Dave Simons
VP, Ventures Technology at RBC
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDave Simons is a seasoned technology executive with 25+ years leading engineering, architecture and delivery across startups, scale-ups and large enterprises in Toronto, Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv. As VP, Ventures Technology at RBC he blends hands-on software architecture with people-first engineering leadership, having hired and mentored teams of 5–200 and delivered large-scale consumer and P2P systems supporting 300M+ users. He pairs deep technical pragmatism—spanning crypto, advertising infrastructure and business process automation—with commercial instincts in technical due diligence, M&A assessment and post-acquisition integration. Comfortable in regulated environments (SOX, PCI, SOC 2), he is equally effective in outward-facing roles for fundraising and strategic sales. Despite a self-described “retired('ish)” GitHub persona, he remains an active advisor and executive operator who turns complex requirements into auditable, timely outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BMath, BMath at University of Waterloo
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Github Skills (31)
spider10
tarantool8
tornado7
hosting6
async5
simplify5
docker5
infrastructure4
couchdb4
provisioning4
points4
database4
restful3
python-client3
ansible3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
simonsdave/tor-async-lcp
Apr 2015 - Oct 2016
Contributions:5 releases, 11 PRs, 61 pushes in 1 year 5 months
asynciotornadoasynclcpasync-client
simonsdave/tor-async-util
Jul 2015 - Apr 2019
Utils for implementing RESTful APIs using Tornado's Asynchronous, non-Blocking I/O
Contributions:21 releases, 2 PRs, 158 pushes in 3 years 10 months
non-blockingasynchronousrestfulweb-servicestornado
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