Clay Waters, P.E.
Sr. Manager Product Management, User Experience, and Analytics at Power TakeOff- Claim this Profile
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Clay is not only the most talented product manager I have ever worked with, but also one of the greatest co-workers I've had. His passion and expertise in both product management and renewable energy far exceeded all expectations and was the integral element of making our team at Enel-X extremely successful. Clay's engineering background provides him with an incredible ability to maintain realistic expectations and letting the engineers focus on their work. Any team would be lucky to have Clay and I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.
Over the past year of working with Clay at Enel X, his passion for building great products that will help shape a sustainable energy future was very evident. Clay’s passion combined with his technical expertise in energy markets, his understanding of product management and software development, and his relentless focus lead to great improvements in the quality of the product and efficiency of the teams who develop and use the product. Clay was always a voice of reason and focus amidst a time of overwhelming amount of opportunities. His ability to maintain direction on strategically focused initiatives while also keeping an open ear to new opportunities and to the customer voice allowed Clay to create a roadmap that delivered real value in each release, on-time, every time. I strongly recommend Clay for any software product management or other strategic role and I hope to continue to work with Clay in the future.
Clay is not only the most talented product manager I have ever worked with, but also one of the greatest co-workers I've had. His passion and expertise in both product management and renewable energy far exceeded all expectations and was the integral element of making our team at Enel-X extremely successful. Clay's engineering background provides him with an incredible ability to maintain realistic expectations and letting the engineers focus on their work. Any team would be lucky to have Clay and I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.
Over the past year of working with Clay at Enel X, his passion for building great products that will help shape a sustainable energy future was very evident. Clay’s passion combined with his technical expertise in energy markets, his understanding of product management and software development, and his relentless focus lead to great improvements in the quality of the product and efficiency of the teams who develop and use the product. Clay was always a voice of reason and focus amidst a time of overwhelming amount of opportunities. His ability to maintain direction on strategically focused initiatives while also keeping an open ear to new opportunities and to the customer voice allowed Clay to create a roadmap that delivered real value in each release, on-time, every time. I strongly recommend Clay for any software product management or other strategic role and I hope to continue to work with Clay in the future.
Clay is not only the most talented product manager I have ever worked with, but also one of the greatest co-workers I've had. His passion and expertise in both product management and renewable energy far exceeded all expectations and was the integral element of making our team at Enel-X extremely successful. Clay's engineering background provides him with an incredible ability to maintain realistic expectations and letting the engineers focus on their work. Any team would be lucky to have Clay and I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.
Over the past year of working with Clay at Enel X, his passion for building great products that will help shape a sustainable energy future was very evident. Clay’s passion combined with his technical expertise in energy markets, his understanding of product management and software development, and his relentless focus lead to great improvements in the quality of the product and efficiency of the teams who develop and use the product. Clay was always a voice of reason and focus amidst a time of overwhelming amount of opportunities. His ability to maintain direction on strategically focused initiatives while also keeping an open ear to new opportunities and to the customer voice allowed Clay to create a roadmap that delivered real value in each release, on-time, every time. I strongly recommend Clay for any software product management or other strategic role and I hope to continue to work with Clay in the future.
Clay is not only the most talented product manager I have ever worked with, but also one of the greatest co-workers I've had. His passion and expertise in both product management and renewable energy far exceeded all expectations and was the integral element of making our team at Enel-X extremely successful. Clay's engineering background provides him with an incredible ability to maintain realistic expectations and letting the engineers focus on their work. Any team would be lucky to have Clay and I hope I get the opportunity to work with him again in the future.
Over the past year of working with Clay at Enel X, his passion for building great products that will help shape a sustainable energy future was very evident. Clay’s passion combined with his technical expertise in energy markets, his understanding of product management and software development, and his relentless focus lead to great improvements in the quality of the product and efficiency of the teams who develop and use the product. Clay was always a voice of reason and focus amidst a time of overwhelming amount of opportunities. His ability to maintain direction on strategically focused initiatives while also keeping an open ear to new opportunities and to the customer voice allowed Clay to create a roadmap that delivered real value in each release, on-time, every time. I strongly recommend Clay for any software product management or other strategic role and I hope to continue to work with Clay in the future.
