People: Itron Inc (ITRI.O)

Summary

Name	Age	Since	Current Position
Jon Eliassen	66	2010	Independent Chairman of the Board
Philip Mezey	53	2013	President, Chief Executive Officer, Director
Steven Helmbrecht	50	2005	Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President
Marcel Regnier	55	2011	President and Chief Operating Officer - Water
John Holleran	58	2013	Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President
Russell Vanos	49	2013	Senior Vice President - Strategy and Business Development
Shannon Votava	52	2013	Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
Jared Serff	45		Vice President - Competitive Resources
Kirby Dyess	66	2006	Independent Director
Charles Gaylord	56	2006	Independent Director
Thomas Glanville	54	2001	Independent Director
Sharon Nelson	66	2003	Independent Director
Gary Pruitt	63	2006	Independent Director
Graham Wilson	68	1990	Independent Director
Lynda Ziegler	60	2013	Independent Director

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Biographies

Name	Description
Jon Eliassen	Mr. Jon E. Eliassen is Independent Chairman of the Board of Itron Inc., since January 1, 2010. He also currently serves as the president and chief executive officer of Red Lion Hotels Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) traded company headquartered in Spokane, Washington, a position he has held since January 2010. From 2003 until 2007, Mr. Eliassen was president and chief executive officer of the Spokane Area Economic Development Council, and from 1970 until 2003, he held numerous positions within Avista Corporation, a company involved in the production, transmission, and distribution of electricity and natural gas, before retiring in 2003 as senior vice president and chief financial officer, a position he had held since 1986. In addition, Mr. Eliassen is a member of the board of directors of IT Lifeline, a privately held technology company, and Red Lion Hotels Corporation.
Philip Mezey	Mr. Philip C. Mezey is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Itron Inc., since January 1, 2013. Mr. Mezey joined Itron in March 2003 as Managing Director of Software Development for Itron’s Energy Management Solutions Group as part of Itron’s acquisition of Silicon Energy Corp., where he had most recently served as its President of Product Development and Sales. Mr. Mezey was promoted to Group Vice President and Manager of Software Solutions in 2004. In 2005, he became Sr. Vice President Software Solutions, and in 2007 Mr. Mezey became Sr. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer – Itron North America.
Steven Helmbrecht	Mr. Steven M. Helmbrecht serves as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Itron Inc. Mr. Helmbrecht joined Itron in 2002 as Vice President and General Manager, International, and was named Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2005. Previously, Mr. Helmbrecht was Chief Financial Officer of LineSoft Corporation, acquired by Itron in 2002.
Marcel Regnier	Mr. Marcel Regnier serves as President and Chief Operating Officer - Water of Itron Inc. Mr. Regnier joined Itron in April 2007 as part of acquisition of Actaris. Mr. Regnier served as Actaris’ Managing Director of its water and heat business unit from 2001, when Actaris was created as a result of the reorganization of Schlumberger’s operations, until April 2008, when he was promoted to Sr. Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Itron International. In March 2011, Mr. Regnier was promoted to his current position.
John Holleran	Mr. John W. Holleran serves as Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President of Itron Inc., since January 1, 2013. Mr. Holleran joined Itron in January 2007 as Sr. Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary. On January 1, 2012, Mr. Holleran transferred his responsibilities as General Counsel to Shannon M. Votava. In 2006, Mr. Holleran was associated with Holleran Law Offices PLLC, and in 2005 was Executive Vice President, Administration, and Chief Legal Officer for Boise Cascade, LLC, the paper and forest products company resulting from the reorganization of Boise Cascade Corporation, in 2004. While with Boise Cascade Corporation, Mr. Holleran most recently served as Sr. Vice President, Human Resources, and General Counsel.
Russell Vanos	Mr. Russell E. Vanos serves as Senior Vice President - Strategy and Business Development of Itron Inc., since January 1, 2013. Mr. Vanos joined Itron in 1980 and since then has held various positions in sales, marketing, and operations. Most recently Mr. Vanos served as Vice President, Global Smart Grid Solutions and Business Development from November 2011 through December 2012. Prior to this role Mr. Vanos served as Vice President and General Manager, Sales and Marketing from January 2011 to November 2011 and as Vice President, Marketing from January 2007 through December 2010.
Shannon Votava	Ms. Shannon M. Votava serves as Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Itron Inc. Ms. Votava joined Itron in May 2010 as Assistant General Counsel and was promoted to Vice President and General Counsel on January 1, 2012, and she assumed the responsibilities of Corporate Secretary on January 1, 2013. Before joining Itron, Ms. Votava was Associate General Counsel, Commercial at Cooper Industries plc from October 2008 to April 2010 and General Counsel at Honeywell Electronic Materials, Inc. from 2003 to October 2008.
Jared Serff	Mr. Jared P. Serff serves as Vice President - Competitive Resources of Itron Inc. Mr. Serff joined Itron in July 2004 upon acquisition of Schlumberger’s electricity metering business. Mr. Serff spent six years with Schlumberger, the last four of which were as Director of Human Resources with Schlumberger’s electricity metering business where he was in charge of personnel for all locations in Canada, Mexico, France, Taiwan, and the United States.
Kirby Dyess	Ms. Kirby A. Dyess is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since May 9, 2006. Ms. Dyess is a principal in Austin Capital Management LLC where she invests in and assists early stage companies. Prior to forming Austin Capital Management LLC in 2003, Ms. Dyess spent 23 years at Intel Corporation where she most recently served as its corporate vice president and as director of operations for Intel Capital, until her retirement in December 2002. While at Intel, she also served as vice president and director of new business development and corporate vice president and director of human resources worldwide. Ms. Dyess serves on the board of directors of Viasystems Group Inc., a public company whose shares are traded on NASDAQ. She also serves on the board of Complí, a privately-held company that provides compliance software to companies, and chairs the board of Prolifiq SW Inc., a privately-held enterprise software company. She has served as vice president and president of the Oregon Board of Higher Education, and served on its board from 2004 to 2009. In 2009, Ms. Dyess was elected to the board of directors of Portland General Electric (PGE), a public utility whose shares are traded on NYSE.
