Summary
Jan Simon is a strategic and technical Product Manager with 11 years of experience specializing in computer graphics, currently leading product at KeyShot from Aarhus, Denmark. He blends low-level graphics engineering (C/C++, Vulkan, OpenGL, Direct3D) and real-time platforms like Unity with hands-on product ownership, having shipped major releases including KeyVR 10 and the first KeyShot Web Viewer. A Scrum-certified Product Owner, he moves between roadmap strategy and implementation details, able to spec features and validate them through prototyped render pipelines. His background as a developer and lecturer in distributed Unity apps and an M.Sc. in Computer Science gives him a practical research-to-product perspective that helps align developer experience with market needs.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Studies, Musicology, 2.9, Bachelor of Arts - BA, English Studies, Musicology, 2.9 at The University of Bonn
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.7, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, 1.7 at Hochschule Trier