ON DEMAND – Getting higher-quality data from the field – GWC Mag

This on-demand webinar focuses on several issues related to the standardization and improvement of field data collection — and, as a bonus, will discuss how fixing these issues naturally helps solve some workforce issues you’re probably facing. 

Organizations that want the downstream benefits of high-quality data — including better analytics and AI — need a dynamic process to capture images, video, tabular information, and geospatial data. But it’s devilishly hard to get consistent, complete data from the disparate field workers who collect it, and standardizing on a single data collection method isn’t as easy as it sounds.

We discuss: 

• Identifying causes of point-of-capture quality issues — and their downstream problems
• Structuring standardized field data collection across all types of asset management programs
• Automating routine workflows to improve field-level productivity and streamline operations
• How standardizing data collection can help resolve quality-of-life related labor issues with field workers, including talent acquisition, training, and retention

Speakers

Jake Freivald – Jake Freivald’s twenty-five year career in software has covered multiple technology specializations with a focus on data management and analytics. He places particular emphasis on helping businesspeople understand the practical requirements of modernization. He has a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and lives with his family on Long Island, NY.

Colbey Ryan – Colbey Ryan is an industry veteran who has helped co-ops all around the nation implement digital inspection programs. Ryan is an expert in field inspection management and has led industry thinking in combining drones, satellite data, artificial intelligence, and software in field inspections for reliability and resiliency efforts, vegetation management, and wildfire mitigation strategies. Prior to joining Fulcrum to lead business development in the utility industry, Ryan was an employee within Exelon’s corporate innovation group where he co-founded the drone inspection company Clearsight and led its business development efforts in the utility market.

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