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Simon is NearMap's Chief Technology Officer and brings extensive technology management and development experience to NearMap, having held senior management positions with a number of leading geospatial organisations.
Previously the Chief Software Architect for ER Mapper from 1993 to 2007, Simon oversaw all architectural decisions, leading research, new product development, and technical reviews of major client projects.
Between 2004 and 2007, Simon was also the Founder and General Manager of fotoMuse, a joint venture with ER Mapper to commercialise that company's digital photography IP. In this role, Simon had significant exposure to many commercial issues such as funding, corporate structures, taxation, business models and plans and market sizing. fotoMuse was acquired by Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging in November 2007.
After the sale of ER Mapper to ERDAS in 2007, Simon was appointed Chief Technologist at ERDAS and was responsible for the direction of performance optimisation, image compression and high-performance image serving technologies. Simon is listed as an inventor on a number of patents in the field.
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