Ilya Simonov

Director, CROC – Virtual Reality Center
Russia

Ilya is CROC’s leading expert in the development and integration of virtual and augmented reality content and supervisor of end-to-end VR and AR projects.

Ilya has successfully managed and deployed dozens of unique VR/AR projects in B2B segment, such as PLM/BIM (CAD) data visualization, the State Hermitage Museum, VR simulators for space and nuclear industries, development tools for agro business, radio communication configurators, and training control systems for oil-and-gas industry.

Since April 2018, Ilya has been Director of the VR Center, with strategic priorities including a deep understanding of customers’ business needs across various sectors, continuous improvement of processes, building of specific competences, and entering and expanding into new domestic and international markets.

Ilya graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University with a diploma in Orientation, Stabilization, and Navigation Devices and Systems. Ilya is a former development engineer of space devices and systems.