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Edmund P. Finamore
Edmund P. Finamore, P.E. is a recognized authority
on utility automation and AMR with over 30 years of experience in
utility and related high technology environments. Over a lengthy
career, Mr. Finamore has presided over many automation projects
and while at Duquesne Light Company implemented a fixed network
AMR system that was among the most advanced, fully integrated systems
in the world.
During his years at Duquesne Light, Mr. Finamore managed
or participated in many utility automation projects, including extensive
work on customer information systems (CIS), outage management systems,
and re-engineering of the new business process. Under his pioneering
leadership, Duquesne Light succeeded in integrating its network
AMR system with the company's outage management system, which significantly
improved outage response time by identifying outages down to the
meter level in near real time, the earliest known application of
this type. Mr. Finamore also played a leading role at Duquesne in
restructuring the company for utility deregulation and into a process
based organization.
Mr. Finamore is presently founder and President of
ValuTech Solutions, a management consulting firm specializing in
utility applications including outage management, CIS and AMR. He
has worked with many companies involved in developing automated
meter reading technologies, and with utilities pursuing implementation
of AMR. Prior to forming ValuTech Solutions in 2001, Mr. Finamore
served as Vice President of Corporate Development for Tensleep Corporation,
a publicly traded technology company.
A well respected thought leader on smart metering
issues and technology, Mr. Finamore has authored many articles on
utility automation and AMR, and has pioneered the commercial use
of certain network technologies developed for mission critical utility
functions. He has received electrical engineering and MBA degrees
from the University of Pittsburgh, and is a licensed professional
engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
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