IoT & AI for Smart Energy Delivery

Empowering the Future of Intelligent Energy Resilient Energy Sustainable Energy

N-Smart delivers transformative grid-edge intelligence, leveraging the power of IoT and AI to equip utilities for the demands of tomorrow. We provide the real-time insights and predictive capabilities necessary to build a more reliable and efficient energy future.

Grid‑Edge Sensors

Live pole tilt, vibration, and vegetation risk.

Smart Inventory

Predictive parts availability & auto‑replenish.

Smart Field Services

Compliance & calibration, always on‑truck.

Smart Sensors

AI Ops

Real-Time Analytics

Communication Networks

NERC CIP Compliant

Faster Restoration

Restore power faster and keep customers satisfied

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Reduction in Truck Rolls

Optimize dispatch and slash operational costs

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Operational Readiness

Ensure every crew is safe, compliant, and equipped

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Reliability Improvements

Proactively prevent outages and build a resilient grid

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Why N-Smart?

The End-to-End Solution for Utility Operations

We go beyond sensors and software. We deliver operational certainty by connecting your assets, crews, and command center with a single source of truth.

A Unified, Scalable Platform

Unlike siloed point solutions, N-Smart integrates grid monitoring, asset management, and crew readiness into one platform. Built for NERC CIP compliance and seamless EAM/OMS/GIS integration.

Deep Utility Expertise

Our team isn't just tech experts—we have decades of experience in utility operations. We partner with you from day one to ensure our solution solves your specific challenges.

Proven Customer Results

Leading IOUs and Co-ops have achieved measurable improvements in SAIDI/SAIFI, O&M costs, and crew safety within the first storm cycle. Our case studies prove the ROI.

Solutions

Solve Your Biggest Operational Challenges

From the grid edge to the control room, N-Smart provides the tools to build a more resilient and efficient utility.

Grid Modernization & Monitoring

Shift from reactive patrols to proactive, condition-based maintenance. Our pole and line sensors provide continuous, real-time data on asset health, detecting risks like vegetation encroachment, pole tilts, and conductor anomalies before they cause an outage.

Smart Outage Restoration

Transform storm response with automated, sensor-driven damage assessment that pinpoints fault locations in minutes, not hours. Our platform integrates with your OMS/DMS to prioritize critical infrastructure and guide crews with the precise parts needed.

Wildfire Mitigation

Proactively identify and mitigate wildfire risk in high-threat districts. Our platform correlates real-time sensor data with hyperlocal weather and fuel moisture data to generate a dynamic risk score for each circuit, enabling targeted de-energization.

DER Integration & Management

Turn the challenge of distributed energy into an opportunity for resilience. Gain real-time visibility into DERs like solar, EV charging, and battery storage. Our AI-powered forecasting helps you anticipate their impact on load and grid stability.

Crew Readiness & Safety

Foster a culture of proactive safety and guarantee 100% crew readiness. Digitize and automate pre-trip vehicle and tool inspections, and implement geofenced gate-deny policies that prevent trucks from rolling out if critical safety equipment is missing.

Smart Assets & Inventory

Eliminate costly capital waste and operational delays caused by lost or uncalibrated equipment. Gain complete, real-time visibility of every critical asset and tool across all depots and vehicles, and automate compliance checks.

The N-Smart Platform

The Unified Hub for Grid Operations

N-Smart is more than a set of tools; it’s a central nervous system for your utility. We ingest data from every part of your operations and turn it into clear, actionable intelligence for every team member.

Single Command Center

Break down departmental silos with a unified, common operational picture. Our platform provides a single-pane-of-glass view of grid health, asset status, and crew locations, with role-based dashboards that deliver relevant KPIs.

Intelligent, Automated Workflows

Move beyond manual processes. Our event-driven architecture transforms real-time sensor alerts into automated, intelligent workflows that seamlessly integrate with your existing EAM, CMMS, and GIS.

Empowered Field Mobility

Equip your crews with the real-time data and digital tools they need to work more safely and efficiently. Our mobile application provides offline access to GIS overlays, asset work history, and digital checklists.

