007
- Responsible for maintenance planning for 2x250 MW coal based power station, ensuring successful in-time execution of major and minor overhauls.
- Transformed the power station management from reactive to proactive mode by effective maintenance management and planning, and by leveraging condition monitoring techniques
- Was a core SME for implementation of ERP system and utilized it to re-engineer business processes and practices for quicker TAT (Turn around time)
- Successfully ensured >98% availability for the power station.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering -
Government Engineering College
Jabalpur 09.1993 - 05.1997
Certificate Program in Digital Transformation -
Indian School of Business (ISB)
Hyderabad, India 08.2022 - Current
Skills
Electricity Distribution
Electricity Generation
Electricity Transmission
Water and Gas Utilities
Maintenance planning
FMEA, Risk assessment & control, Equipment criticality & reliability analysis
Asset RMA (Reliability – Maintainability – Availability)
Solution architecture
Smart metering
Energy settlement, Transmission billing, Electricity wheeling, Tariff fixationLoad scheduling & dispatch, Unscheduled interchange
Workforce management
Asset management
CIS, Billing
Smart grid implementation, Metering
Energy and Revenue accountability
Customer experience
Analytics
Energy TransitionNext Gen Grid, ADMS, DER integrationRenewable and storageCertification
Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader
Software
Oracle Utilities Lodestar Applications
Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing
Oracle Utilities Work and Asset Management
Primavera
MS Project
SQL
Ramco eApps
Oracle EBS
MS Office
Accomplishments
- Won Infosys "Best Transformation Win" award for strategic wins in Utilities vertical
- Won “Best Paper” award in Plant Maintenance Conference for a paper on “Strategic Maintenance Management at DTPS”
- Appreciated for competency building and recruitment efforts for Utilities DCG (Domain Competency Group)
Timeline
Google Cloud Certified Cloud Digital Leader
09-2022
Certificate Program in Digital Transformation -
Indian School of Business (ISB)
08.2022 - Current
Digital Solution Specialist
Infosys Ltd
01.2022 - Current
Principal Consultant
Infosys Ltd
12.2015 - 12.2021
Entrepreneur
Self
08.2014 - 11.2015
Consulting Manager
Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Utilities GBU Consulting
09.2013 - 07.2014
Lead Consultant
Infosys Ltd
12.2007 - 08.2013
Dy Manager, Maintenance Planning
Reliance Energy Ltd
11.1998 - 11.2007
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering -
Government Engineering College
09.1993 - 05.1997