About
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.
President at Obot
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Co-founders at Obot
Experience
- Obot AIPresident and Co-Foundercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Coral Reef AllianceMember Board of Directorscurrent2023 — present
- SUSEChief Revenue Officer2021
- SUSEChief Operating Officer - Global Customer Organization2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]Governing Board Member2017 — 2021
- Rancher Federal, IncChief Executive Officer2020 — 2021
- Rancher LabsCo-Founder, President and CRO2014 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Citrix SystemsVice President, Market Development, Cloud Platforms2011 — 2014Santa Clara, California
- Citrix SystemsCo-Founder, VP Sales - Cloud.com2008 — 2011
- Solidcore SystemsVice President, EMEA Sales and Operations2005 — 2008
- SeeCommerceDirector of Marketing2003 — 2005
- TerosDirector of Marketing2001 — 2003
- Securant TechnologiesMarketing Manager1999 — 2001
Skills & more
Cloud Computing99Product Management53Solution Selling40Security68Professional Services24Go-to-market Strategy52Sales15Firewalls9Mobile Devices10Virtualization31Storage15Product Marketing10
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IT StrategyBusiness AlliancesStrategic PartnershipsOutsourcingChannel PartnersData CenterBusiness DevelopmentIaaSEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCitrixLeadershipFrom Shannon's professional profile.
Frequently asked questions
- 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 President 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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Shared employers
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Also worked at CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]7
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