Elie Mélois

Co-Founder, MD & Chief Technology Officer LumApps

Last Reviewed: September 26, 2026

Executive Summary

Elie Mélois is a co-founder of LumApps and its Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer. LumApps started in Lyon in 2012 as an intranet built on Google’s enterprise cloud and now describes itself as an AI Employee Hub for more than 2,200 enterprises. He came to it from the Google Cloud integration business, which shaped the product from the beginning. He was among the first engineers certified on the Google Cloud Platform, and before LumApps he was a consultant at gPartner, a Google Enterprise integrator now part of Devoteam. He is still the company’s technical lead after its 2024 majority sale to Bridgepoint and its combination with Beekeeper.

Career Highlights

• Co-founded LumApps in Lyon in 2012; the company lists him as MD & Chief Technology Officer.
• Among the first certified engineers on the Google Cloud Platform, in 2012.
• Earlier a consultant at gPartner (now Devoteam), an integrator of Google Enterprise solutions.
• Still CTO after Bridgepoint’s 2024 majority investment, reported at $650 million, and after Beekeeper became part of LumApps.
• Holds an engineering degree from École Centrale de Lyon.

Professional Journey

Mélois trained as an engineer at École Centrale de Lyon and built his early career in information management and cloud solutions. He worked as a consultant at gPartner, an early integrator of Google’s enterprise products that is now part of Devoteam. In 2012 he was one of the first engineers to earn Google Cloud Platform certification.

That same year he co-founded LumApps in Lyon with Sébastien Ricard and their colleagues. In a 2020 interview he said the co-founders all came from enterprise technology and that they “launched LumApps in 2012 because we saw a need for companies to centralize communications and workflows.” The product grew from a Google-centric intranet into a broader employee experience platform, and LumApps added capabilities through acquisitions: Vizir’s no-code digital assistant technology and Teach on Mars’s mobile microlearning.

The company changed hands during his tenure. By 2020 LumApps had raised more than $100 million from investors including Goldman Sachs, Idinvest Partners and Iris Capital. In 2024 Bridgepoint bought a majority stake in a deal TechCrunch valued at $650 million, and the founders kept stakes and stayed with the business. LumApps then combined with Beekeeper, the Swiss platform for frontline workers, to extend its reach from desk-based staff to the front line, and it now reports more than 600 staff in nine offices from Austin to Tokyo. In September 2026 the company announced that Sébastien Cano would take over as CEO on 1 December 2026, with Ricard becoming Executive Chairman. The company’s site lists Mélois as MD & Chief Technology Officer.

He lives in Lyon, and his contributor profile lists running and basketball among his interests.

Education

École Centrale de Lyon

Engineering degree