Itron News

Addressing COVID-19

March 19, 2020

Dear Customers and Partners,

Over the past several weeks, Itron has continued to monitor and navigate through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This situation continues to be extremely dynamic, and information is changing daily, in some cases hourly. During this unprecedented time, we are working to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our employees as well as the continued success of our customers and partners. To this end, Itron’s Coronavirus Internal Crisis Management Team has been meeting daily since late January to determine the policies and measures the company is undertaking globally.

As the situation continues to escalate, we are committed to slowing the spread of the virus by instituting precautionary measures, such as social distancing, to do our part to “flatten the curve”. As a company, Itron has taken the following steps to ensure customer success, protect employees and support our communities:

Employee and Customer Safety
  • Itron has made a company-wide decision to promote working remotely to do our part to help slow the spread of the virus, while providing business continuity for our customers. Itron has instituted a work from home program for all employees that can productively do so until further notice. We have adapted our factory operations to best optimize safety and output.
  • Out of an abundance of caution, Itron is cancelling participation in events until further notice and has halted business travel to some geographies and limited travel to business-critical only.
  • We are asking all employees to take normal flu season precautions. This includes staying home if they feel ill and encouraging frequent hand washing for at least 20 seconds.

Customer Success

    By Tom Deitrich


    President and CEO


    Tom Deitrich was appointed president and chief executive officer and named to Itron's board of directors on Aug. 6, 2019. He joined Itron in 2015 as executive vice president and COO and has played a major role in shaping the company’s strategy to partner with cities and utilities to deliver industrial IoT solutions. Tom has more than 25 years of experience in global operations at leading technology firms and has held numerous executive management positions where he led business-level strategies that transformed and significantly improved business results. He has extensive experience in product management, research and development, supply chain management and business development in several industries, including industrial equipment, telecommunications and semiconductors. Before joining Itron, Tom was senior vice president and general manager for Digital Networking at Freescale Semiconductor. Prior to Freescale, Tom worked for Flextronics International, Ericsson Mobile Communications and General Electric Corporation.