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Electric PerspectivesInnovation in Grid PlanningAs electricity demand continues to rise, electric companies are using new strategies and tools to help plan for the future. On this episode, Arizona Public Service (APS) Director of Grid Modernization Jasdeep Singh and KloudGin CEO and Co-Founder Vikram Takru discuss APS' shift to a product-oriented model for grid modernization and how technology platforms are streamlining operations and improving safety. The conversation highlights impactful grid projects in Arizona, strategies to keep customer bills as low as possible, and the innovations that will shape grid planning in the years to come.
This episode was sponsored by KloudGin. To...
2025-12-3018 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastThe Electric Perspectives Podcast: Technology Solutions to Emergency Response ChallengesWildfire risks are exposing critical vulnerabilities across the grid, while environmental threats continue to rise. To mitigate these risks and keep customers, workers, and infrastructure safe, optimizing emergency response management is a critical priority for electric utility leaders. On the latest Electric Perspectives Podcast episode from Edison Electric Institute (EEI), Arizona Public Service Director of Forestry and Fire Mitigation Scott Bordenkircher; KloudGin Co-Founder and CEO Vikram Takru; and EEI Senior Vice President of Security and Preparedness Scott Aaronson discuss wildfire mitigation plans, how electric utilities and technology providers are partnering to support emergency response efforts, and much m...
2025-07-1436 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastEquipping Your Workforce for Emergency Response: KloudGin's Utility Executive Roundtable with Black & Veatch and AWSWith the recent severe weather events that have caused devastation to communities across the country, it’s clear that these are no longer exceptional events. With utilities and essential service providers standing at the front lines of disaster response and recovery, effective emergency response management is more critical than ever. Featuring a panel of experts from Black & Veatch, Amazon Web Services, Puget Sound Energy, and Madison Gas and Electric, this episode explores how utilities can equip emergency crews with the essential tools they need to quickly and safely respond to large scale, urgent emergencies - helping effectively onb...
2025-07-1458 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastUnlocking the Full Potential of Asset Management: Harnessing the Power of Real-Time Field and Asset Data with Doc PalmerIn this episode, Doc Palmer, best-selling author and distinguished authority in the field of maintenance management, explores the critical need to capture and utilize the right data at the right time, delivering tangible value for asset management and helping organizations: Empower your mobile workforce: Streamline workflows, enable seamless data capture and sharing, and provide real-time, data-driven decision support all on a single, user-friendly platform. Improve asset reliability: Enable seamless management of all asset types—above ground, facility-based, and linear—across the complete asset lifecycle, with a single source for 100% of asset data. Optimize onboard...
2025-07-101h 01
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastEmpowering Your Workforce: AI-Driven Decision Support for Field TechniciansWhile AI is the buzzword of the moment, the reality is that many AI models are untested, require complex data builds over time, and deliver mixed results.The ROI of an AI investment might take years to achieve - so it’s important to evaluate how you can create real value utilizing AI to deliver a return on investment within the first year of implementation.In this episode we'll discuss how organizations can unlock immediate value and get tangible results from AI-powered Field Service and Asset Management by focusing on strengthening decision support and usability fo...
2025-07-101h 03
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastTransforming Utility Field Operations: A Citizen Energy Group Case Study in Award-Winning FSM InnovationThis episode will delve into Citizen Energy Group’s strategic implementation of their award-winning field service management (FSM) solution powered by the KloudGin Platform. Gain valuable insights into how CEG achieved operational excellence and enhanced their customer service, earning recognition as a CS Week 2024 Innovation Award winner.
2025-07-1059 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastThe Connected Workforce: Best-in-Class Backflow and Cross-Connection Solutions for Water UtilitiesBackflow and cross-connection issues can pose a significant risk to your company and the communities you serve. A single backflow incidence from an irrigation line can make an entire neighborhood sick in a matter of hours.The most innovative and award-winning utilities in the country are adopting a mobile-first solution that integrates field service and asset management and optimizes backflow and cross-connection management - enabling informed decision-making, driving efficiency, and ensuring compliance, all while improving the customer experience.
2025-07-101h 00
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastStrategic Perspectives on the PHMSA Mega Rule for Gas UtilitiesThe “Mega Rule” is the largest and most far-reaching set of rules from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in the last two decades. Utilities must effectively and efficiently change their recordkeeping, operations, and reporting procedures in response to this new rule.In this episode, industry experts Michael Nushart, Natural Gas Industry Subject Matter Expert at Black and Veatch and Stephen Miller, Director Solution Engineering at KloudGin to discuss their perspectives on the Mega Rule, including how utilities must effectively and efficiently change their recordkeeping, operations, and reporting procedures, to help tackle the challenges of the...
2025-07-1058 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastTransforming Workforce and Asset Management with Cloud-powered Generative AIWhile artificial intelligence may be the buzzword of the moment, it’s more than just a passing trend - the right applications of AI technology are transforming how field crews make decisions and undertake their work.With instant access to real-time asset intelligence, performance analytics, and generative AI-driven recommendations, leading utility and public sector organizations are not just equipping workers - they’re fundamentally improving how field crews collaborate and perform in both routine and critical situations.In this episode, Arun Anand, Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services and Vikas Bansal, Co-founder & Chief Technology Offi...
