Shannon Williams

President and Co-Founder at Acorn Labs

Shannon Williams is an experienced leader in the technology industry. Shannon currently holds the position of President and Co-Founder at Acorn Labs since May 2022. Prior to this, they worked at SUSE, where they served as Chief Revenue Officer from May 2021 to December 2021, and as Chief Operating Officer - Global Customer Organization from December 2020 to May 2021. Shannon also has experience as a Governing Board Member at CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) from December 2017 to December 2021. Furthermore, they were the Chief Executive Officer at Rancher Federal, Inc. from January 2020 to May 2021. Shannon's notable work experience also includes their role as Co-Founder, President, and CRO at Rancher Labs, where they played a key role in developing open-source software for running containers in production. Shannon held this position from October 2014 to December 2020. Shannon has also had significant roles at Citrix Systems, Solidcore Systems, SeeCommerce, Teros, and Securant Technologies, where they held various marketing and leadership positions. Overall, Shannon Williams brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the technology industry.

Shannon Williams attended Northwestern University from an undetermined start year until 1999. There, they earned a Bachelor of Science in Journalism and Political Science. Prior to their college education, Shannon attended Healdsburg High School, but no specific degree or field of study information is provided.

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  • President and Co-Founder

    May, 2022 - present