William Bell

HAPPILY RETIRED from Technology Director, Analytics & Data Services at CenterPoint Energy

Role
Technology Director, Analytics & Data Services at CenterPoint Energy
Location
Houston, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About William Bell

Soon to be a Happy Retiree!Lawyer, Judge and Certified Project Manager with the ITIL and Program and Portfolio Management Certifications as well. IBM Champion and recipient of the 2017 Analytics Ambassador Award from the Utility Analytics Institute!Experienced in several large Projects and programs for CNPSuccessfully managed the AMS Systems implementing the Smart Grid at CNP and served as a member of the Program Management Office Now I am the Director responsible for delivering data analytics for Electric. One of the greatest competitive differentiators any company can have is access to actionable \"data you can trust\" in an actionable time frame. The major obstacles to achieving this often include knowing which data points are important, collecting and merging data from a wide variety of sources, the cost to store and maintain all of this data, and then being able to present it to decision makers in an easy to consume and interactive manner.My goals are to work with internal organizations to understand their core business processes, what data is available surrounding those processes, what the minimum components are to make improvements, and then how to store, analyze and deliver this information for \"data driven\" decision support.Specialties: Program ManagementAnalytics and Data Services

Experience

  1. Technology Director, Analytics & Data Services

    CenterPoint Energy

    Aug 2012 — Present

    Now I am the Director responsible for delivering data analytics for Electric. One of the greatest competitive differentiators any company can have is access to actionable \"data you can trust\" in an actionable time frame. The major obstacles to achieving this often include knowing which data points are important, collecting and merging data from a wide variety of sources, the cost to store and maintain all of this data, and then being able to present it to decision makers in an easy to consume and interactive manner.My goals are to work with internal organizations to understand their core business processes, what data is available surrounding those processes, what the minimum components are to make improvements, and then how to store, analyze and deliver this information for \"data driven\" decision support

Education

  • ITIL

    Version 3, Project Management

    2008 — 2008

  • University of Houston

    JD, Law/Civil Litigation

    1981 — 1984

  • The University of Texas at Arlington

    BBA, Magna Cum Laude, Management, Economics and Finance

    1977 — 1979

  • Project Management Leadership Group

    IT Certified Project Manager, Project Management

    2003 — 2003

  • Project Management Leadership Group

    Program& Portfolio Management Certification, Program Management

    2008 — 2008

Skills

  • Data Warehousing
  • Energy
  • Testing
  • Sharepoint
  • Project Management
  • Databases
  • Outsourcing
  • Management
  • Project Planning
  • Program Management
  • Software Project Management
  • Itil
  • Ms Project
  • Information Technology
  • Analysis
  • Software Documentation
  • Sdlc
  • Business Process
  • Solution Architecture
  • Smart Metering
  • Requirements Analysis
  • Process Engineering
  • Business Analysis
  • Pmo
  • Smart Grid
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Act
  • Pmp
  • Process Improvement
  • Governance
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Business Intelligence
  • IT Strategy
  • Vendor Management
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Risk Management
  • Business Process Design
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Sap
  • Change Management
  • Visio

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