About us – Advizzo

WE BELIEVE IN A WORLD WHERE YOUR DATA CAN BE USED TO ACHIEVE
GOOD THINGS – FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND FOR YOUR FAMILY.

We want to use behavioral science to enrich people’s lives, using insights from their own household data.
This will change the way people think about water, gas and electricity across the world, preserving natural resources.

OUR STORY

100

Years of experience within the founding and advisory team

2,700,000

Households under contract with utilities using Advizzo solutions

360,000,000

And counting…. Data points processed by Advizzo solutions

Who are Advizzo?

Founded in London in 2015, Advizzo is a behavioral science software company, transforming the way customers think about their energy and water consumption, and how utility companies connect with their customers.

With significant experience in both utility and software industries, the founders sought to combine data science, cloud computing and behavioral science to solve the water and energy efficiency issues faced by utility companies.

Advizzo worked with Anglian Water using behavioral science to help them save 4,070 gallons per day

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Who do we work for?

We help utility companies – electricity, water and gas – comply with regulations and standards, and improve their engagement with their customers in order to reduce consumption.

Advizzo already work with almost half of the utility companies in the UK.

Why have we built Advizzo?

Our vision:
We believe in a world where everyone can use their own data to consume the exact energy and water they need.

Our mission:
We want to use behavioral science to enrich people’s lives, using insights from their own household data through their energy and water providers. This will change the way people think about electricity, gas and water consumption.

“We are doing pioneering work in the UAE, working with the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) to help them reduce water and electricity consumption by 30% by 2030”

Patrice Guillouzic, CEO of Advizzo

Case Studies

Our people

Chief Executive Officer

Patrice Guillouzic

7 Years in the utilities industry (B2B),
15 years in the software industry,
MBA Exec Programme IMD Lausanne (Switzerland)

Chief Customer Officer

Julien Lancha

15 years in utilities industry (B2B),
15 years in consulting, regulation and sales
network & telecom, University of Grenoble (France)

15 years in utilities industry (B2B),
15 years in consulting, regulation and Sales
Network & Telecom, University of Grenoble (France)

Chief Technology Officer

Kim Ngo

10+ years in R&D, SaaS and product development,
10+ years in Data Science (DSP and ML),
Ph.D, Digital Signal Processing (Belgium)

His expertise is in digital signal processing, machine learning, and agile software development. He is an experienced data scientist that has evolved into a strong project and team manager for both large organizations, SMEs, and startups. One of his main skills lies in bridging the gap between data science, technology, and business/clients with focus on translating technical details to a non-technical audience and vice versa especially at project deliveries, marketing, and business development stages.

Skills and interests:
- Understands emerging domain specific technology trends, innovations, and long-term strategies
- Linking business, technology, and commercial perspectives
- Strong entrepreneurial spirit
- Passion for start-ups
- Industry and academic experience
- Public speaking, presentation, communication

Several years of experience working with algorithms for:
- Customer engagement platforms (Energy and water)
- E-commerce recommender systems (predictive modelling)
- Speech and audio signal processing applications
- Mobile phones, hearing aids, microphone arrays
- Automatic speech recognition, audio (music) classification
- Speech coding, Audio-Conferencing systems (VoIP, PSTN)
- WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)
- Using Python, MATLAB/Simulink and C/C++

Group Chief Executive

Sean Latus

Sean became Group CEO in July 2021 having held a number of senior roles in the business since joining in October 2014. Initially as Chief Investment Officer, he helped transition the business from an owner of traditional meters to being a broader provider of energy infrastructure services to the retail market. Sean held the CFO position in February 2018 until he became Group CEO. He has over 25 years’ experience working in the infrastructure industry and has worked across multiple sectors both in the UK and overseas. Sean’s previous roles include Head of Investments at Costain plc, Senior Director at RBS Project and Infrastructure Finance, and Investment Director at John Laing.

Chief Customer Officer

Brandon Rennet

Brandon joined Calisen in December 2022 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Calisen, Brandon served as CFO of Thames Water. Previously he was at SSE plc in a range of senior finance roles, including Managing Director for Finance (2013 – 2017). Most recently, he was CFO at Storegga, the international project developer focused primarily on carbon capture and storage. Brandon brings over 20 years’ experience working on critical national infrastructure projects from a variety of perspectives. He has also worked extensively on the public private interface, including a secondment to the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit in the Cabinet Office.

Chief Commercial Officer & General Counsel

Sarah Blackburn

Sarah Blackburn joined Calisen in April 2014 and was appointed as Chief Commercial Officer and General Counsel from 1 July 2021. Prior to that Sarah was part of the senior management team as General Counsel and Company Secretary. Sarah is responsible for leading the commercial, transactions and legal teams within the Group. She is a qualified lawyer with over 20 years of experience in a broad range of commercial transactions, infrastructure, M&A and finance.