Simon Arkell is the co-founder and president of Deep Lens.
Prior to Deep Lens, Mr Arkell was the general manager of software platforms and analytics at Greenwave Systems which acquired Predixion Software, the company he founded in 2009 and ran as chief executive until its exit in September 2016. Predixion raised over $46 million from strategic and venture investors and was named a visionary for advanced analytics by Gartner in 2016. Prior to Predixion, Mr Arkell was an operating partner with Triton Pacific Capital Partners, president and chief operating officer of an Oracle consulting company with 600 employees in 10 countries, was a principal with boutique investment banking firm, and in 1998 he co-founded Versifi Technologies in California.
Mr Arkell is also a two-time Olympian for Australia in the pole vault, and from 1990-1996 he broke nine Australian and two Commonwealth records while also winning the gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
In 2015, Mr Arkell received the award for outstanding CEO for mid-sized companies at the Orange County Tech Alliance awards.
