https://minmaxtech.com/ Product releases, customer stories, and conference news from MinMax Technologies. en-us https://minmaxtech.com/news/kamran-drone-pilot-license/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/kamran-drone-pilot-license/ Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Software Engineer Kamran Ramsey earned his FAA Part 107 drone pilot license as part of his work on the MinMax eSMART Aerial Inspection Module — pairing hands-on flight experience with the aerial inspection workflows he helps build. https://minmaxtech.com/news/peoples-electric-td-world-2026/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/peoples-electric-td-world-2026/ Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT People’s Electric Cooperative of Ada, Oklahoma was featured in the June 2026 issue of T&D World Magazine for integrating drone inspections directly into utility asset management workflows with MinMax eSMART. https://minmaxtech.com/news/td-world-webinar-drone-data-2026/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/td-world-webinar-drone-data-2026/ Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax sponsored a T&D World webinar, “From Field to System — Instantly. The Future of Drone Data Integration,” featuring People’s Electric Cooperative on turning drone inspection data into actionable maintenance intelligence. https://minmaxtech.com/news/smu-senior-design-2026/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/smu-senior-design-2026/ Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax celebrated the 2026 SMU Lyle School of Engineering graduating class and their Senior Design project, “Utility Substation Health Trend Analysis,” the first sponsored by MinMax Technologies. https://minmaxtech.com/news/esmart-11-meso-2026/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/esmart-11-meso-2026/ Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax exhibited MinMax eSMART 11.0 at the 2026 MESO Conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma, debuting a new Drone Inspection Module that pulls aerial inspection data directly into utility asset management workflows. https://minmaxtech.com/news/eastern-shore-drone-day-2026/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/eastern-shore-drone-day-2026/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Billy Lara, MinMax Support Specialist, joined utility professionals at A&N Electric Cooperative's Eastern Shore Safety Drone Day to discuss how LiDAR and infrared imaging are reshaping asset inspections — alongside MinMax eSMART's new drone-video and SRT file import capability. https://minmaxtech.com/news/nwppa-2026-portland/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/nwppa-2026-portland/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax showcased MinMax eSMART and its new Drone Inspection Module at the 2026 NWPPA Engineering & Operations Conference in Portland, Oregon — letting utilities pull aerial imagery straight into asset records. https://minmaxtech.com/news/100th-esmart-customer/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/100th-esmart-customer/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax signed its 100th MinMax eSMART utility customer — a public power utility in Oregon — with the partnership tracing back to a meeting at the 2025 NWPPA E&O Conference. https://minmaxtech.com/news/techadvantage-2026-nashville/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/techadvantage-2026-nashville/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT At NRECA's TechAdvantage 2026 Expo in Nashville, MinMax unveiled the MinMax eSMART Drone Inspection Module — auto-linking GPS-tagged drone imagery to assets and removing manual data transfer steps. https://minmaxtech.com/news/native-drone-inspection-support/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/native-drone-inspection-support/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT MinMax eSMART now ingests drone imagery natively — aerial photos and GPS metadata route directly to the right asset, with thermal imagery support for early issue detection. https://minmaxtech.com/news/leadership-spotlight-nand-singh/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/leadership-spotlight-nand-singh/ Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT A tribute to MinMax founder Dr. Nandlal Singh, covering his path from IIT Bombay through SMU's doctoral program in Engineering Management to founding MinMax in 2007, plus his recent endowment of a Senior Design Award at SMU. https://minmaxtech.com/news/edisto-electric-sc-engineering-2025/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/edisto-electric-sc-engineering-2025/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT Daniel Eubanks, VP of Engineering at Edisto Electric Cooperative, presented the co-op's MinMax eSMART rollout at the Fall South Carolina Engineering Conference in Hilton Head — sharing how field technicians moved from fragmented manual processes to a single asset, inspection, and work-order system. https://minmaxtech.com/news/midwest-transmission-2025/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/midwest-transmission-2025/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT MinMax joined customer Northeast Power and 17 other generation and transmission cooperatives at the September 2025 Midwest Transmission Conference in St. Louis, demonstrating MinMax eSMART's PRC-005 and FAC-008 NERC compliance modules. https://minmaxtech.com/news/ucemc-digital-transformation/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/ucemc-digital-transformation/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Upper Cumberland EMC adopted MinMax eSMART to modernize asset management as its meter base grew from 49,800 to 55,000 — moving substation inspections off manual paperwork and onto a centralized mobile platform. https://minmaxtech.com/news/ctce-2025-wilmington/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/ctce-2025-wilmington/ Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT At the Cooperative Technologies Conference & Expo in Wilmington, NC, Dr. Nand Singh presented a Utility Asset Maintenance Maturity Model — walking attendees through how AI analytics and ISO 55001 move utilities from reactive to proactive maintenance. https://minmaxtech.com/news/ai-driven-analytics/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/ai-driven-analytics/ Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT MinMax eSMART now exports operational data in Excel and CSV for downstream AI and analytics workflows — letting utilities surface efficiency gaps, prevent outages, and feed external analysis pipelines without leaving the platform. https://minmaxtech.com/news/ncems-2025/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/ncems-2025/ Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT For its 12th consecutive year, MinMax exhibited at the NCEMS Conference — presenting MinMax eSMART 10.5's dashboard, NERC compliance, and job-briefing improvements. Dr. Nand Singh delivered a session on metrics, KPIs, and ISO 55001 in utility asset management. https://minmaxtech.com/news/future-proofing-webchat-2025/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/future-proofing-webchat-2025/ Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT MinMax hosted a 30-minute virtual roundtable with Einar Offerdahl III, Joe Skelton, and Steve Mauser on how utilities can ease the shift from legacy asset management systems to modern, mobile-first platforms like MinMax eSMART. https://minmaxtech.com/news/user-conference-2024/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/user-conference-2024/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT The 9th annual MinMax eSMART User Conference brought customers to Fort Worth, TX for three days of technical training, case studies on data analytics, vendor sessions on ISO 55001 and NERC compliance, and a preview of MinMax eSMART Release 10.x. https://minmaxtech.com/news/nand-singh-ieee-interview/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/nand-singh-ieee-interview/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT Dr. Nand Singh sat down with Alan Ross at IEEE's T&D Conference in Anaheim to discuss how AI, machine learning, IoT, and ISO 55000 are reshaping asset management for electric utilities. https://minmaxtech.com/news/perfect-solution-seminar-2024/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/perfect-solution-seminar-2024/ Tue, 02 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT MinMax eSMART was featured in a professional seminar on substation and distribution asset management — covering data collection, equipment monitoring, battery testing, dashboard reporting, and safety protocols. https://minmaxtech.com/news/ncems-2024/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/ncems-2024/ Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT For an 11th consecutive year, MinMax exhibited at the North Carolina Meter School in Myrtle Beach. The booth showcased asset relocation tools, dashboard analytics, pre-job briefing features, and NERC compliance tracking inside MinMax eSMART. https://minmaxtech.com/news/power-bi-integration/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/power-bi-integration/ Fri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 GMT MinMax eSMART now integrates with Microsoft Power BI and runs on a georedundant Azure database, giving utilities advanced data visualization, interactive dashboards, and real-time substation asset monitoring on top of MinMax eSMART's core. https://minmaxtech.com/news/td-world-april-2024/ https://minmaxtech.com/news/td-world-april-2024/ Wed, 03 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT T&D World's April 2024 issue features North Carolina utility EnergyUnited's switch to MinMax eSMART after their prior asset management system stalled on manual data collection — covering how the new platform improved operational efficiency and data accuracy.