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ON THE WISH LIST
So where do we go from here? What are
the next steps we take to create additional
business value?

OUR TWO-FOLD AIM:
DIFFERENTIATE SYNERGY FROM
ITS RIVALS, WHILE MAKING THE
COMPANY A GREAT PLACE FOR
MY TEAM TO COME TO WORK
EVERY DAY.

As far as new technologies go, I think augmented
reality and virtual reality will be important for us
by making maintenance safer for our employees.
For example, virtual reality will enable employees
who need to do work in a confined space - say
during an outage of one of our generating units-get to know that space before they actually go
inside. They'll be able test a number of scenarios

to identify any areas that might be risky - to
learn, for example, that if they lean on that
scaffolding they'll fall over and hurt themselves.
Safety is always our number one priority, and
working in a generating utility of our size can be
dangerous. If we can use technology to make
any task just that little bit safer, that's a great
result for everyone.
Analytics will also be important. Everyone wants
data, everyone wants to analyze data, everyone
wants to understand data, and I think that area
will also continue to grow. For me to remain
relevant as a CIO, I will need to work closely with
the business to find out how they want to use
this data.
One new technology that has particular
relevance for us, an electric utility: electric
vehicles. They will present a challenge for us.
For example, in western Australia's wide-open
spaces, how will the charging infrastructure
be set up? Meeting this challenge will give us
another opportunity to gather and analyze data
- and to engage with and provide value to our
customers.

* A traditional ICT operating structure may
need to be completely dismantled in order to
eliminate duplication and other inefficiencies.
* Robotic process automation offers an opportunity
for quick wins. At Synergy, RPA saved the
organisation $1 million in the first nine months.
* Augmented reality and virtual reality will be
important tools for industrial safety. For example,
they will allow employees to get to know
spaces and their risks before they
actually enter the space.

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