Nick Birrell is the Vice President of Industry Strategy at Oracle Energy and Water, a specialized global business unit at Oracle, whose purpose is to serve the energy and water industry. He works closely with energy and water utilities to help guide Oracle’s global product roadmap in this critical industry. He is passionate about the dramatic transformations occurring in our industry and technology’s role in all of this and holds firm to his belief that technology, when done right, is a positive agent of change, not just for the utility but for the local community it serves, and ultimately the Planet. He holds degrees in Economics, Political Science, Information Technology and Master of Business Administration and draws on 20+ years’ experience of providing strategic guidance, solution insights, and implementation expertise across the Grid to Customer value chain, in utilities across the world.Nick Birrell is the Vice President of Industry Strategy at Oracle Energy and Water, a specialized global business unit at Oracle, whose purpose is to serve the energy and water industry. He works closely with energy and water utilities to help guide Oracle’s global product roadmap in this critical industry. He is passionate about the dramatic transformations occurring in our industry and technology’s role in all of this and holds firm to his belief that technology, when done right, is a positive agent of change, not just for the utility but for the local community it serves, and ultimately the Planet. He holds degrees in Economics, Political Science, Information Technology and Master of Business Administration and draws on 20+ years’ experience of providing strategic guidance, solution insights, and implementation expertise across the Grid to Customer value chain, in utilities across the world.