Andy Simon
Operations Lead @New Energy New York
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WORK HISTORY
Operations Lead @New Energy New York
NY, US
NSF-funded accelerator for battery and energy storage ventures. Recruited to stabilize and scale a program modeled on the accelerator I originally built at Luminate NY. Full responsibility for strategy, operations, partnerships, investor engagement, and program economics.Delivered 56% program growth and 60% pipeline expansion year-over-year. Launched NYC Investor Summit with institutional partners Volta Foundation and NYSERDA. Direct contractor budgets, event operations, and all vendor relationships.
EDUCATION
University of Hartford
Bachelor’s Degree, Communications
SKILLS
ABOUT ANDY SIMON
I build ventures and the programs that launch them.Over the past 15 years, I\'ve built three institutional accelerator programs from scratch, directed $18M+ in venture investment decisions across 150+ companies, and scaled revenue 12x across multiple operating businesses. My work spans energy storage, optics and photonics, materials science, food tech, and frontier technologies.I started my career co-founding and personally financing a U.S. subsidiary that I grew from $250K to $3M in 14 months. That operator DNA carried through everything since: building Luminate NY from zero into a world-class deep tech accelerator with a $5M annual budget, running FoodFutureCo as Managing Director with full P&L ownership, and most recently being recruited to stabilize and scale an NSF-funded energy storage accelerator modeled on the program I originally built.I\'ve forged strategic partnerships with Sony, Zeiss, Coca-Cola, Petco, and Guitar Center. I\'ve raised and managed venture capital, guided financial modeling for dozens of portfolio companies, and built go-to-market strategies across four countries.What ties it together: I combine capital allocation discipline with the hands-on instinct to build things myself. I recently shipped PupKin, an AI-powered consumer app built end-to-end using Claude, ChatGPT, and modern development tools, because I believe operators should stay close to the technology.Before all of this, I was a working songwriter. That creative foundation still shows up in how I approach problems, communicate ideas, and build things people actually want to use.
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