Charles Gaylord	Mr. Charles H. Gaylord, Jr., is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since May 9, 2006. Mr. Gaylord has been a private technology investor focusing on software and communications since 1994. Until his retirement in 1994, Mr. Gaylord was executive vice president for Intuit Inc., a developer of personal and small business finance software programs such as “Quicken” and “QuickBooks”. From 1990 to 1993, he served as chairman and chief executive officer of ChipSoft, Inc., the original publisher of the tax preparation software program “TurboTax”. Mr. Gaylord is a member of the board of directors and a member of the compensation committee of Proximetry Inc., a privately-held company, and a member of the advisory board of Technology Crossover Ventures I, an investment firm that invests primarily in private and public information technology companies.
Thomas Glanville	Mr. Thomas S. Glanville is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since 2001. Mr. Glanville has been managing partner of both Eschelon Energy Partners, LP, an energy industry private equity firm, and Eschelon Advisors, a financial and strategic consulting firm to energy/utility industry principals, since 2003. From 1999-2002, Mr. Glanville served as vice president of technology and new ventures for Reliant Energy, Inc., one of the world’s international energy services companies, and its affiliate, Reliant Resources, Inc. He currently serves on the boards of directors of the following privately-held oil and gas exploration and production companies: Chroma Exploration and Production, Inc.; Strand Energy, L.L.C.; and Passenger Energy Partners, LLC. He is currently chairman of the Texas Tri-Cities branch (Houston, Austin, San Antonio) of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).
Sharon Nelson	Ms. Sharon L. Nelson is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since March 2003. Ms. Nelson is an attorney and served as chief of the Consumer Protection Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office from 2003 to 2006, and as director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce, and Technology at the University of Washington from 2000 to 2003. In addition, Ms. Nelson has been a consultant to both corporations and nonprofit organizations specializing in advice on public policy and regulation. In the past she has served as chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. She served as a commissioner on the National Commission on Energy Policy from 2002 to 2010, and in 2011 she was co-chair of the State Energy Strategy Advisory Committee for the State of Washington. Currently she serves as co-chair of the U.S. China Clean Energy Forum. Previously, Ms. Nelson served as chair of the board of directors of Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports. She also served previously as a member of the Board of Trustees of the North American Electrical Reliability Corporation (NERC) based in Princeton, New Jersey. NERC’s members consist of the owners, operators, and users of the North American bulk electrical system. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted NERC the legal authority to enforce reliability standards on users of the bulk power system.
Gary Pruitt	Mr. Gary E. Pruitt is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since October 1, 2006. From 2002 until his retirement in October 2009, Mr. Pruitt was chairman and chief executive officer of Univar N.V., a chemical distribution company with distribution centers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He had been associated with Univar and related entities since 1978 and held a variety of senior management positions within Univar and Van Waters & Rogers, Inc., which ultimately became Vopak USA Inc. Mr. Pruitt worked at Arthur Andersen & Co. as a chartered accountant from 1973 through 1977. He currently serves on the board of Premera Blue Cross, and on the boards of directors of the following NYSE traded companies: Public Storage, Inc.; Esterline Technologies Corporation; and PS Business Parks, Inc.
Graham Wilson	Mr. Graham M. Wilson is Independent Director of Itron Inc., since 1990. Mr. Wilson has been sole shareholder and chairman of GraWil Consultants Inc., a management and financial consultant firm, since 2002. Prior to that, he was employed by Westcoast Energy Inc., an integrated energy company, where he held the positions of executive vice president and chief financial officer, and president and chief executive officer of services. Mr. Wilson also serves on the boards of directors of the following public Canadian companies: British Columbia Ferries Services Inc., Naikun Wind Energy Group Inc., and Hardwoods Distribution, Inc.
Lynda Ziegler	Ms. Lynda L. Ziegler is Independent Director of Itron, Inc. Ms. Ziegler recently retired from Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the electric utilities in the U.S., whose parent is Edison International. During her tenure at SCE, she held various management positions related to customer program offerings, customer service, development, communication and implementation of energy efficiency programs, marketing and communication of smart meters, and generally led all aspects of delivering power to almost 5 million customers. From 2006 to 2011, Ms. Ziegler was Senior Vice President of Customer Service, and from January 1, 2011 until her retirement in September of 2012, she served as Executive Vice President of Power Delivery Services, where she was responsible for transmission and distribution construction and maintenance, customer service, information technology (IT), and support services including procurement and real estate management. In the past she has served on the advisory committee for power delivery and utilization at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and currently serves as a founding member of the Board of the Association for Women in Water and Energy.

