Tom Bialek

Chief Engineer at SDG&E

Mr. Bialek has more than 38 years experience in the design, development, evaluation, application, and testing of electrical power equipment and the electric grid. His present responsibilities involve a technical oversight role on transmissio and distribution issues including equipment, operations, planning, distributed energy resources and development of new technologies. He has held various positions with other North American utilities and equipment manufacturers since graduating in 1982. His experience includes electric utility design, planning and operation and equipment design, development and manufacturing.

Takes part in

Sep, 9 6:00 PM CET

Preventing critical power outages through applied data intelligence

The speaker will talk about the recently developed solutions designed to continually collect and analyze high-frequency data signatures across hundreds of asset types.
He will present some of the advanced AI tools and algorithms to identify the warning signs/precursors of an imminent failure in near real-time, allowing proactive replacement of key infrastructure assets before they fail.
He will also present case studies of how the applications of machine learning and intelligence can dramatically reduce unplanned power outages. The results of these applications are improved customer satisfaction, reduction of maintenance costs, and increased safety rates.

Speakers

Gregg Edeson Partner at PA Consulting Group

Tom Bialek Chief Engineer at SDG&E

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Preventive maintenance of power grid