Dr Simon Woodworth is a Lecturer in Business Information Systems since 2004, with research interests in Health informatics, Mobile Computing and Data Analytics. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science (1988), an M.Sc. in Management Information Systems (2005) and a Ph.D. in Business Information Systems (2013).

Simon previously spent fifteen years working in the telecommunications sector for both Ericsson and Motorola. He worked in a wide variety of posts, ranging from mobile network customer care in Southeast Asia to commissioning mobile telephone exchanges in locations such as Yemen, Nigeria and Siberia.

Simon is a Lead investigator with the INFANT Centre. His research interests are mainly focused on the information systems associated with pregnancy, childbirth and early child development. Current projects include one focused on cerebral palsy and another to track infectious disease spread amngst mothers and children in East Africa.

Simon teaches undergraduate courses in Test-Driven Design and Application Integration and Deployment. The courses are taught using the Python programming language, as well as Github and Heroku.