Sylvain
Simao

Travis is a social and collaborative travel planning platform.

Joined the startup early-stage as employee #1 • Responsible for technology and engineering in the business • Architected, built and launched a platform ready to onboard millions of travellers worldwide • Led and managed a fully remote async-operating team • Contributed to raising pre-seed and seed funding during the COVID pandemic

Clemenger BBDO is a top-ranking creative agency.

Was overseeing the technology delivery for all clients • Led and managed a team of developers and testers • Scaled the engineering team from 4 to 15 people • Researched and developed technical solutions for creatively taxing digital projects • Architected, scoped, built, scaled and managed complex web-based experiences for global clients • Won multiple awards for my work including Cannes Lions Grand Prix, Cannes Lions Gold, The FWA, and several Webby Awards.

ID Digital is an award-winning Digital Agency.

Was responsible for the front-end development across the agency • Led a small team of developers • Implemented new processes and tooling to improve delivery • Architected, scoped, built and managed multiple websites and web apps for small to medium size clients

Dynamic View is a Digital Production and Marketing Agency.

Was in charge of engineering in the agency • Led a small team of developers and designers • Architected, scoped, built and managed multiple websites and cross-platform apps for small to medium size clients • Researched and developed new technical solutions for digital signage

Worked as a Solopreneur / Freelancer for 5 years.

Founded a multi-disciplinary Freelance Collective working together on client briefs • Architected, scoped, built and managed multiple websites and web apps for small businesses and web agencies

Travis is a social and collaborative travel planning platform. Travellers across the world can find places people love, organise flexibly, collaborate and chat in real-time. Travis also enables travel creators to earn from travel recommendations by monetising their content with bookable hotels. The platform now counts more than 7,000 travellers and creators.

The Hungerithm is like a stock exchange for Snickers chocolate bars. Prices of the bars fluctuate in real-time, based on the online mood of the internet. I've been in charge of the global rollout across Australia, America, Russia, Europe and South-East Asia. The project faced huge market success and won multiple awards including a Gold Cannes Lion and a Webby Award.

In 2017, Australia was the last Western country in the world not to recognise same-sex marriage. I helped bring Airbnb’s “Belong anywhere” statement to life through an interactive online experience that earned multiple awards including a Webby Awards, Developer Awwwards, and CSS Design Awards.

One in four people experiences anxiety at least once in their lives. Inner voice is a voice experience built for Amazon Alexa that helps manage and prevent anxiety. Representing tech among a cross-discipline team, I was invited by Amazon to strategize, prototype and pitch at the Voice19 Summit. Won the Inaugural Global Amazon Alexa Cup after competing against 73 other teams, across 12 different countries.

Part interactive sculpture, part educational tool, Graham shows us how our bodies would need to change to survive a car crash. Within 24 hours of being introduced to the world, Graham sparked a global road safety conversation as he was discussed, debated and even memed. The project ranked the most creative project in the world, it won the Cannes Lion Grand Prix, as well as many web-specific awards.

Bachelor degree

HND/Associate degree

“I had the good fortune of collaborating with Sylvain on some of Clemenger BBDO's toughest, most creatively taxing digital projects. He bought a joyous sense of possibility to every project, and was always looking for ways to improve the outcome and push boundaries, while still keeping the audience and the user experience at the heart of what was delivered. A hands-on leader with an exacting standard, Sylvain excelled in developing junior talent and helping them get to the next level. For him, the success of the tech team was as important as his own personal achievements. Sylvain is incredibly generous and giving of his time and knowledge - during my time at Clems, he made a significant difference to the visibility and credibility of tech in the business.”

“It’s rare that you come across such explorative nature in a person, Sylvain is one of them. I had the pleasure working with him on many adventurous projects. his ability to find different solutions for a problem always takes me by surprise. As a colleague he very supportive and fun to share time with, Sylvain is a great asset to the team.”