Joan Hooper joined Itron as senior vice president and chief financial officer in June 2017. In this role, she leads Itron’s financial functions including financial planning, reporting, tax, treasury, and investor relations. In addition, she oversees corporate development, strategy and information technology (IT) tools and processes.

Joan has more than 40 years of experience in finance and accounting leadership roles. Most recently, she served as the CFO of CHC Helicopter, a helicopter services company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia from 2011 to 2015. Prior to CHC, she held several finance executive positions at Dell, Inc. from 2003 to 2010, including vice president and CFO for its Global Public and Americas business units, vice president of corporate finance and chief accounting officer. Joan also was CFO of FreeMarkets, a provider of procurement tools and services, which she helped take public in 1999. In addition, she held a variety of senior finance positions at AT&T.

Joan holds a bachelor's degree in business administration with a concentration in finance from Creighton University. She also has an MBA with an emphasis in finance and international business from Northwestern University.