Simon was born in 1987 in Vienna. He was always fascinated by electronics and technology. Simon started programming in Basic and later C while he was still in primary school. Over the years he has taught himself more programming languages, software frameworks and working with microcontrollers. He worked on many software projects for small and larger companies and also participated in the EU-funded ENAT (European Network for Accessible Tourism) project. Besides working on DKIA he is also employed as a network administrator at the Austrian Students Association (ÖH).