Randy Rhodes recently joined EPRI’s Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) team where he works with CIOs, enterprise architects and business leaders to transform power delivery. In his prior role as Research Director at Gartner, he covered emerging use cases for drones in utilities and oil and gas along with other topics important to utility engineering and operations. He published over 100 research notes, including several surveys on CIM adoption. Past roles included managing planning technologies at PacifiCorp and acting as utility co-chair for the CIM Users Group. Randy holds a BSEE and MA, and has completed post-graduate studies.