Summary
Pierre-yves Cloux is a seasoned technology executive with 25 years of experience leading large-scale IT and digital transformations across telecom, air transport, banking, insurance and retail. As Passenger Portfolio CTO at SITA he manages 300+ engineers worldwide and drives architecture, security and delivery for passenger journey systems deployed in 500+ airports, blending deep hands-on knowledge of cloud-native, DevOps and biometric solutions. He has repeatedly orchestrated reorganizations, cost reductions, near/offshoring strategies and insourcing efforts, while authoring books on IT architecture and cloud-ready engineering. A pragmatic advocate for industrialized processes, he pairs enterprise architecture rigor with coaching and change management to make teams more autonomous and outcomes predictable. He also teaches digital strategy and responsible innovation, signaling a commitment to ethical and sustainable technology adoption. Based in Lausanne, he brings rare cross-domain fluency from telecom service platforms to avionics connectivity and airport operations.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Leadership program for SITA executives, Leadership program for SITA executives at IMD Business School
Engineer, Engineer at AgroParisTech - Institut des sciences et industries du vivant et de l'environnement
French, English, German