2019 Utility Management Conference Program 2019 Utility Mgmt Program

A F T E R N O O N S E S S I O N S LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS PRACTICE/ORGANIZATIONAL OPTIMIZATION Track BROADWAY 1 GRAND BALLROOM 3 Room WED08—BUILDING A COMPETENT AND EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION WED07—OPTIMIZATION THROUGH PARTNERING AND COLLABORATION Session Title Moderator: Pieter Van Ry Moderator: Jean Malafronte Shaking It Up: Leveraging An Innovative Board Retreat To Unify The Vision and Gain Support To Combine Or Not To Combine—Water And Wastewater Regionalization In Troy, Ohio Clay Duffie, Mount Pleasant Waterworks, JD Solomon Carol Malesky, Stantec, Jillian Rhoades, Siyuan Rao Setting and Justifying Staffing Levels in Water and Wastewater Organizations Utility Analysis and Improvement Methodology (UAIM): A Collaborative Path to Improving Performance James Courchaine, Tata and Howard Zdenko Vitasovic, Metropolitan Water District, Mark Poling, Michael Sweeney The Talk: Encouraging Emerging Leaders To Look Beyond The Fence Line Disney, Amazon, and Verizon Buyouts... Are You Next? A Better Understanding of Water System Valuations And Consolidation Potential Keith Haas, Racine Water Utility 1:30–2:00 2:00–2:30 2:30–3:00 Bridgette Bennett, Carollo Engineers Utility Optimization: KC Water Recovery Taskforce Alternate Andrew Chastain–Howley, Atonix Digital, Charles Stevens, Sean Hennessy, Katie Werner NETWORKING BREAK IN GRAND BALLROOM FOYER 3:00–3:30 LEADERSHIP AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Track BROADWAY 1 GRAND BALLROOM 3 Room WED12—FUNDAMENTALS IN ESTABLISHING A STRONG WORKFORCE WED11—DEVELOPING PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS Session Title Moderator: Sharon Peters Moderator: Michael Martin The Cost of Toxic Employees In The Workplace P4—The Story of a Unique Collaborative Water and Sewer Partnership Mustaafa Dozier, DC Water 3:30–4:00 Stephen Spratt, GSG, Roi Zaken Porat Talent Management at KC Water Thank You for Being A Friend: Loudoun Water’s Strategic Relationships Are Golden Parijat Bhardwaj, KC Water 4:00–4:30 Sarah Lothman, Loudoun Water, Thom Lipinski Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive Strategic Workforce Management Plan From Recruitment to Retirement Public-Private-Partnership of the Largest Biosolids Drying Facility in North America Gerard Yates, Central Utah Water Conservancy Dist. Majid Khan, Great Lakes Water Authority, Manuel Irujo “Trust, But Verify” – A Performance Assessment of a Utility Design-Build P3 After 5 Years of Operation 4:30–5:00 Alternate John Wagner, MarshWagner, Shane Reid, Joseph Schiebel NETWORKING RECEPTION GRAND BALLROOM 1 & 2  15  5:00–6:30

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