Todd Thayer

Director, Technology Enablement

Todd Thayer leads the development and enablement of Itron’s rapidly growing partner ecosystem in the utility, smart city and IOT markets. He joined Itron in 2018 through the acquisition of Silver Spring Networks, where he was the senior director of partner enablement. Previously, Todd was the chief operating officer at Detectent, a company he helped start in 2004 to deliver customer intelligence solutions to utility’s meter-to-cash operations. Prior to Detectent, Todd spent over 15 years providing complex analytical software solutions to the utility industry. He was a vice president of operations with Invensys, where he ran the process simulation and optimization software businesses focusing on the electric utilities, pulp and paper, and oil and gas industries. Todd held various technical and management positions before becoming vice president of engineering of ESSCOR, where he supplied first principle processes simulators for engineering analysis and operator training to the power generation industry. Todd holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University.