Utilities Consulting
Wise Men has been working with Electric, Gas, and Water Utility industry for 20+ years. Wise Men has extensive experience providing system architecture, system design and development, and managed services. We specialize in Grid Modernization, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Grid, Analytics and Analytic Platforms (Back Office and Edge), Systems Integration, Production Support, ERP Systems, and Security Architecture & Integration. Our teams have also been involved in the development and deployment of some of the largest IoT systems globally. In the current changing landscape for Electric, Gas, and Water Utilities, we help our clients embrace digital transformation in their business, both from within the data center and at the edge.
Enterprise Architecture
Wise Men has extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture development for our Utility clients and has been involved in the development of Smart Grid Systems for major utilities around the world. This has led to a deep understanding of Utility back-office systems and how to architect/integrate systems to solve Utilities issues from a real-world perspective. Wise Men has been integral in the development of several large utilities Smart Grid and Grid Modernization architectures, both within the back office and field components. We provide professional services to assess current issues and define future Enterprise Architecture needs.
Design and Development
We bring a core development team with over 15 years of experience working in the Utility vertical to provide design and development services. In addition to our expert team of software engineers, we have expertise in Database Design and Data Modeling. Our development services are fluent in a large collection of languages and a broad range of database technologies. We have extensive experience in both traditional software architecture as well as cloud-based solutions, including Microservice design and development, allowing us to develop best in breed solutions for our clients.
Project Management
Our knowledgeable Project Managers have worked on deployment, integration, and de-commissioning projects within the Utility industry. We have managed projects from small scale with single system integration to very large scale with high volume of systems being integrated across Engineering & Planning and Control domains within the Utility. Our Project Management teams not only know the tools and processes of project management but have considerable domain expertise within the utilities vertical.
Security
The Wise Men team has extensive knowledge of and experience in building secure products and systems. We have worked in all deployment scenarios, from intranet-based software systems to IoT devices deployed in adversarial conditions. We can provide strategic and tactical assistance in security architecture development and review, threat modeling, vulnerability analysis, key custody and management, risk analysis and risk mitigation, penetration testing, continuity and Disaster Recovery and network and IP security. Our security services help our utilities clients navigate the increasingly stringent security policies which must be adhered to in a Modernized Grid.
