Simon Boehme

Simon is a technology entrepreneur and the author of Smart Risks: AI in Self-Insurance. He also co-authored, Safe AI Basics: How to Practically Apply Basic Safety Principles to AI Augmented Systems. Simon currently serves as a Partner at the 1000 Fund and as Chief Operating Officer of BillingNav, a leading technology-enabled medical balance billing solution for self-funded employer health plan participants. In addition, Simon is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Negotiation & Dispute Resolution at the University of California College of Law, San Francisco, and co-chairs the Center for International Legal Studies Mediation Symposium, held biannually in Austria.
Prior to these roles, Simon was Vice President of Partnerships at Legaler and President of Legaler Aid. He also served on the State Bar of California’s Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS) Task Force. Earlier in his career, he was Head of Operations and Chief of Staff for Trust & Safety at Lime. Simon co-founded Disputly (formerly LegalWin) and founded Magnify, a contract company that summarized website terms and conditions, which was later acquired. He continues to advise multiple legal technology companies and the Legal Tech Fund, and he previously contributed to the Accord Project Dispute Resolution Working Group, helping to develop guidelines and open-source code for smart legal contracts.
Appointed by the Obama Administration, Simon served from 2013 to 2019 on the U.S. Department of Education’s National Advisory Committee for Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI). As a mediator, he led the development of San Francisco’s first online dispute resolution system for landlord-tenant disputes. He is a Truman Scholar, Coca-Cola Scholar, and Bezos Scholar. Simon earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and was a Mitchell Scholar at Maynooth University in Ireland, where he completed a Master of Arts in Mediation and Conflict Intervention.
In 2010, Simon led his hometown high school to win the inaugural Race to the Top Commencement Challenge, resulting in President Barack Obama delivering the graduation address—the first time a sitting president had done so. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia.Please contact Simon below.

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