John Simon

John Simon has spent the past 39 years excelling in the retail technology and retail industries. With considerable expertise in improving the efficiency of the retail merchandising process, supply chain, and store operations, he is a valuable asset to retailers and their customers and suppliers. Simon is an early innovator and current practitioner in electronic commerce, cloud-based solutions, SaaS, recurring revenue business models, and big data analytics. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and IP.

Simon studied Economics for his A.B. at Harvard University and later achieved an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School after graduating from Saguaro High School.

Simon has held influential positions in various prominent organizations, including COO, and EVP at ACTIO Analytics, Inc., President, and Director at afterBOT, Inc., CEO and Founder of QRS, Inc., and CEO of Predictix, LLC. He was also Independent Director at EasyLink Services International Corp (formerly ICC) and chaired Liaison Technologies, Inc. He started his professional journey with the Education and IT Services department of Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc., as a Director, following which he served as VP and General Manager at The Broadway Southern California.