Philip Mezey became senior vice president and chief operating officer for Itron North America in April 2007. He has served the company in several capacities including group vice president and general manager, and then senior vice president for Software Solutions. Upon Itron’s acquisition of Silicon Energy in 2003, Mezey joined the company as managing director of Software Development for Itron’s Energy Management Solutions group. He joined Silicon Energy in 2000 as vice president, Software Development. Prior to joining Silicon Energy, Mezey was a founding member and served 12 years with Indus, a provider of integrated asset and customer management software. Mezey earned his AB degree in history from the University of California, Berkeley.