Simon Crosby

Simon Crosby is a prominent figure in the technology industry with extensive experience in various roles. He is currently an Equity Partner at Data Collective (DCVC), a venture capital firm focusing on seed, Series A, and growth stage companies in deep tech sectors.3

Professional Background

Simon Crosby has held several notable positions throughout his career:

CTO and Co-founder:: He is the CTO of Swim.ai, a company specializing in deep learning on streamed real-time data.1 Crosby also co-founded Bromium, Inc., a security software company that was later acquired by HP Inc in 2019.2

Executive Roles:: He served as the Chief Technology Officer of the Data Center and Cloud Division at Citrix Systems from 2008 to 2011.2 Prior to this, Crosby was a co-founder and CTO of XenSource, Inc., which was acquired by Citrix Systems.1

Academic Career:: Crosby was a faculty member at the University of Cambridge, UK, where he led research on network performance and control and multimedia operating systems.12

Achievements and Contributions

Simon Crosby is known for creating the Xen hypervisor, an open-source software crucial for running virtual machines across Amazon's cloud service.2 He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and patents on datacenter and networking topics, including security, virtualization, and performance optimization.12

Education

Crosby holds impressive academic credentials:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge
• MSc in Computer Science from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• BSc (Hons) in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa12

Current Roles

In addition to his position at DCVC, Crosby serves on the board of Cambridge in America and is an investor and advisor to numerous startups.2 His LinkedIn username is sicrosby4, confirming his association with Data Collective.