Itron : Appoints Bruce Douglas SVP and GM of Software and Services
February 19, 2015 at 05:51 am EST
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Bruce Douglas-a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of experience building software- and services-related businesses at both global corporations and smaller start-ups with companies like CIBER Inc., Oracle, Sun Microsystems and Neogent Inc.-has been appointed Itron's senior vice president and general manager of Software and Services. Douglas assumed his role on Jan. 26, 2015.
In this role, Douglas will be responsible for architecting Itron's Software and Services growth plan. He will focus on Itron's existing Electricity, Gas and Water business lines as well as broadening the solutions portfolio to help deliver business value to our utility partners around the world.
"While researching this position and this company, I was impressed with Itron's leading technology platforms and deep industry experience and expertise," said Douglas. "My goal as SVP and GM of Software and Services is to tap into that knowledge and leverage it to solve our customers' challenges. With the right Software and Services strategy in place, Itron will help our customers be even more efficient and operationally effective, making the most of the resources they have."
"Software and Services are key aspects of Itron's continued growth and prosperity in markets all around the world," said Philip Mezey, Itron president and CEO. "Along with the rest of the executive team and our board of directors, I'm pleased to welcome Bruce to the Itron team and know that his experience, insight and focus will direct our Software and Services strategy. His efforts will let Itron build on our strengths as a company, propel us to a brighter future and help create a more resourceful world."
Itron, Inc. provides energy, water, smart city, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and intelligent infrastructure services. The Company operates in three segments. The Device Solutions segment primarily includes hardware products used for measurement, control, or sensing. Its Networked Solutions segment primarily includes a combination of communicating devices, network infrastructure, and associated head-end management and application software designed and sold as a complete solution for acquiring and transporting application-specific data. Its Outcomes segment includes its value-added, enhanced software and services, artificial intelligence, and machine learning in which it enable grid edge intelligence and manage, organize, analyze, and interpret raw, anonymized data to improve decision making. It is also engaged in embedding real-time, high-resolution grid edge data into the grid planning, operations and engineering process. Its solutions include technology, software and services.
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