Summary
Simon Lia-jonassen is a Principal Architect based in Oslo with 14 years of experience building AI/ML and data-driven products across startups and large tech organizations. He has led and scaled cross-functional teams at Microsoft and Omny, translating research-grade ideas into production systems used by hundreds of millions of users and founding nascent product lines. His background includes a PhD in Computer Science and award-winning research on distributed query processing, giving him a rare blend of rigorous academic depth and practical engineering impact. He repeatedly ships low-latency, scalable ML infrastructure—from a 10 ms P95 multilingual classification service to lifecycle tooling for experimentation and model deployment. Colleagues know him for turning quick demos into robust prototypes that inform product roadmaps and for building partnerships that accelerate adoption across global teams. He brings a curious, research-informed approach to solving real-world security and recommendation problems, with a track record of commercial outcomes including contributions to acquisitions and new product formation.
13 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Norwegian University of Science and Technology