The CIO Utilities Summit welcomes Stuart Ravens, Principal Analyst in Energy & Utilities Technology at Ovum as Master of Ceremonies

Online, February 16, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The CIO Utilities Summit team is pleased to announce that Stuart Ravens, Principal Analyst in Energy & Utilities Technology at Ovum, a world-class technology research and analyst firm, will be the Master of Ceremonies at the upcoming IT event to be held on April 18-21, 2010, at InterContinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ.

The CIO Utilities Summit is the leading Smart Grid event for technology professionals in the utilities industry, giving attendees the chance to attend educational sessions, network with peers and discuss critical IT solutions. This year's strategic agenda focuses on the latest technology issues and trends in the utilities industry, including Smart Grid, the mobile workforce, energy efficiency and predictive analytics.

Ravens has worked in Ovum's commercial verticals team since May 2008 and is currently responsible for Ovum's Energy & Utilities workstream. He works closely with analysts within Datamonitor's energy business unit as well as horizontal analysts within Ovum, providing clients with technology analysis through a business lens.

As the Master of Ceremonies, Ravens will play a key role in determining the topics to be discussed at the event as well as give the IT event's opening and closing comments. He will also be presenting the CIO Thought-Leadership discussion, "The Role of Predictive Analytics in Asset Management to Help Reduce Incidents of Condition-Based or Emergency Maintenance in Both Generation and T&D Settings" and moderating the CIO Executive Visions panel, "Customer Data Storage and Data Management."

Ravens joins the list of other recently confirmed technology executive attendees, including: Steve Rissler, CIO, Tucson Electric Power; John Lucas, VP, IT Citizens Energy Group; and Matt Fahnestock, VP of Global Applications, AES Corporation.

"As Master of Ceremonies, Stuart Ravens will help to frame the outcome and focus of the CIO Utilities Summit. His expertise and years of industry experience will be a great benefit to our utilities technology attendees," said Ross Abbott, Event Director, CIO Utilities Summit.

With a focused agenda and high-level attendees, it's no wonder that the CIO Utilities Summit is the leading event for technology professionals in the utilities industry. For more information, please go to the CIO Utilities Summit Web site at http://www.cioutilitiessummit.com/.

About CIO Utilities Summit

The SBS Division of CDM Media has a reputation for delivering strategically positioned, content-driven events to C-level clientele from Fortune 1000 organizations. With experience delivering intimate, effective business summits, CDM Media gathers executives to develop great business ideas and lasting relationships with their peers and colleagues. The CIO Utilities Summit will be hosted April 18-21, 2010 at the exclusive Intercontinental Montelucia Resort in Scottsdale, AZ. The summit is designed to gather business leaders from technologically advanced and innovative companies within North America's utilities industry to debate and network on the critical business technology issues.