Simon Semakov

Simon Semakov is a seasoned software engineer with extensive experience in various roles, including Staff Software Engineer at Wistia since April 2023 and previously at Octopi by Navis, where performance bottlenecks were addressed through the development of a monitoring dashboard. At LevelUp, Simon held multiple roles, co-authoring a dynamic role-based permission scheme for a multi-tenant system while utilizing technologies like Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and React. As the founder of PlayAgain Games, a web platform for classic C64 video games, and Trendwave, a news aggregation site, Simon has demonstrated entrepreneurial skills. Early career experience includes software development at Vista Higher Learning and Solaris Development Inc., contributing to healthcare applications. With a Master’s degree in Computer Science from St. Petersburg State University of Waterway Communications, Simon combines technical proficiency with project management expertise, having led teams and implemented solutions in a variety of industries.