Sai Allavarpu, Xylem’s Chief Digital Officer, shares his vast knowledge of how other industries have made the digital transformation and how the water sector can learn from that prior experience. Sai also elaborates on how digital solutions can solve utility challenges that analog attempts simply cannot solve and much, much more.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
Sai’s background in digital transformations from the financial, telecom, aerospace, health and other sectorsSai’s observations on what the water sector can learn from other sectors digital transformationsHow other highly regulated industries successfully navigated digital transformationsSai’s perspective on why the health care sector took the digital leap before the water sectorThe challenges facing the water market that only digital solutions can solveWhy digital solutions can solve those challengesHow digital solutions can aid talent attraction and retentionWhat challenges water utilities need to overcome to adopt digital solutionsHow utilities can start down the road to digital transformationWhy avoiding silos of data, IT infrastructure and applications is so importantConcrete examples of how digital solutions have helped utilities save moneyHow different sized utilities can take advantage of digitalizationResources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include:
Sai’s LinkedIn pageXylem’s website
Ripple Effect: A Movement Towards Digital Transformation
Bluefield was pleased to collaborate with Xylem on this White Paper. View the full White Paper and its associated resources here.
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