Technology Stack

The Technology Powering Resilience

Ruggedized, utility-grade hardware

Engineered for poles, feeders, and substations; IP-rated enclosures, surge protection, and extended temp ranges ensure reliability in the harshest conditions.

Multi-protocol connectivity

We leverage a flexible mix of LoRaWAN, NB‑IoT, LTE‑M, and 5G to ensure cost-effective and reliable data backhaul across your entire service territory.

Sensor Portfolio

Gain a complete picture of grid health with our portfolio of sensors for pole tilt, vibration, temperature, arc detection, and environmental conditions for wildfire risk.

Edge Data Processing

Filter, aggregate, and act locally on data for low-latency decisions. Our gateways buffer data during backhaul loss, ensuring resilience during major storm events.

Predictive Maintenance

Detect early failure signatures on poles, transformers, reclosers, and breakers; rank by risk and customer impact to prevent outages before they happen.

Operations optimization

Recommend crew routing, kitting, and shift planning to minimize restoration time and reduce truck rolls.

Anomaly correlation

Fuse sensor anomalies with weather, vegetation, and historical events to pinpoint true causes and avoid false alarms.

Forecasting & simulation

Outage likelihood, load/DER impact, and storm readiness scenarios to pre-stage crews and materials.

Single-pane KPIs

Reliability and restoration dashboards with drill-downs to feeders, circuits, and crews; configurable by role.

Streaming telemetry

Time-series pipelines that turn live sensor data into alerts, tickets, and work orders.

Reporting & compliance

Exportable reports and audit trails for inspections, tool calibration, and regulatory filings.

Maps & mobile analytics

GIS overlays, wildfire risk layers, and crew heatmaps for field decision-making on any device.

Ruggedized, utility-grade hardware

Engineered for poles, feeders, and substations; IP-rated enclosures, surge protection, and extended temp ranges ensure reliability in the harshest conditions.

Multi-protocol connectivity

We leverage a flexible mix of LoRaWAN, NB‑IoT, LTE‑M, and 5G to ensure cost-effective and reliable data backhaul across your entire service territory.

Sensor Portfolio

Gain a complete picture of grid health with our portfolio of sensors for pole tilt, vibration, temperature, arc detection, and environmental conditions for wildfire risk.

Edge Data Processing

Filter, aggregate, and act locally on data for low-latency decisions. Our gateways buffer data during backhaul loss, ensuring resilience during major storm events.

Predictive Maintenance

Detect early failure signatures on poles, transformers, reclosers, and breakers; rank by risk and customer impact to prevent outages before they happen.

Operations optimization

Recommend crew routing, kitting, and shift planning to minimize restoration time and reduce truck rolls.

Anomaly correlation

Fuse sensor anomalies with weather, vegetation, and historical events to pinpoint true causes and avoid false alarms.

Forecasting & simulation

Outage likelihood, load/DER impact, and storm readiness scenarios to pre-stage crews and materials.

Single-pane KPIs

Reliability and restoration dashboards with drill-downs to feeders, circuits, and crews; configurable by role.

Streaming telemetry

Time-series pipelines that turn live sensor data into alerts, tickets, and work orders.

Reporting & compliance

Exportable reports and audit trails for inspections, tool calibration, and regulatory filings.

Maps & mobile analytics

GIS overlays, wildfire risk layers, and crew heatmaps for field decision-making on any device.

Technology Services

From Strategy to Scale

Our expertise helps utilities plan, deploy, and manage IoT and AI solutions at scale, ensuring you achieve your operational goals and maximize ROI.

IoT Strategy & Development

Leverage our deep industry expertise to build a winning strategy. We help you with use case definition, ROI analysis, technology roadmap development, and vendor evaluation to ensure your project is successful from the start.

AI and LLM Application

Go beyond our platform with custom AI applications. We build generative AI copilots for operators and natural language reporting tools to unlock new efficiencies.

Data Solutions and Machine Learning

Build the data foundation for future intelligence. We offer services in data architecture design, cloud data warehousing, and predictive model training.

