Shane Connelly

Shane Connelly has extensive experience in product management and technology roles. Shane is currently the Head of Product at Vectara, a position they started in 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Kong Inc. as the Director of Product Management from 2020 to 2022.

From 2015 to 2020, Shane held various roles at Elastic, including Director of Product Management and Principal Product Manager. Shane was responsible for leading global product management teams and managing the Elasticsearch search engine, which is used by major organizations such as Yelp, Wikipedia, and Verizon.

Before Elastic, Shane worked at HP Software as a Senior Product Manager from 2013 to 2014, where they managed the development and release cycles of core products. Shane also worked at Autonomy as a Sr. Technology Architect and Technology Specialist from 2008 to 2012, where they were involved in API design and system architecture for integrated software solutions.

Shane's career started with roles at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a Lead Teaching Assistant and Wayne-Dalton Corp. as an Electrical Engineering Co-Op. Shane also gained engineering internship experience at Convergent Care, where they contributed to process improvement in cardiovascular surgery.

Overall, Shane Connelly has a diverse background in product management, technology strategy, and technical roles across various industries.

Shane Connelly completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology from 2003 to 2007. In 2006, they also obtained a Foreign Certificate of Studies from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University. Additionally, Shane Connelly has acquired several certifications, including "Understanding economic policymaking" from Coursera in June 2014, "New Models of Business in Society" from Coursera in May 2014, and "Pragmatic Marketing Certification" from Pragmatic Marketing in March 2013.