Simone Ross, Consultant.
Simone is an international conference program executive and content specialist who has spent her career observing the companies, individuals and ideas at the intersection of tech, the economy and society. Most recently, as the co-founder and chief program officer of Techonomy Media she was responsible for all program content and served as executive producer for the Techonomy conferences (Techonomy Bio, Techonomy Detroit, Techonomy Health, Techonomy NYC, Techonomy Policy and the annual Techonomy flagship conference.) Prior to Techonomy, she was program director for Fortune’s conference division, responsible for, among others the Fortune Global Forum, Most Powerful Women Summit, and Brainstorm. What seems like a lifetime ago, she was director of operations at the Computerworld Smithsonian Technology Awards and a strategic communications consultant.