Credentials
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Client Needs and Software Requirements
CourseraFeb, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Agile Planning for Software Products
CourseraJan, 2017- Nov, 2024 -
Software Processes and Agile Practices
Coursera Course CertificatesNov, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Introduction to Software Product Management
Coursera Course CertificatesOct, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Professional Engineer
California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and GeologistsJun, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Leading People and Teams Specialization
Coursera Course CertificatesMay, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Executive Data Science Capstone
Coursera Course CertificatesMar, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Executive Data Science Specialization
Coursera Course CertificatesMar, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Types of Conflict
Coursera Course CertificatesMar, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Data Science in Real Life
Coursera Course CertificatesFeb, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Leading Teams
Coursera Course CertificatesFeb, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Building a Data Science Team
Coursera Course CertificatesJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Influencing People
Coursera Course CertificatesJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Managing Data Analysis
Coursera Course CertificatesJan, 2016- Nov, 2024 -
Inspiring and Motivating Individuals
Coursera Course CertificatesDec, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Managing Talent
Coursera Course CertificatesDec, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
A Crash Course in Data Science
Coursera Course CertificatesNov, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Energy Manager In Training (EMIT)
AEE -
LEED AP, BD+C
USGBC
Experience
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Power TakeOff
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United States
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sr. Manager Product Management, User Experience, and Analytics
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Apr 2020 - Present
Leading development of the product roadmap and product strategyLeading User Experience research, usability testing, and product designLeading Data Science efforts, analytics projects, and algorithm development
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Enel X
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Italy
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Product Manager, Energy Cloud
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Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
Drove the product roadmap for the energy cloud to drive maximum revenue from energy storage systems, supported sales modeling tools, and developed and maintained our user interfacesFocus areas include virtual power plants, pre-sales tools (modeling, sizing, pricing, proposals, risk management) and financial performance reporting
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EnerNOC
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Manager, Labs
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Nov 2017 - Jun 2018
Lead EnerNOC's Labs team in developing innovative new features, new software offerings, and internal tools using principles of machine learning, software engineering, and energy expertise.Responsible for identifying and initiating new projects that drive revenue, increase customer satisfaction, and/or reduce our costs to provide customer outcomes.Work across multiple business lines to identify projects, establish processes, and drive outcomes.
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Manager, Rapid Intelligence
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Jul 2016 - Oct 2017
Founded and Led EnerNOC’s Rapid Intelligence team in developing next generation energy analytics using machine learning, AI, and other analytics best practices to solve critical energy management problems.Built out EnerNOC’s capabilities to automatically identify faulty facility operation and energy cost savings projects using machine learning and scaled these capabilities to create over 5,000 recommendations per year across 3,000+ buildings.Identified and initiated new projects for tools and automation to make EnerNOC more efficient and effective at driving customer outcomes.
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Practice Lead - Energy Advisory Services
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Jul 2014 - Jul 2016
Develop and implement a new delivery methodology for our Advisory Services to increase customer software adoption and customer success by addressing people, process, and technology. Implemented an agile methodology, including sprints with our analytics team to develop new deliverables, implement consistent branding, and provide feedback to other teams on the most successful deliverables. Develop and manage the Energy Advisor training program including approximately 100 training sessions per year strategically determined to execute on our goals. Work cross functionally on thought leadership projects including the EnerNOC EIS Best Practices Guide for energy management, conference presentations, and holistic customer onboarding plans.Study our customers and identify which actions lead to their success. Assist with new feature development prioritization, technical aspects and language, and developing content for more than 5 new features.Project Highlights● For the new delivery methodology project, I worked with the product team, operations team, sales team, and global services team on coordination, approval, and training for implementation.● I lead one agile development project involved identifying over $5,000,000 in annual savings across 500+ sites in three sprints over a six week period.● I lead one customer study identifying a feature that increases software adoption by 40% when used by customers. Afterwards, I informed other groups and trained them on how to get customers to use this feature.
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Project Manager / Project Engineer
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Jan 2012 - Jun 2014
Managed projects to meet scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining client satisfaction.Project types included retro-commissioning, new building commissioning, data-driven continuous commissioning, energy auditing, subcontractor energy efficiency implementation, and partially automated building data analysis.Managed projects for over 35 buildings (>$2M TCV) on budget with an average client satisfaction score of 9 out of 10“I could not have hoped for a better project lead than Clay.” - a large Southern California clientStarted and implemented several office initiatives to improve our processes and product including standard report templates, client satisfaction surveys, automated management and sales dashboards, and improvements to our field toolsImproved EnerNOC deliverables to make prioritization of recommended client actions easier by researching competitor deliverables and presenting to my teamManaged the proposal and sales phase of many projectsIdentified energy efficiency measures, performed savings calculations, analyzed mechanical equipment data, analyzed building energy data, wrote reports, and benchmarked and baselined buildings energy usage for offices, data centers, gymnasiums, classrooms, and laboratories
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Owner/Operator
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Feb 2011 - Jan 2012
Waters Energy Solutions provides residential and small commercial energy auditing and consulting in the middle Georgia area.
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Jackson EMC
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Utilities
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100 - 200 Employee
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Engineering Intern
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Jun 2007 - Dec 2009
Provided customer support and answer questions for a company ranked #1 in customer satisfaction in all midsized utilities Analyzed and design current electrical systems to provide power and lighting for individual customers Checked feasibility for implementation by line installation crew Designed and Implemented over 30 electrical system designsProvided system maintenance analysis to improve the quality of service provided Maintained quality of service by calculating and assessing voltage drop and flicker in new construction
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Education
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2005 - 2010
The University of Georgia
Bachelors of Science, Engineering
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