# Simon Desai

> Software Engineer

Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/simondesai

## Work Experience
### Staff Autonomy Engineer @ Glydways
Jan 2023 – Present
Personal Rapid Transit

### Software Engineer @ Google Maps
Jan 2012 – Jan 2023 | Mountain View, California
Maps

### Mapping Architect @ Dash Navigation
Jan 2007 – Jan 2012 | Mountain View, California
Personal Nav Device with traffic

### Navigation Architect @ deCarta
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007
Maps backend for Google and Yahoo

### Director of Mapping Software & Route Calculation @ Zexel/Visteon/Horizon
Jan 1994 – Jan 2004
First voice turn-by-turn car navigation system

### Senior Software Engineer @ Trimble Navigation
Jan 1990 – Jan 1994
Fleet tracking

### Senior Software Engineer @ NASA Ames Research Center
Jan 1986 – Jan 1990
Wind Tunnel Data Acquisition for aircraft testing.
Kuiper Airborne Observatory.


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science
University of California, Berkeley

### Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/simondesai

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Last updated: 2026-04-01