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AESP & Brillion Webinar Series Part 1/3: Why Customer Engagement is Now a Business Imperative (Not Just Marketing)

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3-Part Webinar Series: Modern Customer Engagement for Utility Programs
Series Value: This three-part series equips program managers, marketing directors, and DSM leaders with practical frameworks to transform customer engagement from a tactical marketing activity into a strategic business capability. You'll learn how to coordinate engagement efforts across departments, make smarter use of data you already have (and identify what's missing), and build business cases that demonstrate measurable value even when perfect attribution isn't possible. Whether you're struggling to get customers enrolled, working with limited marketing resources, or trying to prove ROI to stakeholders, this series provides actionable approaches you can implement immediately.
Session 1 : Why Customer Engagement is Now a Business Imperative (Not Just Marketing)
Description: Utilities face mounting pressure from multiple directions: demand is growing, infrastructure budgets are constrained, and regulators expect measurable results. Meanwhile, customers represent untapped grid resources who could help address these challenges—but only if utilities can engage them strategically and effectively. The challenge is that customer engagement often operates on annual marketing schedules while programs run on different timelines, creating a disconnect between strategy and execution. This session explores why effective engagement requires coordination across departments, not just delegation to marketing teams.
What You'll Learn:
- How to align objectives, goals, messages, and content when multiple departments need different outcomes
- Why every customer touchpoint creates strategic engagement opportunities beyond traditional marketing campaigns
- What changes when engagement is treated as core business strategy rather than promotional support
- Practical approaches for program managers to work more strategically with marketing teams
Speaker

Alex Corneglio
Vice President of Product Management, Brillion
Alex Corneglio is the Vice President of Product Management at Brillion, a technology company delivering best-in-class customer engagement and fulfillment solutions. Alex is passionate about working to improve energy services through the application of new technology, with the last ten years focused on digital customer engagement utilizing data science and artificial intelligence. Prior to Brillion, Alex was the co-founder and CTO of EnergyX Solutions, where he championed the use of data science to enhance customer experiences and cost effectiveness in energy efficiency programs across North America. Over the course of his career, Alex has lived and worked in three countries and deployed technology across North America, Europe, and Asia. In 2021, he was recognized by Report on Business as one of the top technology executives in Canada for his work with EnergyX. Today, Alex lives in Texas with his wife and four children.