# Sedarius Tekara Perrotta

> Sedarius Tekara Perrotta is the co-founder and CEO of Shelf, an enterprise knowledge and AI software company. His background includes Peace Corps service in Romania, leadership at Neuron Global, custom knowledge-platform work and projects for institutions including the World Bank, Harvard Business School and MIT. His public writing and interviews focus on making organizational knowledge accessible and dependable for people and AI systems.

- **Role:** Co-founder & CEO at Shelf
- **Organizations:** Shelf, Neuron Global, U.S. Peace Corps, Founder Institute
- **Education:** Georgetown University, New Enterprise Program participant (non-degree program), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Co-founded Shelf with Colin Kennedy and Tobias Jaeckel., Led Shelf as CEO during its $52.5 million Series B in August 2021., Worked on knowledge-management projects for the World Bank, Harvard Business School and MIT.

## Career timeline

- **Before Peace Corps service** — Worked as an IT consultant in Sydney and travelled in Southeast Asia and Brazil; later described a stay with a Tucano community.
- **Peace Corps service** — Served in Romania and organized ICT research at a think tank.
- **2010** — Identified as Neuron Global president in the January 28 announcement of a platform for 1nService.
- **2017** — Shelf launched with co-founders Colin Kennedy, Tobias Jaeckel and Perrotta, according to the company’s own history.
- **2019** — Publicly identified as Shelf’s Head of Innovation; wrote about AI and contact-center knowledge management.
- **2021** — As Shelf CEO and co-founder, announced a $52.5 million Series B led by Tiger Global and Insight Partners.
- **2023** — Delivered the November 9 KMWorld keynote The Evolution of the Knowledge Manager in the Age of Generative AI.
- **2024** — Featured on Eye on AI episode 227, dated December 29, discussing data quality.
- **2026** — Published a July 6 company perspective on knowledge and data foundations for agentic AI.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Shelf with Colin Kennedy and Tobias Jaeckel.
- Led Shelf as CEO during its $52.5 million Series B in August 2021.
- Worked on knowledge-management projects for the World Bank, Harvard Business School and MIT.
- Delivered a KMWorld keynote on knowledge management and generative AI in November 2023.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Published a July 6 KMWorld company perspective describing Shelf’s knowledge and data foundations for enterprise agentic AI.
- **2025-09** — Shelf announced Gartner Cool Vendor recognition on September 24 and IDC Innovator recognition on September 12; these are company recognitions.
- **2024-12** — Appeared on Eye on AI episode 227, dated December 29, discussing enterprise data quality and retrieval-augmented generation.

## Links

- Website: https://shelf.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sedarius-tekara-perrotta-14658235

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