Alasdair McLay

About Alasdair McLay

Alasdair is a highly experienced Utilities Program Manager, Business SME and Technical Solution Architect in the GIS and Asset Management space.He has 25-years utilities experience, founded on 10-years at Scottish & Southern Energy in the UK as an Electrical Engineer and then in the Energy Trading. He then went on to spend 14-years at IBM working internationally on multiple projects.He spent 3-years at Sempra (So Cal Gas / SDG & E) as the GIS Project Manager ($20m Project), before designing the solution and selling the GIS & Asset Management Program to PG & E for their Electric Distribution Asset Management Program ($50m), where he was the Solution Architect/SME and Program Manager for 3-years.Prior to working in the US, he was as Solution Specialist (BSP) in IBM’s Global Energy & Utilities Industry group with a focus on IUN – Intelligent Utility Networks which included both Smart Grid Technology and Smart Metering (or AMM) and GIS. He has held several senior management positions in industry, including Programme Test & Integration Manager, IT Project & Support Manager, Team Manager and in his previous IBM role, he lead the Energy Trading & Risk Management Systems Group, which included strategic partnerships with major system vendors.

Experience

1. Managing Partner Business Solutions Architecture

   Exyion, Inc

   Feb 2016 — Present · Irvine, CA, US

   Exyion, Inc. is a boutique Business Consultancy focusing on the Utility Industry.Built from a team of highly motivated and results orientated individuals, we can provide Utility services in the following areas: • Project Management• Change Management & Organizational Design• SAP• GIS• IT Solutions/Integration• OMS/DMS• Smart Metering Solutions• Engineering Standards/Documentation

Education

• University of Strathclyde

  B. Eng (Hons), Electrical & Electronic Engineering

  1985 — 1990

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Project Planning
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Engineering
• Management Consulting
• Business Process
• IT Strategy
• Software Development
• Strategy
• Business Process Improvement
• Business Analysis
• Contract Management
• Project Delivery
• Solution Architecture
• Change Management
• Program Management
• Business Intelligence
• Project Management
• Integration
• Business Transformation
• Energy
• Management
• Smart Grid
• Gis
• Consulting
• Requirements Analysis