Basic Compensation

Name	Fiscal Year Total
Jon Eliassen	--
Philip Mezey	3,713,940
Steven Helmbrecht	1,415,680
Marcel Regnier	1,738,550
John Holleran	1,431,670
Russell Vanos	239,368
Shannon Votava	--
Jared Serff	635,500
Kirby Dyess	--
Charles Gaylord	--
Thomas Glanville	--
Sharon Nelson	--
Gary Pruitt	--
Graham Wilson	--
Lynda Ziegler	--

As Of 30 Dec 2012

Options Compensation

Name	Options	Value
Jon Eliassen	0	0
Philip Mezey	89,333	1,953,669
Steven Helmbrecht	78,704	1,251,958
Marcel Regnier	0	0
John Holleran	0	0
Russell Vanos	118,834	38,750
Shannon Votava	0	0
Jared Serff	21,205	886,778
Kirby Dyess	0	0
Charles Gaylord	0	0
Thomas Glanville	0	0
Sharon Nelson	0	0
Gary Pruitt	0	0
Graham Wilson	0	0
Lynda Ziegler	0	0

Insider Trading

Name	Shares Traded	Price
WILSON GRAHAM M	8,000	$41.96
WILSON GRAHAM M	8,000	$20.52
WILSON GRAHAM M	1,250	$42.07
WILSON GRAHAM M	1,250	$20.52
DYESS KIRBY A	551	$0.00
WILSON GRAHAM M	551	$0.00
ELIASSEN JON ERIC	661	$0.00
GLANVILLE THOMAS S	551	$0.00
ZIEGLER LYNDA L	551	$0.00
PRUITT GARY E	551	$0.00
GAYLORD CHARLES H JR	551	$0.00
NELSON SHARON L	551	$0.00
ZIEGLER LYNDA L	33	$0.00
ZIEGLER LYNDA L	33	$0.00
MEZEY PHILIP C	656	$43.16
VOTAVA SHANNON M	124	$43.16
VANOS RUSSELL E	166	$43.16
REGNIER MARCEL	160	$43.16
HOLLERAN JOHN W	533	$43.16
HELMBRECHT STEVEN M	342	$43.16
SERFF JARED P	185	$43.16
ZIEGLER LYNDA L	384	$0.00
MEZEY PHILIP C	18,441	$0.00
ZIEGLER LYNDA L	749	$0.00
HELMBRECHT STEVEN M	5,608	$0.00

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