Simon Smith
EVP Generative AI
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolSimon Smith is an experienced AI and digital strategy leader with 11 years of focused experience translating generative AI research into practical healthcare solutions. As EVP of Generative AI at Klick he scouts technologies, prototypes applications, and shapes partnerships to accelerate AI adoption across pharma and health clients. He transitioned from senior marketing and strategy roles into hands-on AI engineering at BenchSci, where he built LLM-powered products, led end-to-end R&D-to-production initiatives, and applied life-science data to speed research. Simon combines executive-level commercial acumen with deep product and technical execution—covering data and prompt engineering, model training, and full-stack implementation. He holds a Master’s from the University of Toronto in the history and philosophy of science and brings an uncommon blend of editorial, product, and go-to-market experience that helps surface compelling AI success stories. Based in Toronto, he is adept at turning complex healthcare challenges into scalable, market-ready generative AI solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Master of Arts Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at University of TorontoToronto Metropolitan University
Github Skills (21)
pure-python10
python9
flask9
genomics8
infrastructure8
bioinformatics8
sequence-alignment7
open-source7
phylogenetics7
chatbot7
protein-structure6
kebab-case6
facilities6
cvs6
git-repository5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
simonmesmith/simonmesmith.github.io
Aug 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:138 pushes, 1 branch, 11 issues in 5 months
simonmesmith/agentflow
Aug 2023 - Apr 2024
Complex LLM Workflows from Simple JSON.
Contributions:35 PRs, 46 pushes, 40 branches in 8 months
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