肖西蒙自2018年3月起任柯林斯宇航的短舱制造工厂——古德里奇航空技术（天津）有限公司总经理。该工厂位于天津空港经济区综合保税区，主要生产短舱的复合材料零部件，预装配发动机与短舱以及提供天津空客总装线短舱装配现场支持。在他的带领下，工厂大力推行精益生产使该工厂的质量，生产效率和业务量逐年攀升。

在加入柯林斯宇航之前，肖西蒙曾就职的公司包括约翰迪尔，Harsco（哈斯科），Van-Rob Stamping, Tenneco Automotive , Babcock & Wilcox, Trenton Works, 和西安航空发动机公司。他曾经工作和负责的工厂所在地包括了中国、加拿大、美国、泰国、墨西哥和印度。

出生于中国西安的肖西蒙拥有西北工业大学焊接工程专业学士学位，加拿大滑铁卢大学焊接应用科学硕士（MASc）学位，和加拿大罗瑞尔大学工商管理硕士（MBA） 学位。

Simon Xiao, General Manager for Collins Aerospace’s Goodrich Aerospace Technology (Tianjin) Co. Ltd since March 2018. The factory is located in the Comprehensive Bonded Area of Tianjin Airport Economic Area. It manufactures composite parts/components for nacelles, does podding and provides on site tech supports to Airbus Tianjin Final Assembly Line. Under Simon’s leadership the factory has been relentlessly deploying lean manufacturing which has improved quality, productivity while increasing outputs annually.

Before joining Collins Simon worked with John Deere, Harsco, Van-Rob Stamping, Tenneco Automotive, Babcock & Wilcox, Trenton Works and Xi’an Aero Engine. The countries he worked and/or oversaw include China, Canada, US, Thailand, Mexico and India.

Simon was born in Xi’an，China. He holds a welding engineering bachelor degree from Northwestern Polytechnical University in China, a welding applied science master degree (MASc) from Waterloo University in Canada, and a MBA from Wilfred Laurier University in Canada.