Founder
Pierre Bivas is a graduate from École Polytechnique (1984) and École des Mines de Paris (1987), after having been awarded a prize in the French Concours General in Mathematics (1982), and a silver medal at the International Chemistry Olympiads (1983).
His professional experience began as a civil servant in the French Ministry of Economy and Industry. As Head of European Affairs for Telecommunications (1995), he led the European negotiations to decide the global liberalisation of the sector and set the legal principles, which were later turned into European Directives and national laws.
At the end of 1995, the French government called upon him to join the administration as technical advisor to help with the reform of its health and social security system. Overseeing international matters, drugs and other goods, safety issues, technology and innovation, and information technologies, he launched the first nationwide medical smart card program in Europe and helped create the Food and Drug Administration in France.
In 1997, he becomes a technology broker in the field of information technologies, designing and launching innovations based on partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing SMEs before joining the founding team of Voltalis in 2006 as their first Chairman and CEO. Since 2013, he has represented Voltalis and handled all regulatory affairs.
Voltalis is the European leader of automated Demand Response. Their proprietary technology, embedded in their connected thermostat, enables more than 1.5 million connected appliances across 200,000 electrically heated residential and commercial properties to make energy savings of up to 15% and reduce their carbon emissions by up to 70% while contributing to the security of the electricity grids. Voltalis is rolling out their energy-saving system directly to consumers, in particular through partnerships with local authorities, social housing providers, retailers and other tertiary sectors.
Backed by Meridiam, a B Corp investment and asset manager, Voltalis are stepping up their European and global activity in preparation for end user electrification and aim to equip 3 million homes by 2030.