Rancher Government Appoints Industry Veteran Jose Simonelli as Head of Professional Services and Customer Experience
June 04 2024 - 8:10AM
Business Wire
Rancher Government, the premier provider of secure, certified
Kubernetes and container management solutions to the U.S.
government, announced the appointment of seasoned government IT
executive, Jose Simonelli as the new Head of Professional Services
and Customer Experience to ensure government clients receive
unparalleled service tailored to their unique needs.
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Jose Simonelli, Head of Professional
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Simonelli joins Rancher Government during a period of
significant growth for the company as government customers are
increasingly looking to Rancher to help them modernize their legacy
IT infrastructures to break free from expensive, proprietary
vertical stacks that limit innovation and transition to more
modern, interoperable, open source, container and Kubernetes
technologies.
Jose Simonelli is a proven technology leader with extensive
experience in team building across ecosystem partners and
government customers. Throughout his career, Jose has been
responsible for overseeing the delivery of professional services,
ensuring customer success, and driving strategic initiatives in the
public sector.
Jose previously held the position of Head of Public Sector
Enterprise Success at UiPath, Inc., where he led teams of Technical
Account Managers, Automation Program Advisors, and Client Delivery
Leads. His innovative leadership resulted in significant
year-over-year growth and enhanced customer satisfaction.
He partnered closely with product owners to influence the
product engineering team, ensuring FIPS 140-2 compliance within the
Automation Suite product, enhancing its appeal to highly secure
government clients. This allowed for the product to be widely
adopted across the DoD and Civilian agencies.
Before UiPath, Jose spent 10 years at Red Hat, where he worked
his way up to lead highly strategic technical teams within the
Public Sector. He developed strategies to optimize pre-sales
operations, led cross-functional collaboration, and provided
direction to high-performing teams, driving significant revenue
growth.
"We are firmly committed to providing the highest level of
service and support to our government clients, and the addition of
Jose to our leadership team underscores this commitment," said Paul
Smith, President and CEO of Rancher Government. "Jose's proven
track record in driving customer success and his deep understanding
of the public sector make him the perfect fit for this role."
“I am enthusiastic about joining the team at Rancher Government
and combining my experience with the incredible talent here to
drive success for our federal customers,” Simonelli said. “My
commitment to developing highly technical teams, alongside
Rancher’s innovative capabilities, will forge the continued success
that our customers seek within their environments.”
His dedication to federal compliance and security has been a
hallmark of Simonelli’s career, ensuring that the engineering teams
he leads prioritize security to provide the highest level of
confidence in IT systems for government clients.
Jose Simonelli resides in Ashburn, VA, and is an avid vinyl
record collector, enjoying listening sessions with his wife Nicole
and their three children. He holds a Master of Science from Robert
Morris University and a Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia
University.
About Rancher Government
Rancher Government Solutions is specifically designed to address
the unique security and operational needs of the U.S. Government
and Military as it relates to application modernization, Linux,
containers and Kubernetes.
Rancher is a complete open source software stack for teams
adopting containers. It addresses the operational and security
challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters at scale, while
providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running
containerized workloads.
RGS supports all Rancher products with U.S. based American
citizens who are currently supporting programs across the
Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Civilian
Agencies.
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