Simon Watson
About Simon Watson
Simon Watson is the Global Supply Chain Optimization Supervisor at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in various roles within the company and a strong academic background in mechanical engineering.
Title
Simon Watson is currently the Global Supply Chain Optimization Supervisor at ExxonMobil. He has held this title since 2019 and works from their Houston, Texas office.
Experience at ExxonMobil
Simon Watson's tenure at ExxonMobil includes various high-level roles. Prior to his current role, he served as the Global COGS Optimization Advisor from 2017 to 2019 in Houston, Texas. From 2014 to 2017, he worked as the Global Product Manager in Fairfax, Virginia. He also held the position of Global Products Technical Advisor from 2012 to 2014 in Fairfax, Virginia.
Experience at Imperial Oil
Before joining ExxonMobil, Simon Watson was the Investigative Analysis Coordinator at Imperial Oil from 2010 to 2012. He was based in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada during this period.
Education and Expertise
Simon Watson holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, completed between 2005 and 2010. He also holds a MASc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, completed between 2003 and 2005. Additionally, he earned a BASc in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Toronto, completed between 1998 and 2003. He also attended the MIT Sloan School of Management from 2007 to 2010.
Earlier Career
Simon Watson's early career includes roles as a Nuclear Design Analyst and Nuclear Safety Analyst at AECL in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada from 2000 to 2002. He also worked as a Technical Writer at BeneFACT from 2009 to 2011 in Fairfax, Virginia, United States.