Building the 21st Century Utilities Organization
Webinar Replay

The digital era of technological advances (cloud, analytics/Big Data, AI/ML, mobile, IoT, robotics) and the associated business disruption presents new opportunities for solving the traditional IT vs. business dilemmas. 

Damian Bunyan, Chief Information Officer at Uniper, a leading Energy company and esteemed DXC customer and David Moschella, Author and Research Fellow at Leading Edge Forum explored how the role of IT in the Utilities industry can evolve to better unlock the value of technology and enable new business models in a more collaborative and agile manner. 

Furthermore, they shared hands-on examples and insights to outline how the 21st-century Utilities organization could look and what steps are needed to leverage digital technologies for business benefits. 

From this DXC webinar, you will learn more about:

  • Disruption in the Utilities industry
  • How companies can lead the game by adopting a customer-centric approach rather than focusing only on products and processes
  • How technology can be the catalyst for change, but there is a need to shift the organizational mindset and culture first
  • Uniper’s success story - How the company has used IT for business change
  • How the pandemic has accelerated some transformational aspects, such as the way of working.

Speakers:

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David Moschella
Author and Research Fellow – Leading Edge Forum

 Topic: Coping with the 3C’s – Covid, China, and Climate

Synopsis: There are now immense external forces transforming the long-stable utility and energy industries. Covid-19 has greatly altered commercial and residential energy patterns, as well as all manner of office and field work. China has emerged as a leader in critical solar and battery technologies, as well as smart vehicles, cities and grids; and of course, climate change will require fundamental shifts in the way energy is created, stored and managed, while sharply increasing the business resiliency challenge. Only a modern cloud-based business/IT operating model will enable companies to respond readily and effectively to these “3C” pressures, and this creates important leadership opportunities for the traditional Enterprise IT function.


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Damian Bunyan
Chief Information Officer – Uniper SE

 Damian is Uniper’s CIO. Alongside this he also has responsibility for a number of the company’s administrative functions that require a high of technology.

Uniper was carved out of the larger E.ON group in 2016. This presented Damian and his team with the challenge of setting up their own standalone technology. This presented the perfect opportunity to exploit the cloud and all that it has to offer. While some IT teams debate the potential benefits and costs, Damian and his team had no option but to embark on a strategy of modernising their entire IT landscape. This has paid back significantly.

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Eric Magielse (Host)
Industry Lead NCE – DXC Technology
Energy & Utilities | Travel & Transport | Analytics, Consulting and Engineering

Webinar Replay: Building the 21st Century Utilities Organization

Original Date: 16th December, 5pm – 6pm CET.

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