Julius Simonelli

Julius Simonelli is a seasoned machine learning and computer vision expert currently serving as a Staff Machine Learning Engineer at VISO TRUST since February 2025. Prior to this role, Julius worked as a Technical Writer at the Center for AI Safety and held multiple positions at Betterview from August 2020 to April 2024, including Director of Machine Learning, where responsibilities involved leading a team focused on geospatial imagery analytics to support insurance decision-making. Previous experience includes roles at Orbital Insight as a Senior Computer Vision Scientist and Lead Machine Learning Engineer, contributing to the analysis of multi-source data for actionable insights, and work as a Computer Vision Scientist for the US Government. Julius began the career journey with a student researcher position at Cornell University and an internship at NASA. Academically, Julius holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University.