Ty Roberts serves as vice president of product marketing for Itron’s Networked Solutions group. He has 20+ years’ experience with the design, development and delivery of advanced solutions for global utilities. Early in his career, he specialized in the design of software solutions and business processes to support deregulated electricity markets in the United States, Canada and Australia, specifically related to financial settlements. He was a pioneer in the definition and realization of meter data management as a utility business function and has been involved with many of the largest global smart metering deployments over the last 10 years. Most recently, he led smart grid solution marketing for Itron’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region and has been responsible for defining market strategy for Itron's multi-service, IPv6 network solution.