Bill Simmons
Co-Founder And CEO at Orbit.me
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolBill Simmons is a founder and product-oriented technology executive with 12+ years delivering large-scale ad tech and streaming platforms, currently serving as Co-Founder and CEO of Orbit.me. He co-founded and built DataXu into a machine-learning driven ad platform, launched OpenRTB to standardize real-time bidding, and later led ad platform product at Roku to integrate streaming inventory and audience data. Trained as an aerospace engineer with a Ph.D. from MIT, he worked on 14 space missions—including Chandra and Atlas launch vehicles—bringing rigorous systems design and combinatorial optimization to product strategy. Bill combines hands-on technical leadership (managing 100+ engineers and data scientists) with board-level and advisory experience, and he actively supports nonprofit work using AI to prevent childhood violence. An angel investor and startup mentor, he has a track record of translating deep technical expertise into commercial platforms that shift industry power dynamics.
12 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics, PhD Aeronautics and Astronautics at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S. Mechanical Engineering at University of New HampshireM.S. Aerospace Engineering Sciences, M.S. Aerospace Engineering Sciences at University of Colorado BoulderM.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, M.S.E. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University
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Github Skills (10)
openrtb10
issue-tracking10
rds9
amazon9
aws7
cost-optimization7
amazon-ec27
filemaker5
cdr4
specification4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
openrtb/OpenRTB
Jan 2014 - May 2016
Contributions:10 commits, 1 push in 2 years 4 months
issue-trackingopenrtbtracking
openrtb/examples
Jan 2014 - Jan 2014
Examples of OpenRTB request and responses to support the OpenRTB Specification.
Contributions:2 commits in 1 day
cdrspecificationopenrtbrequestfilemaker
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