Simon Blee
Founder at Apicalis Labs
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolSimon Blee is a founder and seasoned software leader based in Perth with 14 years of experience building robots and production software across hardware-centric and cloud environments. He has led engineering teams at Modbot and Launchpad.build, served as a software architect for Woodside Energy, and now runs Apicalis Labs focusing on applied robotics and systems integration. His background in electronic and communications engineering and physics gives him rare fluency across embedded hardware, systems engineering, and software architecture. Simon is comfortable transitioning between hands-on hardware design roles and high-level technical leadership, delivering pragmatic solutions for automation and industrial customers. Colleagues describe him as an engineer who balances curiosity-driven experimentation with disciplined delivery and a knack for turning robotics prototypes into deployable products.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BEng; BSc, Electronic and Communications Engineering; Physics, BEng; BSc, Electronic and Communications Engineering; Physics at Curtin University
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Github contributions (5)
simonblee/scroller
Jun 2012 - Jun 2013
Contributions:22 commits in 11 months
simonblee/charcount
Jul 2012 - Oct 2013
Contributions:7 commits in 1 year 3 months
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