Primary Job Title Chief Product Officer Primary Organization 
Gracenote
Location Los Angeles, California, United States Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
Website www.gracenote.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Simon is General Manager, Video responsible for working with the top cable, satellite and OTT providers in the world and extending Gracenote’s already market-leading position in TV, movie and digital first video metadata.
Simon has more than 20 years of digital media experience across licensing, product, marketing and sales. Prior to Gracenote,
Simon held a number of leadership positions at Rovi Corp. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Licensing, the company’s largest business unit, where he helped drive Rovi’s international expansion efforts and developed new market opportunities in mobile, CE and the cloud. Previously, as Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales, Simon successfully grew Rovi’s data business by 25% in less than two years and owned relationships with the company’s largest Tier 1 customers.
Earlier in his career, Simon worked in general management, product and marketing roles for U.K. based subsidiaries of Thomson and Philips and headed the global product and marketing for well-known audio brand Celestion. He also co-founded a mobile and fixed line communications start-up, Pathfinder Telecom.
Simon graduated with Honors from the City University, London with a BS degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering. He also served on the Board of Directors for a joint venture between Rovi and Dentsu, the third largest advertising agency in the world based in Japan.
