Summary
Simon Shapiro is a product leader with 10 years of experience building hardware-software systems at the intersection of imaging, AI, and automation, now leading product at Orbem from Lisbon to bring MRI into industrial floors. He has shipped the first commercial industrial MRI solution for in-ovo sexing and scaled teams and releases that improved accuracy, throughput, and reliability while entering new markets. Earlier roles at Microsoft saw him launch indoor mapping, transit real‑time updates, and OpenStreetMap-driven initiatives, blending geospatial data, computer vision, and platform thinking. Simon combines deep technical fluency—stemming from early MRI and vision research and engineering internships—with hands-on product execution across cloud/on‑prem data platforms and industrial automation. He’s motivated by sustainability and ethical impact, applying imaging and AI to reduce waste in the poultry supply chain. An entrepreneurial operator who moves fluidly between prototyping novel imaging hardware and shipping reliable, regulated solutions.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English, Russian, French