Currently, Richard A. Simonson holds the position of Chairman of Lyle School of Engineering. Mr. Simonson is also on the board of Electronic Arts, Inc., Cast & Crew LLC, Couchbase, Inc. and EverCommerce, Inc. and Managing Partner at Specie Mesa LLC.

He previously held the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Nokia Oyj Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Here Holding Corp. and Executive Vice President & General Manager at Nokia Mobile Phones, Inc. (Tampa) (both are subsidiaries of Nokia Oyj), Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Sabre Corp. Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Sabre Holdings Corp. and Chief Financial Officer & Director at Sabre GLBL, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Sabre Corp.), CFO & President-Business Operations at Deem, Inc., Managing Director at Banc of America Securities LLC and MD-Telecom & Media Investment Banking Group at Barclays Capital, Inc.

He received an undergraduate degree from Colorado School of Mines and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.