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Otho Lyon, MBA

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Vice President Customer Success at Cloudera
📍 Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Otho Lyon is a customer-centric executive at Clouder with over 15 years of experience driving sales growth and enhancing customer experiences. People who have worked with him describe him as a visionary, insightful, and energetic leader. He holds an MBA from North Carolina Wesleyan University and a certificate from the University of Chicago.

Outside of his professional life, Otho is deeply committed to family and education, having proudly supported his children in their academic pursuits. As a first-generation college graduate himself, he is passionate about fostering excellence and serves on the Board of Advisors for the UNC-Greensboro Bryan School of Business.

Unique fact: Otho celebrated a major family milestone by graduating with his MBA in the same ceremony as his son received his bachelors degree.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Vice President Customer Success
Job Level
Senior
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
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Customer Success
As the Vice President of Customer Success, he leads the global strategy to drive measurable outcomes, maximize product adoption, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
AI in Leadership
He has posted about the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) over IQ for leaders in the age of AI and holds a certification in AI and Machine Learning.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Vice President Customer Success
Cloudera
9-2023
Member of the Board of Advisors
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
9-2023 - 3-2025
VP of Services Strategy Execution - Delivery Transformation
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
9-2021 - 9-2023
Vice President of Global CX & Global Support
Cloudera
12-2020 - 9-2021
Sr. Director of Global Service Delivery - America's
Cloudera
In the press

Media appearances

#ClouderaLife Allyship April Q&A: Otho Lyon. Featured in Cloudera Blog
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Education
9-2021 - 11-2021
Certificate
University of Chicago
8-2020 - 8-2021
Master of Business Administration - MBA
North Carolina Wesleyan University
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