About
Jesse Williams is Co-Founder and COO of Jozu, a DevOps platform for AI agents, applications, and models that helps organizations manage, optimize, and deploy machine learning models from development to production. He also serves as a project lead for KitOps, an open-source CNCF project focused on DevOps tooling for AI/ML workflows. Williams has over a decade of experience in marketing and operations for SaaS, cloud, and open-source products, and previously advised Blindplane (formerly observIQ) on open-source initiatives.
Founder at Jozu
Intro paths
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Co-founders at Jozu

Experience
- JozuCo-Founder and COOcurrent2023 β present
- KitOpsProject Lead, Open Source KitOpscurrent2024 β present
- observIQAdvisor, Open source strategycurrent2019 β present
- Docker, IncVice President, Product Marketing2022 β 2023
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Head of Product Marketing, Serverless Application Integration2022Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Dev Tools Product Marketing Lead (IDEs, Toolkits, CI/CD, CDK, SDKs)2021 β 2022Arlington, Virginia, United States
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)Global Lead for AWS Public Sector Developer Marketing2020Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Red HatHead of Marketing, Red Hat Developer Program (Acquired, IBM)2019 β 2020Washington D.C. Metro Area
- Eclipse FoundationHead of marketing, Open Source Eclipse Che2014 β 2020
- ExecVisionDirector of Marketing (Acquired, Mediafly)2017 β 2019Washington D.C. Metro Area
- DroneDeployMarketing Consultant2016 β 2017
- CodenvyDirector of Product Marketing and Growth (Acquired, Red Hat)2014 β 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- GoFundMeHead of Marketing, Founding Team (YouCaring, Acquired, GoFundMe)2011 β 2014San Francisco Bay Area
Skills & more
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Marketing StrategyProduct MessagingLanguages English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jesse Williams?
- Jesse Williams is Co-Founder and COO of Jozu, a DevOps platform for AI agents, applications, and models that helps organizations manage, optimize, and deploy machine learning models from development to production. He also serves as a project lead for KitOps, an open-source CNCF project focused on DevOps tooling for AI/ML workflows. Williams has over a decade of experience in marketing and operations for SaaS, cloud, and open-source products, and previously advised Blindplane (formerly observIQ) on open-source initiatives.
- Where does Jesse Williams work?
- Jesse Williams is Founder of Jozu.
- What companies did Jesse Williams found?
- Jesse Williams founded Jozu.
Founder mafias
Docker mafia14
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GoFundMe mafia5
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Shared employers
Also worked at Docker, Inc30
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