About
Our team of consultants operate directly in the field with our clients. Their cultural and personal diversity combined with a background in both engineering and accounting environments are the best guarantee for our clients' success.
They all bring extensive corporate and consulting experience on top of our concrete and well-proven methods. Our corporate experts support them to offer overall effectiveness to our clients.
Partner profiles
Igor LE PIVERT
Founder and President of Cost House USA
Igor has an operational background in manufacturing of electronics in the US and Europe.
Since he moved on to consulting, Igor has led several performance improvement projects for our clients in IT and manufacturing. Igor holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, which he completed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1998. He joined our team in 2006.
Olivier BRONGNIART
Founder and President of Cost House France
Olivier holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, which he completed in Business Administration at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Paris. He has worked in the fields of banking/investment, telecommunications, and consulting.
In addition to his active role in Cost House, which he co-founded in 2004, he also teaches business at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, and engineering at Supelec and Ecole Polytechnique.
Hervé ROUTON
Director manufacturing branch
Hervé holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the INPG and an MBA from EM Lyon. He has extensive experience in change management and economic performance. Herve has held various positions in the manufacturing environment, bringing more than 20 years experience in consulting and executive management.
Joachim TREYER
Director of IT branch
Joachim holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, which he completed in Business Administration at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Paris. He has held top executive positions in IT companies before joining Cost House in 2005.
Hubert TESTE
Director of customer relations branch
Hubert holds an MBA from Ecole de Commerce of St Etienne and brings valuable experience from various business development and sales management positions for leading industry leaders.
Our team of consultants operate directly in the field with our clients. Their cultural and personal diversity combined with a background in both engineering and accounting environments are the best guarantee for our clients' success.
They all bring extensive corporate and consulting experience on top of our concrete and well-proven methods. Our corporate experts support them to offer overall effectiveness to our clients.
Partner profiles
Igor LE PIVERT
Founder and President of Cost House USA
Igor has an operational background in manufacturing of electronics in the US and Europe.
Since he moved on to consulting, Igor has led several performance improvement projects for our clients in IT and manufacturing. Igor holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from the Ecole des Mines de Nantes, which he completed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1998. He joined our team in 2006.
Olivier BRONGNIART
Founder and President of Cost House France
Olivier holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, which he completed in Business Administration at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Paris. He has worked in the fields of banking/investment, telecommunications, and consulting.
In addition to his active role in Cost House, which he co-founded in 2004, he also teaches business at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris, and engineering at Supelec and Ecole Polytechnique.
Emmanuel LE GOUGUEC
Founder of Cost House France, Director manufacturing branch
Emmanuel holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées. He has extensive experience in manufacturing, purchasing and logistics. He has worked in international corporations in Asia and Eastern Europe, and co-founded Cost House in 2004.
Joachim TREYER
Director of IT branch
Joachim holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, which he completed in Business Administration at the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises de Paris. He has held top executive positions in IT companies before joining Cost House in 2005.
Hubert TESTE
Director of customer relations branch
Hubert holds an MBA from Ecole de Commerce of St Etienne and brings valuable experience from various business development and sales management positions for leading industry leaders.
Alexandre ZISA
Director, Germany operations
Alexandre holds a Masters' degree in Engineering from the Ecole Centrale de Lille, which he completed in Business Administration at the Ecole Supérieure des Affaires. Alexandre has gained experience as a cost controller in large corporations and as a consultant before joining our team in 2004.
Photographs : Eric Graër
Rigor and thoroughness
Because it takes acuity and hard work to make sense of financial data and to understand each client's unique technical environment.
Concrete results
We don't sell theories or methodologies. We adapt and implement relevant techniques to your environment and make sure they are supported by your teams to increase productivity.
Respect for your internal teams
Our consultants do not replace your teams. Our consultants work with your teams, transfer their knowledge and share success.
Independence
Cost House is independent from actors in your field ; Cost House is privately owned by the founders and does not have any binding contract with other companies (suppliers, integrators, service providers, …)
Training, Education and Special Events
Cost House partners are widely recognized for their unique expertise and experience. We take great pleasure in sharing our knowledge in classes or events with the most prestigious organizations:
- Polytechnique College: "Managing projects efficiently with the Critical Chain", by Emmanuel Le Gouguec (more information...)
- National Association of Financial Managers: "Keys to reducing costs", by Olivier Brongniart (more information, ...)
- Ecole Centrale Paris: "Cost and Value of Information Systems", Masters program, by Joachim Treyer (more information...)
- Ecole Centrale Paris: "Investment policies and Project Portfolio Management for IT", by Joachim Treyer (more information...)
- ESCP-EAP : "Cost Reduction", Specialized Master in Management Control and Business Performance, by Olivier Brongniart (more information...)
