# Bryan Gobbett

> Bryan Gobbett is the Chief Executive Officer of RackWare, a San Jose-based multi-cloud mobility and resiliency platform that has migrated over one million workloads across 60+ countries. With nearly two decades of engineering leadership at companies including Cisco, Ericsson, Dell, and Gigamon, Gobbett brings deep technical credibility to a company quietly becoming essential infrastructure for enterprises navigating hybrid and multi-cloud complexity. Under his leadership, RackWare grew revenue 74.5% to $10.5M ARR in 2024 and secured preferred license partnerships with Oracle, IBM, and Google Cloud.

- **Role:** CEO at RackWare
- **Organizations:** RackWare, Gigamon, Dell Force10, Ericsson, Cisco
- **Nationality:** Irish-American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications, Trinity College Dublin, Master of Engineering in Electronic Engineering and Telecommunications, Trinity College Dublin
- **Known for:** Led RackWare to 74.5% revenue growth in a single year, reaching $10.5M ARR in 2024, Oversaw migration of over 1 million workloads across 60+ countries, Secured preferred partnership status with Oracle, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud simultaneously

## Career timeline

- **early 2000s** — Engineering roles at Cisco - early career in software development and engineering management
- **mid-2000s** — Engineering leadership at Ericsson - held Director of Engineering and Director of Software Development roles
- **late 2000s-early 2010s** — Senior Director QA and Engineering Services at Dell (Dell Force10) - overseeing engineering quality at scale
- **2012-2015** — SVP Engineering at Gigamon - led engineering across networking and security product lines
- **2015-03** — Joined RackWare as engineering leader, building out the company's distributed global engineering teams
- **2018+** — Ascended to CEO of RackWare, driving cloud migration strategy and enterprise partnerships
- **2019-12** — RackWare raised $4M Debt Financing round (total funding reached ~$22.7M)
- **2023** — Launched RackWare PartnerConnect Channel Program; promoted Colby Calonica to VP Global Sales
- **2023-10** — RackWare listed on Google Cloud Marketplace with accelerated cloud migration and DR offering
- **2024** — RackWare reached $10.5M ARR, up 74.5% from $6M in 2023, with 400 enterprise customers
- **2025-08** — RackWare secured preferred license terms for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Private Cloud Appliance, Compute Cloud@Customer, and OCI Roving Edge

## Achievements

- Led RackWare to 74.5% revenue growth in a single year, reaching $10.5M ARR in 2024
- Oversaw migration of over 1 million workloads across 60+ countries
- Secured preferred partnership status with Oracle, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud simultaneously
- Built a distributed engineering organization spanning San Francisco Bay Area, Vancouver, Vienna, Budapest, Bangalore, Pune, and Chennai
- Grew RackWare's customer base to 400 enterprises including Fortune 50 companies
- Launched PartnerConnect program in 2023 expanding channel partner network
- Guided RackWare through 9+ funding rounds totaling $22.7M in capital raised
- Positioned RackWare as a preferred Oracle Cloud Infrastructure partner for sovereign and edge environments

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — RackWare announced preferred license terms for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure including Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, Oracle Compute Cloud@Customer, and OCI Roving Edge Infrastructure.
- **2024-10** — RackWare reached $10.5M ARR, up 74.5% from $6M in 2023, with 400 enterprise customers.
- **2023-12** — Bryan Gobbett launched RackWare's PartnerConnect Channel Program and promoted Colby Calonica to VP of Global Sales, Channels and Alliances.
- **2023-10** — RackWare expanded presence on Google Cloud Marketplace with accelerated cloud migration and disaster recovery offerings.

## Links

- Website: https://rackwareinc.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-gobbett-155b509
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/rackware
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/category/Business-Center/Rackware-Inc-2244963022419135/

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Last updated: 2026-05-17