Simon holds a master’s degree in Railway Systems Engineering from RWTH Aachen University and has several years of experience as a consultant as well as from working with Deutsche Bahn. His focus is on the interface between technology and railway operations.

As a consultant, he has worked on projects in various countries and participated in strategic digitalization projects. The core of his work has involved analyzing the effects of different digitalization strategies on capacity and operational quality, both on specific lines and in terms of network-wide impacts. In addition to issues related to ETCS, Simon has also gained experience in analyzing large data sets and deriving actionable recommendations at both technical and operational levels. He has also worked on strategical improvement of quality controls for the new SL18 trams in Oslo.

Recently, Simon was responsible for developing a software application for traffic management centers at DB Fernverkehr in Germany. He has experience leading an agile development team in day-to-day operations and in the strategic development of a modern, cloud-based application.

Simon is currently learning Norwegian and is known for being positive, reliable, and possessing a broad knowledge base that allows him to quickly familiarize himself with new topics.