Simon is the Chief Technology Officer at Nylon Technology (http://www.nylontechnology.com), a software development company in New York, NY that develops web software with specialization in ColdFusion, Flex, PHP, and AJAX development.

Simon has been using ColdFusion since version 1 and is the former Editor-in-Chief of ColdFusion Developer's Journal.  In 2004, while Flex was still in Alpha, Simon embraced the technology and began focusing more attention on user experience - he has been using Flex to create cutting edge software ever since, even moving from the Adobe ColdFusion Community Expert team to the Adobe Flex Community Expert team and the Flex Champions program in 2007. He is an Adobe Certified Master Instructor for both the Flex and ColdFusion products.  Though he still has a strong focus on application architecture and development, as CTO at Nylon Technology, Simon spends much of his time advising companies on technology and exploring new ways to deliver better return on investment to their clients.  In addition to presenting at user groups and conferences around the world, he has also been a contributing author of several books and technical papers, and in 2005 Simon won the MAX 2005 Speaker Competition at the Macromedia MAX conference in Anaheim, CA.