Jennifer Blanco

Senior Forecast Consultant

<p><span>Jennifer is a Senior Forecast Consultant with Itron&rsquo;s Forecasting Division. She is responsible for managing automated demand forecasting system implementations and system upgrades. She is actively involved in the management process from beginning to end, including gathering requirements, system design, implementation, installation, and client software support. She has implemented automated demand forecasting systems for over 25 utilities, energy retailers, and ISO clients.<br /> <br /> She has demonstrated expertise in Itron&rsquo;s forecasting tools, forecasting problems, and software development process, and has strong technical and data manipulation and management skills, including the use of SQL Server and Oracle databases and VBA scripting. She is involved with software development projects associated with enhancements to Itron&rsquo;s automated demand forecasting system and Itron&rsquo;s Forecasting as a Service offerings. As a liaison between Itron's forecasting clients and the software development team, she assists with the prioritization of new features and software bugs. In coordination with Itron forecasting staff, she manages releases of Itron's automated demand forecasting software to meet project deadlines. <br /> <br /> She also manages software support for Itron&rsquo;s forecasting software for clients in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia. With a strong understanding of statistical modeling and linear regression techniques used for energy load forecasting, she provides both software and model support to Itron's forecasting clients.</span></p> <p><span>Jennifer received her B.A. in Economics with a minor in Mathematics from the University of California, San Diego.</span></p>