Simon Blanchard is a distinguished academic in the field of marketing, currently serving as Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor and Dean's Professor at Georgetown University since June 2011. Throughout an accomplished career, Simon has held various roles including Beyer Family Term Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Marketing, and Assistant Professor of Marketing at the same institution. Additionally, Simon serves as an advisor for Aura Finance and Flourish and has a history of visiting positions, including Visiting Associate Professor at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and Visiting Research Scholar at Columbia Business School. Simon completed a PhD in Marketing at Penn State University, along with a Master's in Business Intelligence/Data Mining from HEC Montréal and a Bachelor's degree from Université de Sherbrooke.