Simon Anderson
Los Angeles, California, United States
Simon Anderson is an accomplished entrepreneur and business leader, currently serving as the Founder & CEO of Mission, a prominent managed cloud services and consulting company recognized as a Premier Partner in the AWS Partner Network.
With a proven track record in the tech industry, Simon previously held the role of CEO at DreamHost, where he steered the web hosting and cloud company to $50 million in annual revenue, serving over 400,000 SMB customers globally.
During his tenure at DreamHost, Simon played a pivotal role in the launch of innovative cloud services like DreamCompute and DreamObjects, as well as the managed WordPress service DreamPress.
Simon's contributions extend beyond DreamHost as he co-founded Inktank in 2012, a venture focused on developing and supporting the Ceph open source distributed storage software. Red Hat acquired Inktank in April 2014 for $175 million.
In addition to his leadership roles, Simon has a diverse background in strategy, business development, product management, sales, marketing, and operations, having started his career as a venture capital partner in Sydney and Silicon Valley.
Simon Anderson's areas of expertise include AWS, Cloud Services, OpenStack, Ceph, WordPress, SaaS, analytics, executive management, product definition, go-to-market strategy, sales management, business development, deal negotiation, partner management, fundraising, and mergers and acquisitions.
Simon's educational background is equally impressive, with a Bachelor's Degree in Science (B.Sc.) from The Australian National University, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) specializing in various areas of law, and ExecEd in Strategic Negotiations from Harvard Business School.
Apart from Mission, Simon has been associated with various organizations such as Great Hill Partners, Instaclustr, Panasas, Aptira, Akanda, OpenStack Foundation, Duda, Pictage, Inc., BiggerBoat, Authenticlick, Advance – Australia’s Global Community, Affinity Internet, Allen & Buckeridge Pty Ltd, Atanaskovic Hartnell, and Dunhill Madden Butler.
