Mr. Shimon started flying radio control models in his childhood. He was the Israeli RC aerobatics model champion in 1995 and served as a UAV operator in the Israeli Intelligence Corps. Afterward, Mr. Shimon was among the founders of a leading UAV company – Aeronautics Ltd and served as a Senior VP Marketing for over 12 years until the company grew to more than 700 employees. Mr. Shimon has an LLB degree from the TAU.

Mr. Shimon has 20 years of experience in international sales & marketing in the defense & homeland security markets, in addition to a proven record of success in sales, sales management, governmental contracting, and business development. Mr. Shimon has conducted multi-million-dollar transactions worldwide and has strong technical skills in addition to a deep know-how of diversified technologies in the drones, sensors, and interception domains.

As an entrepreneur, Mr. Shimon is an Angel Investor and a director in several successful startup companies across a broad spectrum of industries and disciplines.

Given his experience, Mr. Shimon is a recognized authority in unmanned systems with vast experience in all commercial, operation, and technology aspects of drones and their ancillary subsystems, and enjoys a wide local and international network in the drone tech and aerospace industry