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Shannon Williams

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Founder at Obot

San Francisco Bay Area

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Shannon Williams is Co-founder and President of Obot AI, an open-source software company building an enterprise gateway for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard. He previously co-founded Rancher Labs, serving as President, and became CRO at SUSE following its acquisition of Rancher; earlier he co-founded Cloud.com, which Citrix acquired in 2011, after which he served as VP of Market Development for Citrix's cloud platforms division. Williams has served on the Governing Board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and is a member of the board of the Coral Reef Alliance.

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Obot's investors · 2

Mayfield FundMenlo Park · $500K – $12M checks · since 2025Nexus Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Obot

CJ
Craig JellickFounder
SLSheng Liang
Sheng LiangFounder
DSDarren Shepherd
Darren ShepherdFounder
TN
Tim NicklasFounder

Experience

  1. Obot AIPresident and Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Coral Reef AllianceMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
  3. SUSEChief Revenue Officer2021
  4. SUSEChief Operating Officer - Global Customer Organization2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  5. CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]Governing Board Member2017 — 2021
  6. Rancher Federal, IncChief Executive Officer2020 — 2021
  7. Rancher LabsCo-Founder, President and CRO2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  8. Citrix SystemsVice President, Market Development, Cloud Platforms2011 — 2014Santa Clara, California
  9. Citrix SystemsCo-Founder, VP Sales - Cloud.com2008 — 2011
  10. Solidcore SystemsVice President, EMEA Sales and Operations2005 — 2008
  11. SeeCommerceDirector of Marketing2003 — 2005
  12. TerosDirector of Marketing2001 — 2003
  13. Securant TechnologiesMarketing Manager1999 — 2001

Skills & more

Cloud Computing99Product Management53Solution Selling40Security68Professional Services24Go-to-market Strategy52Sales15Firewalls9Mobile Devices10Virtualization31Storage15Product Marketing10
+12 moreIT StrategyBusiness AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsOutsourcingChannel PartnersData CenterBusiness DevelopmentIaaSEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCitrixLeadership

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Who is Shannon Williams?
Shannon Williams is Co-founder and President of Obot AI, an open-source software company building an enterprise gateway for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard. He previously co-founded Rancher Labs, serving as President, and became CRO at SUSE following its acquisition of Rancher; earlier he co-founded Cloud.com, which Citrix acquired in 2011, after which he served as VP of Market Development for Citrix's cloud platforms division. Williams has served on the Governing Board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and is a member of the board of the Coral Reef Alliance.
Where does Shannon Williams work?
Shannon Williams is Founder of Obot.
What companies did Shannon Williams found?
Shannon Williams founded Obot.
Where did Shannon Williams go to school?
Shannon Williams studied at Northwestern University (BSJ, Journalism); Healdsburg High School.

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