WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cognera Corporation, a leader in complex billing and customer care solutions for the energy retail and utilities industry, announced today that Chris Lewis, Director of Market Development will address telecom and utility executives at the B/OSS Live! conference in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 2011 at 10:00am. Lewis will participate in a panel discussion session entitled, “Smart Grid: The Role of the Back Office” where he will discuss the increasing need for complex billing and back office solutions in the smart grid roll out.
“With the modernization of the electric grid, the role of data in the back office and the importance of data to the end customer have forced utilities and competitive retailers to provide tools the meet a growing demand. The bill is no longer just a bill, but a gateway to understanding a key consumer cost.” said Chris Lewis, Director of Market Development for Cognera. “Based on Cognera’s long history of working in complex rate structure environments, we look forward to contributing to the dialogue between the telecom and utility industries on smart grid transformation.”
For more information about Cognera’s solutions or to set up a meeting with Chris Lewis at the B/OSS Live! conference, please contact Kristin Marcell at kristin@smartmarkusa.com.
About Cognera
Cognera provides complex billing solutions to help utilities of all sizes meet smart grid requirements and improve business operations. They offer C&I solutions to large IOUs leveraging their extensive history and platform capabilities. For small to midsized utilities, they offer quick and cost effective solutions for meeting today’s demand for smart grid ready technology. For more information, visit www.new.cognera.com.