Sayaji Shinde
trainer ’ programme , which allows customers to have an internal coach for their users . Of the programme , Sayaji says “ what matters is the ‘ ease of use ’ and ‘ empowerment ’ of the users with adequate information to act , which can reduce their workload while increasing overall efficiency .”
Naturally , such complex projects involve close collaboration with leading partners . Sayaji notes that AVEVA defines its partners through two categories : “ Prime bidders , such as cities , where the partner needs assurance of the successful delivery through guidance of the technological differences of the offered solutions .” The second partners , he adds , are “ solution vendors like intelligent traffic management , CCTV surveillance , water and energy systems . We work with them to produce integrated solutions to in our data platforms .”
The UOC is a large component of the company ’ s ‘ city in a box ’ project . The platform enhances the capabilities of the silo solutions , implemented in the early stages of transformation , by 209
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Sayaji Shinde
Mr . Sayaji Shinde is the Business Head , leading AVEVA ’ s Smart Cities and Infrastructure solution business across Asia Pacific . For the past 15 years he has been working with Government agencies across Asia to help them in transformation projects to deliver better Citizen services . He was engaged in transforming 6 cities as Smart Cities in Malaysia , Indonesia , Philippines and Vietnam . He has in-depth knowledge of City Operations , Defense , Tax , Social Services , water / electrical utilities and Transportation functioning . His technical expertise not only includes information technology but also operational control technologies like DCS , SCADA and Instrumentation .
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