GEOINT 2022 - Asterra - Elly Perets & James Perry
ASTERRA (formerly Utilis) provides data-driven solutions for water utilities, government agencies and the greater infrastructure industry in the areas of roads, rails, dams, and mines. The company’s proprietary algorithms and highly educated scientists and engineers are the key to their mission, to deliver actionable intelligence to advance Earth’s resource resilience. Since 2017, ASTERRA technology has been used in over 59 countries, saving over 169,280 million gallons of potable water, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 108,339 metric tons, and saving 423,200 MWH of energy, all in support of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. ASTERRA is headquartered in Israel with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. Their innovative data solutions are used in multiple verticals around the globe. ASTERRA is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to bring their products to the next level.
Elly Perets, the CEO of ASTERRA, and James Perry, ASTERRA’s Executive Vice President, describe how their company identifies infrastructure failures and how they plan to expand to other opportunities in various sectors. Elly discusses the urgent need for infrastructure failure detection and the short comings of the current solutions.