Simone Janin

I am a CTO and technology leader with 25+ years of experience building secure software and hardware products, leading multidisciplinary teams, and turning emerging technologies into scalable business solutions. Today, as CTO at aizoOn USA, I lead technology strategy and execution for the North American market, with a focus on warehouse automation, cybersecurity, digital manufacturing and private AI. My work sits at the intersection of IT, OT and business execution: secure-by-design architectures, industrial systems integration, automation platforms, risk management and scalable delivery models. At aizoOn, I also contribute to the cybersecurity portfolio (CISSP-certified) and to the company-wide shift toward private, governed and on-premise AI. I chair the internal AI technical working group responsible for selecting corporate AI development tools, defining the AI Acceptable Use Policy and running a structured AI Risk Assessment process aligned with the regulations. I drive initiatives around local AI workstations, open-weight models, RAG, document-grounded assistants and AI solutions designed to keep customer data inside controlled environments. My background combines CTO, founder, advisor and innovation-management roles across cybersecurity, IoT, healthcare, smart home, insurance and industrial technology. I have led the development of network IDS, Web Application Firewalls, cyber range platforms, automated cyber-risk assessment tools, governance and compliance platforms, secure computing devices, BLE/Zigbee/Z-Wave products, mobile apps and cloud-connected services. I was also CTO / Technology Advisor at Domethics, where I design IoT and sovereign-AI solutions for SMBs and regulated industries: vertical AI assistants, financial and accounting AI, compliance document analysis, local SLM deployments and on-premise AI architectures based on open-weight models. Earlier i