Robert Braun and Emilio Consonni

Robert Braun is Itron's director of product management for gas devices and has worked in the gas industry for more than 20 years. He has held various positions in a Swiss multi energy utility, helped to develop one of the first solid state gas meters at ABB Switzerland, and was essential to the market introduction of this new technology to international markets while working at Swiss Gas Metering and Diehl Metering.In his current position at Itron, he oversees the global portfolio for gas devices and drives together with his team an innovative product roadmap for gas meters and gas pressure regulators and gas volume converters. He represents Itron in national and international working groups like FIGAWA and FARECOGAZ and is a member of DVGW.    <div class="blog-author__content__desc" style="color: #000000; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;"> </div> Emilio Consonni is a product marketing manager for gas devices at Itron and has been involved in the metering industry for more than 30 years. He has held various positions at Itron, starting with R&D, actively engaged in meter remote reading and electricity grid management projects, up to marketing and sales roles around electricity and gas metering. In his current position, he’s responsible for the marketing of gas devices, supporting the definition portfolio strategy and facilitating market introduction. Emilio sits in leading positions in national and international standardization boards, working closely with international regulatory bodies, from which he has been awarded for his contribution to the standardization work. Throughout his career, Emilio Consonni has led various European research projects on metering the energy of gas.