Simon joined Arctic Vision as Chief Business Officer in 2020. He is also an Operating Partner for Pivotal bioVentures. For nearly 20 years, Simon has had helped organizations create, develop, and partner their most innovative programs or acquire strategic assets.
Before joining Arctic Vision, Simon has held strategy and business development leadership roles at 28-7, Tesaro, MedImmune/AstraZeneca, Amgen, Constellation, Massachusetts General Hospital, and L.E.K. Consulting. He has helped those companies transform from R&D to commercial stage, build virtual pipelines, make their first forays into emerging markets, and aggressively move into new therapeutic areas of focus. Simon’s projects have spanned pharmaceuticals, software, and medical devices across many therapeutic areas. His transactional expertise encompasses M&A, global and regional strategic collaborations, co-promotions, platform partnering, and spin-outs.
Simon received his Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard and B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Diego.