PHIL SIMON

Phil Simon sits squarely at the intersection of business, technology, data, and people. He is a dynamic keynote speaker and one of the world’s most renowned recognized authorities on collaboration, technology, and analytics. He is the award-winning author of 13 books, most recentlyLow-Code/No-Code: Citizen Developers and the Surprising Future of Business Applications.

Over the course of his career, he has spoken at more than 35,000 people in 350 in-person and virtual events in eight countries on three continents. Netflix, Harvard Business School, eBay, Cisco, IBM, Carnegie Mellon, SAS, and AutoDesk are among the hundreds of companies to have hosted Phil.

Topics have included business communication, collaboration, analytics, Big Data, data visualization, disruption, and nascent trends.

A former college professor, today he helps organizations communicate, collaborate, and use technology better. Harvard Business Review, the MIT Sloan Management Review, Wired, NBC, CNBC, BusinessWeek, and The New York Times have featured his contributions. He also hosts the podcast Conversations About Collaboration.

Simon received his undergraduate degree in Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University in 1993. He then attended Cornell University, receiving his masters in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1997. He enjoys tennis, obscure quotes, poker, reading, and progressive rock.

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