Simon Hearne is a Solutions Architect at Zilliz. He works closely with EMEA-based enterprise customers across verticals including IdV / facial recognition, legal case review, and social matching, enabling the design and implementation of GenAI, semantic search, and retrieval use cases using the Zilliz Cloud Vector Database. He brings experience from Elasticsearch and Akamai, and holds an MEng in Artificial Intelligence and an MSc in Data Science. Simon combines deep technical expertise in vector search with a strong focus on developer enablement, helping teams move from proof of concept to production with Milvus on Zilliz Cloud.