Astronomer CEO and leadership

Experienced CEO AND Board Member with a demonstrated history of developing and growing businesses from early stage startup through $B scale.

Shannon Walker is a Chief People Officer at Astronomer and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

An entrepreneurial and truly elite level sales executive helping best of breed technology companies scale, grow and succeed in the marketplace.

I am a true, born and bred modern executive sales leader who leverages an astute business mind to deliver systems to organizations such that significant business outcomes are realized by the customer. I implement and firmly believe in the modern approach of measuring the Key Moments. They are pain, conversations (not pitch!), diagnose, trade, orchestrate, impact and grow. A 10% improvement in this simple process over these 7 moments can deliver a 2x increase in ARR and 10x increase in realized impact for the customer.

As such, I have been a significant contributor to the overall business and growth of all my previous companies, I produced top results that consistently exceeded all expectations as an IC and as a leader my teams were world class and deserve ALL the credit. I have demonstrated strong sales and revenue generating skills, which led to consistently accelerating sales growth and have an ability to instrument and scale up teams that deliver impact.

I apply my outstanding communication, presentation and technical skills to analyze the marketplace and implement plans to aggressively build a business.

As a result, I have consistently been the number one \'athlete\' in my organizations for the past 20 years and have taken them from start up status to recognized leaders in their industry. I am an offensive all-star with the discipline of the defensive player of the year.

I work out harder than anyone, I study the playbook and the film longer than anyone, I dive for loose balls, I don’t leave the gym until I shoot and make 100 jump shots, I take charges and make my free throws when tired and the game is on the line.

The end result is not only a someone who is best in class, battled tested and trained but most importantly someone who makes their teammates better and creates a system in an environment they can thrive in and excel to their full potential. This is the type of leader that drives companies in modern business world.

Business and engineering leader with a passion for code. Seeking to transform lives on a global scale with useful, elegant, and value-driven products. Gearhead with a love for anything that moves with speed, style, and grace.

Shannon Walker is a Chief People Officer at Astronomer and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Experienced CEO AND Board Member with a demonstrated history of developing and growing businesses from early stage startup through $B scale.

Shannon Walker is a Chief People Officer at Astronomer and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.