As the Head of Portfolio Strategy and innovation, Simon is responsible for the direction of the Business Applications Portfolio within the Cloud and Networking Services business group of Nokia. While the industry embraces all aspects and implications of digitalization across both networks and engagement, Simon works with communication service providers and partners to solve these challenges by ensuring they have the right software tools, strategies, and architectures to thrive in the new digital value chains.

During 25+ years in the OSS/BSS industry, he has held senior positions in professional services, consulting, product engineering, product management and product strategy.