Simon Smith
Managing Director at SJS Advanced Ltd
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Smith is a seasoned arboriculture and operations leader with over three decades of hands-on experience and nine years in senior roles, currently serving as Managing Director of SJS Advanced Ltd and Trees and Contracts Manager for Birmingham City Council. He combines practical arboricultural expertise—grounded in formal study at Merrist Wood and the University of Central Lancashire—with commercial leadership from directing multiple small businesses. Simon’s background spans local government, consultancy, and entrepreneurship, giving him deep knowledge of tree management, contracts, and compliance across public and private sectors. An aviator-at-heart who runs a flight training business and has been active in flight simulation since the 1990s, he brings an analytical, simulation-minded approach to operational planning and training. Colleagues rely on him for pragmatic decision-making that balances safety, client needs, and long-term urban canopy health.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Btec, Arboriculture, Btec, Arboriculture at Merrist Wood College.FdSc, Arboriculture, FdSc, Arboriculture at University of Central Lancashire
English
Github Skills (24)
x-plane9
switch7
composer6
audio6
php6
love2d6
playing6
heading6
altitude6
tray-icon6
plugin6
laravel5
mysql4
windows4
plane4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Simssmith/xplane-ktki
Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:4 PRs, 13 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
airportgatewayplanex-planescenery
Simssmith/xplane-kads
Apr 2017 - Apr 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 24 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 1 month
airportgatewayplanex-planescenery
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