Phil Schwarz

Phil Schwarz is the Industry Strategist for Energy at OpenText. With two decades of energy industry experience, Phil has become a trusted SME, having supported operators, EPCs, service providers, and OEMs across the entire value chain. Phil is an engineer by education and has a MBA, M.S. in Economics, and a Graduate Certificate in Smart Oilfield Technologies. He resides in the Anchorage, Alaska area and loves to hike and enjoy the outdoors.

Information Management

Phil SchwarzMay 26, 2023

Making smart grids, smart fields, and smart facilities smarter with OpenText

The world is in a race for energy. Energy companies today are striving to create intelligent, connected, secure, responsible and scalable…
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Uncategorized

Phil SchwarzMay 19, 2023

The total experience imperative for Utilities

Many Utilities now realize that a poor customer experience (CX) can put their organizations at risk, whether it’s reputational risk,…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzJanuary 6, 2023

Top 5 information management predictions for the industrial process sector

Hello from Alaska! Around this time last year, I shared my predictions on trends impacting the oil & gas and utility…
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Oil & Gas

Phil SchwarzOctober 27, 2022

Climbing the world’s tallest mountain: Energy sustainability

Hello from Alaska! I recently returned from an invigorating and inspiring OpenText World in Las Vegas earlier in October. Coming…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzSeptember 26, 2022

Transitioning to a sustainable energy future

Around the world, energy costs are spiking to record-high prices and aren’t expected to subside anytime soon. In fact, according…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzMay 31, 2022

Improve information management to reduce incidents in industrial processing

“I believe as an industry we can eliminate catastrophic process safety incidents.” Wise and bold words from Kenan Stevick, lead…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzFebruary 21, 2022

How cloud accelerates the energy race

Are we working toward an energy transition or are we in an energy race? It’s a race. The Energy industry…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzJanuary 6, 2022

Top predictions for the Utilities industry in 2022

If not such as wild ride as the oil & gas sector, the global Utilities industry witnessed its own share…
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Oil & Gas

Phil SchwarzJanuary 6, 2022

Top information management predictions for the Oil and Gas industry in 2022

After a wild ride in 2020, when prices momentarily went negative, the oil and gas industry rebounded throughout 2021. Bank of…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzSeptember 7, 2021

The costly goldilocks approach to Energy maintenance

For Energy companies, providing reliable and effective services depends on reliable and effective maintenance to ensure assets are — you…
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Utilities

Phil SchwarzSeptember 1, 2021

Information management and the energy transition

Greetings from Anchorage, Alaska! As the new Industry Strategist for the energy industry at OpenText, I’m proud to come from…
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