Simone is a designer and entrepreneur who has worked with startups, progressive organizations, and large institutions such as Fortune 500 and even the UN on exploring new approaches to design and new theories of organizing for the 21st century. As CEO of Boundaryless, Simone created the first fully creative commons methodology for Platform and ecosystem thinking—the Platform Design Toolkit—in 2013 and pioneered the platform design domain. Simone's guides and design frameworks empowered thousands of practitioners worldwide. This and other works allowed him to be featured in the Thinkers50 Radar class 2020.