AMCIS2014-KeynoteI

**//Rethinking GIS for Energy and Sustainability//**

 * //**Presenter:**// || Bill Meehan Director of Utility Solutions, Esri Inc. ||
 * //**Bio:**// || Bill Meehan, P.E. heads the worldwide utility marketing practice for Esri, the world’s largest GIS software company. He is the author of four books: __GIS for__ __Enhanced Electric Utility Performance, Modeling Electric Distribution with GIS__, __Empowering Electric and Gas Utilities with GIS__ and __Power System Analysis by Digital Compute__r. He has also authored numerous papers and articles. He has lectured extensively and taught courses at Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University and an M.S. in Electric Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Prior to joining Esri, Bill was the vice president of electric operations for a major electric and gas utility. ||