Simon Mueller Stansbury — CEO

I run Global Strategy at ATS, one of the world's leading robotic machine builders. As part of ATS' Executive Leadership Team, I'm guided by the two core questions "Where to play?" and "How to win?", expanding ATS' market leadership in pharma, F&B, and industrial automation worldwide. I specialize in Generative AI use cases (building on top of both proprietary models like OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude as well as open-sourced LLMs), Agentic AI and 'Drop-in AI Workers' solutions to augment and streamline strategy, go-to-market, transformations (PMI, TMO, PMO) and operations (SCM, procurement). > PE PortCo value creation plans & valuation > AI use case analysis & Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) > GenAI pilots (personalized sales, workflows, data analysis, performance marketing, etc.) > Data privacy & safe/responsible AI > Prompt engineering & optimization > Interim & fractional C-level leadership My background lies in industrial automation, robotics, AI, strategy consulting (11+ years); and in founding, acquiring & scaling new ventures. With my work at The Future Society (a 501(c)3 non-profit), I'm profoundly dedicated to steering transformative technologies toward the benefit and flourishing of humanity.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven corporate strategy and industrial automation.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Experience: 22 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Corporate Strategy
Mergers & Acquisitions (m&a)
Artificial Intelligence (ai)

Career Highlights

Expert in Generative AI and strategic implementation.
Proven track record in M&A and corporate strategy.
Dedicated to AI governance and ethical technology.

Work Experience

ATS Corporation

Vice President, Global Strategy (8 mos)

KKR

M&A & GTM Advisor (11 mos)

MSA: The GenAI Integrators

Co-Founder & CEO (1 yr 8 mos)

WETHEBRANDS_

Co-Founder & CEO (4 yrs)

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

General Manager (GM) at the BCG Henderson Institute (1 yr 3 mos)

Senior Principal (Tech, Strategy & Ops) (11 yrs 2 mos)

The Future Society

Co-Founder & Board Member (11 yrs 8 mos)

IDEO

Intrapreneur (IDEO, Harvard iLab, Fidelity Investments) (2 mos)

Auswärtiges Amt (Federal Foreign Office) Germany

German Embassy (2 mos)

Roland Berger

Fellow (Technology, Media & Telcos) (3 mos)

Deutsche Bank

Investment Banking (Equities Structuring) (3 mos)

Infineon Technologies

Intern R&D Assembly & Packaging (4 mos)

Star Alliance

Information Technology Services (1 yr 8 mos)

Shopping.de

Ecommerce Manager (4 yrs 11 mos)

Chipsoft Programming

Founder (1 yr 6 mos)

Education

Master of Public Administration - MPA at Harvard Kennedy School

Master of Business Administration - MBA at University of Mannheim

Simon Mueller Stansbury

CEO

Boston, Massachusetts, United States22 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly StableAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

Expert in Generative AI and strategic implementation.
Proven track record in M&A and corporate strategy.
Dedicated to AI governance and ethical technology.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in AI-driven corporate strategy and industrial automation.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Corporate StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (m&a)Artificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

Corporate FinanceInvestmentsTechnological InnovationBoard GovernanceGenerative AITechnology PolicyRevenue & Profit GrowthPrivate EquityLarge Language Models (LLM)Industry 4.0Industrial AutomationData privacy & safe/responsible AIPrompt engineering & optimizationInterim & fractional C-level leadershipAI use case analysis & Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs)

About

Experience

22 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Ats corporation

Vice President, Global Strategy

Sep 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

I run Global Strategy for ATS, one of the world's leading robotic machine builders.
As part of ATS' Executive Leadership Team, I'm guided by the two core questions "Where to play?" and "How to win?", expanding ATS' market leadership in pharma, F&B, and industrial automation worldwide.

Corporate StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Corporate FinanceInvestmentsTechnological Innovation

Kkr

M&A & GTM Advisor

Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 · 11 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Integrations, GenAI & Go-To-Market (GTM)

Msa: the genai integrators

Co-Founder & CEO

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Hybrid

I consult for Industrial, Tech and Consumer clients on a wide range of strategic and operational topics. My focus is on the implementation of GenAI-driven value levers within GTM/Sales, M&A and PMI, as well as operations (supply chain, procurement/purchasing, manufacturing) for corporations and PE-owned portfolio companies.

Wethebrands_

Co-Founder & CEO

Sep 2021 – Sep 2025 · 4 yrs · New York, United States · On-site

Technology meets e-commerce: We are on a mission to consolidate SMEs in the e-commerce sector.
We are hiring! Join us and break into the world of boundless commerce.

Corporate StrategyRevenue & Profit GrowthMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Artificial Intelligence (AI)Private EquityLarge Language Models (LLM)+1

The boston consulting group (bcg)

2 roles

General Manager (GM) at the BCG Henderson Institute

Jun 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

Over a bit more than a year, I launched and grew the BCG Henderson Institute to roughly double its original size and budget. The Institute, based in New York, leads the research and translation of impactful business ideas by capturing, developing, and applying cutting-edge thinking from within and beyond business.

Corporate Strategy

Senior Principal (Tech, Strategy & Ops)

Jun 2010 – Aug 2021 · 11 yrs 2 mos

I advise clients in the technology, consumer industrial space mainly in the areas AI, digital, strategy, growth, M&A and operations. I specialize in applications such as industry 4.0, robotics, IoT, additive manufacturing and SaaS. Over the years, my teams and I supported clients in over 19 countries across four continents.

Industry 4.0Industrial AutomationCorporate StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Private Equity

The future society

Co-Founder & Board Member

Sep 2014 – Present · 11 yrs 8 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States · On-site

The Future Society (TFS) is an independent nonprofit organization focused on aligning Artificial Intelligence (AI) through better governance. We develop, advocate for, and facilitate the implementation of AI governance mechanisms. We are focusing on the research and development of advanced AI systems, where robust safeguards will be necessary for ensuring that AI systems are safe and adhere to fundamental human values.

Corporate StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Board GovernanceGenerative AITechnology Policy

Ideo

Intrapreneur (IDEO, Harvard iLab, Fidelity Investments)

Jun 2014 – Aug 2014 · 2 mos · Greater Boston Area

As part of the Intrapreneurship Program, I developed a venture focused on measuring investor risk aversion using gamification, experiments and advanced data analytics (now part of Fidelity).

Artificial Intelligence (AI)