Pierre-Yves Guernier

Pierre-Yves Guernier serves as the Head of the Department of Electric, Electronics & Embedded Systems at Michelin since January 2023. Simultaneously, Pierre-Yves is involved with Innosuisse as a Regular, Scale-up, and Special Coach since June 2021, while also training and coaching Swiss high-tech startups through Venturelab since 2019. As the Founder and CEO of 2i Engineering SA since June 2013, Pierre-Yves focuses on innovation in product design and business model studies. Previous roles include CEO of Miraex, specializing in photonic sensing solutions, and co-founder of DROMOTE SA, which develops low-latency data transmission systems. From October 2015 to July 2019, Pierre-Yves was the Director of Operations and a shareholder at Flyability. Early career experiences include project leadership at Mammut Sports Group AG and co-founding Snowpulse SA, where Pierre-Yves contributed to life-saving avalanche safety devices. Pierre-Yves holds a Master’s degree in Microtechnic Robotics and Production Management from EPFL, obtained in 2004.