Chief Medical Officer, HireRight
Dr. Simo served as HireRight’s medical director starting in 2009 and was promoted to chief medical officer in 2015. In addition to maintaining his role as CMO, Dr. Simo was also appointed to the role of Managing Director of HireRight’s transportation business in 2018.
Dr. Simo came to HireRight with a decade of experience in the medical consulting arena. Before that he was the medical director for an occupational health clinic in Virginia and owned a consulting firm providing medical director services to employers across the United States. In that capacity, he established multiple customer-specific health and drug screening services.
Dr. Simo completed his medical training at the University of Minnesota and served as a Naval Medical Officer until 1998. He is a board-certified medical review officer with vast experience and training in family, occupational and addiction medicine. Along with his clinical experience, Dr. Simo was a clinical investigator for three pharmaceutical companies and has served on multiple speaker bureaus.