Platform Integration & Customization

Seamlessly connect N-Smart with your existing enterprise systems. We offer full integration services for your EAM, CMMS, OMS, and DMS, along with custom workflow development and API services to fit your unique needs.

Network Design & Deployment

Ensure reliable connectivity across your entire service territory with our expert network design services. We provide RF planning, multi-protocol architecture (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, 5G), gateway placement, and backhaul strategy.

Managed Services & Support

Focus on your core business while we manage the technology. Our managed services include 24/7 network monitoring, complete device lifecycle management, security updates, and ongoing technical support.

Insights

Deployments

N-Smart First-Roll Resolution

N-Smart revolutionizes utility outage management with its IoT sensor technology, offering deep insights into asset condition.

Smart Poles

N-Smart Pole monitoring solution employs smart sensors and sophisticated data analytics to deliver real-time insights on the health and stability of utility poles.

Smart Tools

The N-Smart tool scanning solutions provide immediate visibility to the status and condition of tools in service trucks using smart tags, sensors, and advanced wireless and edge computing technology.

Smart Inventory

N-Smart’s innovative inventory and material consumption tracking solution revolutionizes how utilities manage their supplies.

Insights

Insights to Build a Smarter Grid

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Assessment & Restoration

N-Smart’s innovative inventory and material consumption tracking solution revolutionizes how utilities manage their supplies.

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First-Roll Resolution

N-Smart revolutionizes utility outage management with its IoT sensor technology, offering deep insights into asset condition.

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Centralized Intelligence

N-Smart redefines energy grid management by centralizing data processing from an array of sensors across the grid infrastructure.

About Us

The Team Modernizing the Grid

At N‑Smart, we’re dedicated to empowering utilities with the real‑time visibility and predictive control needed to build a more resilient, efficient, and responsive grid. We are a team of utility industry veterans and technology experts passionate about solving the core challenges of grid management through innovative IoT and AI.

Leadership

Kiran Yeddala
CEO & Founder

Kiran is the Founder and CEO of N-Smart, a digital infrastructure technology solutions firm based in DC Metro area. His ambition to create innovative solutions to help enable Organizations with their digital strategies led to the formation of N-Smart. Before N-Smart, he has more than a decade of experience leading technology development initiatives at Fortune 500 companies.

Salim Bendris
Chief Revenue Officer

Salim Bendris serves as the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and holds a pivotal role within N-Smart's executive team. His responsibilities encompass overseeing all revenue-generating endeavors within the company, in addition to orchestrating the alignment of the company's corporate strategy with the dynamics of the global marketplace.

Mel Taddesse
VP, Solutions Delivery

Mel Taddesse, Vice President of Solutions Delivery, has over 30 years of experience in the US and UK working with top-tier Fortune 500 clients, including Network Service Providers and Enterprise IT Management teams.

Advisory Board

Charles Rice
Former President & CEO, Entergy, NO
Advisory Board

Charles Rice, has a remarkable track record as ex-President and CEO of Entergy, his strategic vision and dedication were instrumental in overseeing operations and coordinating the largest natural gas rebuild effort in the industry's history after Hurricane Katrina. An accomplished attorney and U.S. Army veteran, Charles brings invaluable expertise and integrity to our team, further enhancing our company's growth and success.

Stephen Woerner
Former President & CEO, National Grid, NE
Advisory Board

Stephen J. Woerner has made significant strides in the energy sector, transitioning from his impactful tenure as President and COO of BGE to leading National Grid New England. His expertise in operational efficiency, technology integration, and commitment to sustainable energy solutions has been pivotal.

Charles Nebolsky
Global Managing Director, Accenture
Advisory Board

Charles Nebolsky - Former Global Managing Director at Accenture, Charles contributes three decades of distinguished technology leadership experience. He previously led the global expansion of Accenture's Cloud & Infrastructure business and holds multiple patents across cloud computing, AI, and collaboration technologies. His strategic acumen and operational excellence are instrumental in advancing our mission to revolutionize smart operations and drive market leadership.

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