Former Automated Logic President Andy Bierer Named Pavion CEO

A longtime building-controls executive is moving into the top job at a broader building-technology platform.

Pavion appointed Andy Bierer CEO effective September 14.

Bierer most recently served as president of Automated Logic, Carrier's building-automation and controls business.

He succeeds Joe Oliveri, who is moving into an advisory role.

Building Controls Experience Is Becoming More Valuable

Automated Logic operates directly inside the building-automation ecosystem.

Its systems connect and control equipment including:

Air handlers.

Chillers.

Boilers.

VAV systems.

Pumps.

Sensors.

Building-management systems.

Bierer therefore arrives at Pavion with a background closely tied to the digital infrastructure sitting above commercial HVAC equipment.

Building Systems Are Converging

Pavion's portfolio focuses on integrated:

Security.

Fire.

Life safety.

Critical communications.

Building technology.

Those categories historically operated in different contractor silos.

Increasingly, they share networks, sensors, software and building-management infrastructure.

The modern facility does not necessarily treat HVAC controls, access control and life-safety systems as completely isolated technologies.

Connected Buildings Change the Competitive Landscape

For HVAC controls contractors, convergence creates both opportunity and competition.

Mechanical contractors can expand deeper into:

Analytics.

Building automation.

Remote monitoring.

Energy management.

Integration.

At the same time, security and technology integrators can move closer to traditional HVAC territory.

Contractor Takeaway

A CEO appointment is not normally a major HVAC story.

This one is relevant because of where the executive came from.

When a broader building-technology platform chooses the former head of Carrier's Automated Logic business to lead it, it is another sign that HVAC controls are increasingly part of a much larger connected-building market.