Mickey Nix
IBM
Mickey Nix is an Executive IT Architect in the IBM Tivoli Industry Solutions organization.
Mickey specializes in architecting customer solutions for Smart Meter and Smart Grid in the areas of asset management,
network management, security management, and enterprise service management.
Mickey currently supports over 30 Energy and Utility customers and consults with a large number of
IBM business partners in this space.
Prior to his current role, Mickey was an Architect in the IBM Autonomic Computing organization.
IBM Solutions for Smart Grid
Abstract: Climate change, rising energy prices and technology advances are all forces that have been reshaping
the collective mindset of consumers, turning many from "passive ratepayers" to highly informed,
environmentally conscious customers who want a role in using power. And now, with the emergence
of the technologies that make smart grids possible, companies can provide their customers with the
information and control they need to actually change their behavior patterns and reduce usage
and costs that show up on the utility bill.
IBM is helping utilities add a layer of digital intelligence to their grids.
These smart grids use sensors, meters, digital controls and analytic tools to automate, monitor and control the
two-way flow of energy across operations rom power plant to plug. A power company can optimize grid performance,
prevent outages, restore outages faster and allow consumers to manage energy usage right down to the individual networked appliance.
This presentation will examine how IBM is making energy smarter by managing it like the complex global system it is.
With smarter grids, utilities can manage the flow of power through their systems and consumers can manage their
appliances and use of energy at the household level.