★ 20+ years’ enterprise software sales hunting, marketing and management
★ Deep knowledge and contacts in federal, autonomous vehicles / IoT, healthcare and finance
★ SME in cybersecurity, mobility and IoT with cloud, analytics and machine learning backends
★ DoD/FBI, Apple/Samsung, Epic/ManorCare, Morgan Stanley/Fidelity and Amazon/Paypal clients
★ Scaled half dozen startups and restarts, deals to 8 figures, most recent exit to Samsung
★ Ran Fortune 100 teams and multiples countries, to 40 reports and to 9 figure deals
Simon is an industry recognized expert in cybersecurity, mobility and IoT, co-founder of Washington D.C. based cybersecurity startups 202 Partners and RunSafe Security. He is a member of SAE's IoT Cybersecurity Committee and a contributing author in their new book “Cybersecurity for Commercial Vehicles". RunSafe was developed as part of DARPA’s program of cybersecurity for military vehicles, drones and medical devices. Simon also worked with Apple and Samsung in hardening their mobile devices for DoD and government use.
Previously, he was VP of Sales at Kaprica Security (acquired by Samsung), Mobile Program Director, DMI, market leader in enterprise managed mobility and Director of Sales at Thursby Software, market leader in strong iPhone security. Prior executive sales and management roles in the US and Europe include Red Hat, HP, Capgemini, a $9B hedge fund, a $50MM dot com and a background in nuclear software engineering. He holds a BS in Physics from U-Manchester, England, a MS in Law & Cybersecurity from U-Maryland Carey Law, CISSP, CEH and CIPP/US certifications.