Summary
Simon Shapiro is a product leader leveraging AI-powered imaging to scale sustainable solutions, currently Head of Product at Orbem where he drives Genus Scale and Genus Focus—the first MRI-based industrial solutions on poultry farms. He excels at orchestrating hardware-software ecosystems, automation, cloud and on-prem AI platforms, and computer vision to turn research into scalable products. Earlier at Microsoft, he led Maps & Geospatial initiatives—advancing open data with OpenStreetMap, launching sidewalk mapping in Latin America, and driving indoor mapping, 3D visualization, and location intelligence with patent activity. Based in the Lisbon metropolitan area, Portugal, he brings a decade of experience spanning startups and global tech teams, building and growing cross-functional PM, TPM, and engineering squads. Notably, at Orbem he delivered Genus Focus 1.0—the first fully non-invasive in-ovo sexing solution—across eight systems in two French hatcheries, and expanded into the German market.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
English, Russian, French