Simon Klobas

Simon Klobas bridges the gap that breaks most business technology projects: the divide between operational reality and technical execution.

As a civil engineer by training—holding degrees from the University of Adelaide and Denmark's Technical University (DTU)—Simon's career has been defined by solving complex operational challenges in demanding environments. Early in his career, he served as Commercial Manager for a mining infrastructure company, helping grow the business from startup to $160M in annual revenue with operations across Australia. For three years, he lived in outback Australia managing a 24/7 operation running 40 quad road trains through red dirt, dealing with hard hats, snakes, crocodiles, and the operational complexity that comes with remote, high-stakes infrastructure work.

That experience taught him something crucial: the best solutions come from deeply understanding how businesses actually operate, not from imposing technology frameworks that look good on paper but break in practice.

After moving to London, Simon founded and led a serviced office business, scaling it past $1M in annual revenue. It was during this period that he discovered his real expertise: building systems that automate and operationalize businesses without adding overhead. While others saw technology as a separate function, Simon saw it as the enabler of operational excellence.

For the past five years, Simon has focused exclusively on helping SMEs unlock growth through intelligent systems and AI automation. His approach is unusual in the consulting world: he spends hours sitting with everyone from junior staff and on-site personnel to finance teams, safety managers, and executives—understanding their actual problems before designing solutions. Most operational people don't understand technology. Most technology people don't understand operations. Simon gets both.

The results speak for themselves. When BuiltMG, an Australian construction company, engaged Simon, he spent extensive time understanding every aspect of their operations before implementing solutions. The outcome: they scaled from $25M to $70M in annual turnover without increasing overhead costs—a 180% revenue growth with flat operational expenses. For ESR, a real estate fund manager, Simon's systems reduced deal closure time from 4 weeks to under 1 week and cut audit preparation from 6 weeks to 1 day. For LŌ-GOI Group, he helped build institutional-grade compliance infrastructure from inception, enabling them to reach $1B AUM with zero compliance incidents across 1,000+ annual deals.

What sets Simon apart isn't just technical capability—it's his operational fluency. He's lived the frustrations of disconnected systems, manual processes, and technology that doesn't fit how work actually happens. He's managed remote teams in extreme conditions, scaled businesses across borders, and built companies from the ground up. This isn't theoretical knowledge—it's hard-won experience that informs every solution he designs.

Simon's philosophy is straightforward: technology should be designed around how your business actually works, not force your business to adapt to how technology wants to work. Cut the manual work that's holding you back. Connect the tools that should be talking to each other. Build systems that scale with your ambitions rather than against them.

For businesses ready to unlock growth without proportionally scaling overhead, Simon brings the rare combination of operational depth and technical execution that turns vision into reality.

In Brief

Education: Bachelor of Civil Engineering, University of Adelaide | Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Career Highlights:

• Commercial Manager, Mining Infrastructure Company (Grew to $160M revenue)

• Founder & CEO, Serviced Office Business (Scaled past $1M revenue)

• Tech Consulting Founder (5+ years helping SMEs scale with intelligent systems)

Notable Client Results:

• BuiltMG: 180% revenue growth ($25M → $70M) with flat overhead

• ESR: 75% reduction in deal closure time (4 weeks → <1 week)

• LŌ-GOI: $1B AUM with institutional-grade compliance from inception

• WellVal AI: Vision to working AI platform in 8 weeks

Specialization: Bridging operational business and technology for SME growth