2025-07-1000 min
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastSuccessfully Navigating Water Quality Compliance: Expert Insights in a Changing Regulatory LandscapeThe water utility industry currently faces a multitude of challenges due to ever-evolving federal regulations, budgetary constraints, competing priorities and projects, customer expectations, and operational limitations. In this episode, water industry leaders discuss strategies and best practices for prioritization and decision-making in the face of the current regulatory environment and macro environment impacting water utilities, including Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) revisions, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the Clean Water Act (CWA) and more.Our panel of experts includes Spencer Bruce, CEO and President of Louisville Water Company, Michael L...
2025-07-101h 00
KloudGin - The Single Face of Work PodcastEmpowering Expertise: How Generative AI Assistants are Transforming Utility Field WorkUtilities face a critical challenge: to cut through the AI hype and implement AI technology that delivers measurable value across their essential, day-to-day operations.In this episode, Arun Anand, Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services and Vikas Bansal, Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer at KloudGin, explore how utility-specialized, AI-powered field assistants serve as force multipliers, enhancing human expertise and delivering measurable ROI with targeted operational improvements.
2025-07-0958 minElectric PerspectivesTechnology Solutions to Emergency Response ChallengesIn the face of challenges including extreme weather and catastrophic wildfires, electric companies increasingly are turning to cutting-edge technology solutions that help optimize mitigation strategies, enhance situational awareness and response efforts, and support customers during large-scale power restoration events.
On this episode, Arizona Public Service Director of Forestry and Fire Mitigation Scott Bordenkircher; KloudGin Co-Founder and CEO Vikram Takru; and Edison Electric Institute Senior Vice President of Security and Preparedness Scott Aaronson discuss wildfire mitigation plans, how electric companies and technology companies are partnering to support emergency response efforts, and more. This episode is sponsored by KloudGin; lea...
2025-02-1336 min
Now Brands TalkCreating Tight Alignment between Sales & Marketing w/ Miguel AdaoThe whole organization needs to be on the same page, and that goes for marketing and sales in particular. How do we do away with the us-versus-them mentality that has lingered so long between two such interconnected teams?In this episode, I speak with Miguel Adao, SVP Marke ting at KloudGin, about creating tight alignment between sales and marketing.Join us as we discuss:Embracing the realization that we’re all in this togetherKeeping the customer as your North StarLeads, KPIs, and meeting frequencyThe role of brand awareness and pipeline
2022-01-1824 min
Now Brands TalkCreating Tight Alignment between Sales & MarketingThe whole organization needs to be on the same page, and that goes for marketing and sales in particular. How do we do away with the us-versus-them mentality that has lingered so long between two such interconnected teams?
In this episode, I speak with Miguel Adao, SVP Marke ting at KloudGin, about creating tight alignment between sales and marketing.
Join us as we discuss:
Embracing the realization that we’re all in this together
Keeping the customer as your North Star
Leads, KPIs, and meeting frequency
The role of brand awareness and pipeline
To...
2022-01-1824 min
Everything SpeaksFaking It Until You Make It, with Sabrina HornSabrina Horn is an award-winning CEO, communications expert, and C-suite advisor. She is also a bestselling author of Make It, Don't Fake It: Leading with Authenticity for Real Business Success (Berrett-Koehler, June 2021). Her career is highlighted by 25 years as Founder, CEO, and President of Horn Group, the iconic U.S. tech communications agency she founded in Silicon Valley at age 29. Her firm counseled thousands of tech executives and their companies through rapid growth, category creation, brand transformation, global expansion, IPOs and acquisitions, pivots, and crisis matters. Sabrina sold Horn Group in 2015 to Finn Partners, a global marketing...
2021-11-1835 min
Performance DeliveredMiguel Adao | Make Your Marketing More CompellingYour ideal B2B customers are inundated with marketing material. You’re tired of wasting resources on spray-and-pray marketing. How do you cut through the clutter and get in front of the right people at the right time with the right message? Miguel Adao joins us on this episode to explain how you can revamp your marketing to better connect with your ideal customers. The Senior Vice President of Marketing at KloudGin is on a mission to bring the emotional power of B2C marketing into the B2B s...
2021-10-0631 min
The Tesoro AI PodcastArtificial Intelligence in Field Services & Asset Management with Vikram Takru of KloudGinField service workers generally aren't tech savvy, but whether we are talking about industries such as oil & gas, facilities maintenance, construction, or manufacturing - artificial intelligence is a tool being used to create massive productivity gains. The challenge for AI vendors is to develop solutions that encourage adoption by non-technical users. This is the task our guest, Vikram Takru (Co-Founder & CEO of Kloudgin), is taking head on in field services. In this episode we sit with Vikram to discuss the greatest challenges in field services, creating a data strategy, driving ROI via user adoption and wor...
2020-12-1037 minThe Tesoro AI PodcastArtificial Intelligence in Field Services & Asset Management with Vikram Takru of KloudGinField service workers generally aren't tech savvy, but whether we are talking about industries such as oil & gas, facilities maintenance, construction, or manufacturing - artificial intelligence is a tool being used to create massive productivity gains. The challenge for AI vendors is to develop solutions that encourage adoption by non-technical users. This is the task our guest, Vikram Takru (Co-Founder & CEO of Kloudgin), is taking head on in field services. In this episode we sit with Vikram to discuss the greatest challenges in field services, creating a data strategy, driving ROI via user adoption and wor...
2020-12-1037 min