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SSP Presents on Upgrades to Standing Room Only Crowd at TUG
SSP's Skye Perry performed a presentation entitled "Upgrading to Arc 10: Avoid the Pitfalls, Reap the Benefits" to a crowd of over 100 GIS personnel at the 2012 Telvent Utility Group conference in Fort Collins, CO (picture). The session covered in-depth technical detail on upgrading an entire GIS to the 10.x environment, including specific tips on upgrading the database, the product software, and the customizations. It included a bevy of advice from the upgrades the SSP team has performed. You can view the slides from the presentation here. Perry also wrote an article on the topic for SSP's acclaimed Energy Advisor e-Zine in December of last year; it can be viewed here.
[03/2012]
Southern Company Hires SSP to Provide Custom BRP Improvement
SSP has been hired by Southern Company to provide a number of key improvements to their existing batch reconcile & post process. The project will include a custom implementation of SSP's All Edits Reporting & QA Tool (demo) to capture all the edits that have occurred in a session/design, plus several pieces of additional functionality. SSP began work in January.
[01/2012]
Industry Veteran Dennise Ramirez Joins SSP Team
Ramirez, most recently with Enspiria Solutions/Black & Veatch Corporation, joins SSP in a full-time Principal Consultant role. She brings decades of utility GIS project management experience to the company's ongoing and future projects, with a strong background in Esri and Telvent-related implementations and custom software design solving utility-wide business problems. Ramirez will serve as a key addition to the talented leadership pool SSP provides its clients.
[01/2012]
SSP Innovations Wins Upgrades Contract with CoServ
CoServ, a 130,000-member-owned electric cooperative based in Corinth, TX has selected SSP to perform GIS upgrades to version 10 of the Esri and Telvent software. Through its committed business partnership with GIS-industry leaders Swova, SSP will upgrade ArcFM, Designer, Responder, Geodatabase Manager, ArcFM Replication and ArcFM Viewer, as well as perform customizations and systems integration to WMS, CIS, SCADA and IVR systems. SSP also performed CoServ's previous upgrade to version 9.3.1.
[11/2011]
SSP Presents Two Papers to Large Audiences at 2011 EGUG Conference
At this year's Esri Electric and Gas User Conference, SSP's own Skye Perry and John Garrett of Garland Power & Light (TX) presented "GIS-Integrated Work Management for Small Utilities," which showcases the functionality of the company's popular new software, Workforce Management. Perry also teamed with Arnisa Davis and Steve Veltman from Memphis Light Gas and Water (MLGW) to discuss "Maximizing GIS Performance in Your Sleep" which covers functionality found in SSP's Nightly Batch Suite. Both talks were highly attended at the conference, which was held in October in Columbia, SC.
[10/2011]
Central Lincoln PUD Hires SSP to Perform Systems Integrations Work
This small utility in the Northwest has brought SSP on to create a custom data export which will help integrate their GIS system to a new outage management system (OMS). Central Lincoln PUD is based in Newport, Oregon and provides power to over 38,000 customers. Work on the project begins in October.
[09/2011]
Telvent Announces Partnership With SSP Innovations and Esri to Provide Work Management System to Small- and Mid-Sized Utilities
Telvent has announced a partnership with SSP and Esri to provide SSP's Workforce Management software to small- and mid-sized utilities in need of the major benefits of a centralized work management system for a minimal cost. The web-based tool, which features a tight integration to Telvent's Designer software and the Esri ArcGIS environment, has been implemented at two utilities already. See the press release here.
[08/2011]
Douglas County PUD Selects SSP Innovations to Lead Comprehensive GIS Implementation
The project will include implementation of an Esri ArcGIS geodatabase, Telvent's ArcFM, Designer, Fiber Manager and ArcFM Viewer for ArcGIS Engine solutions, and SSP's own Workforce Management work-order lifecycle software. Douglas County PUD provides retail electric service to around 18,000 customers, 24 broadband communication ISPs and 68 water customers within Douglas County, WA.
[07/2011]
SSP Launches Monthly e-Zine
SSP Innovations launched its new monthly e-zine, Energy Advisor, in June 2011. Energy Advisor is an email sent to a secured list of subcribers, containing helpful articles, tools, hints and sample code with the goal of helping utility personnel do their job better. Energy Advisor is distributed on the second Tuesday of each month. View the articles and sign-up for Energy Advisor HERE.
[06/2011]
SSP & GP&L Present to a Packed Room at Telvent Users Group Conference
SSP's Skye Perry and John Garrett of Garland Power & Light presented "Designer-Integrated Work Management for Small Utilities" and showcased the impressive functionality of SSP's newest project-ware, Workforce Management. The conference took place in Fort Collins, CO in March 2011. View the presentation slides here.
[03/2011]
Sales and IT Professional Dean Perry Joins SSP Innovations
Experienced in sales and software development, Perry joins the company as Sales & Account Manager. He'll lead SSP's accounts and marketing efforts, providing leadership for all client and partner interactions. He can be reached at 720.229.0227, and dean.perry@sspinnovations.com .
[02/2011]
SSP Innovations Announces New-Hire Corey Blakeborough
A recent graduate from the University of Northern Colorado, Blakeborough earned a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration: Computer Information Systems and worked as lead web developer for UNC's Monfort College of Business. As SSP's newest Software Consultant, Corey will use his extensive software development skills to assist with the design and execution of several ongoing projects.
[02/2011]
Utility GIS Industry Veteran Chris Cushenbery Joins SSP Innovations
SSP is proud to announce the addition of Cushenbery, who brings over 15 years experience as a software professional in this field. Chris most recently worked for Enspiria Solutions and ESRI as a Project Engineer and an Enterprise Consultant, respectively. As a Principal Consultant at SSP, he'll lend expertise and technical leadership to existing and new systems integration projects.
[01/2011]
SSP Innovations, LLC was incorporated in 2003 to serve as an umbrella company
for the many online services sites that were under development at the time. The staff
of SSP is proficient in both web and client server software development and has worked
in a wide range of industries including human resources, energy and utilities, telecomm,
public sector (government), construction, professional services, and the entertainment industry
(including music and band management). We primarily utilize Microsoft’s latest and greatest development
technologies and most often deploy our solutions with Microsoft .Net and SQL Server.
End-to-End Solution Provider
In 2005 SSP began hosting many of the websites it developed and it has since become an
end-to-end solution provider managing technology from conception through implementation.
If your business needs innovative technology solutions driven by experienced and dynamic professionals at affordable rates, SSP Innovations is the ideal choice.
Spatially-Enabled Solutions
By 2007 the company had expanded its offerings to include Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and
Systems Integration surrounding the Esri platform. This shift was driven by the experience of the company's
founders which included extensive work providing spatially-enabled solutions. Today our staff includes some of the most
sought after technical talent that exists in the GIS arena. Our current GIS work is centered on the energy & utilities vertical
and includes work with major utilities across the United States.
Esri Business Partner
SSP is an authorized Esri business partner specializing in consulting, custom software development, and systems integration
for customers of all sizes. SSP has extensive experience in the entire project life cycle from requirements gathering through deployment and training.
See our GIS page for more information.
Telvent Implementation Business Partner
Telvent Implementation Partners are organizations who have a proven track record of success working with and supporting the ArcFM Solution. These partners have built a knowledge base and skill set in resources within their organizations to be able to provide an array of services to customers, including leading ArcFM Solution implementations.
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Our staff consists of Microsoft Certified Professionals with experience in a wide variety of technologies,
3rd party platforms, technical architecture, and software project management. Please review our website to learn more
about the solutions we provide and feel free to contact us to personally discuss what we can do for your business.
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