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Shirley Bailes

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Director, Software Ecosystem Strategy–Office of the CTO at Intel Corporation
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

Shirley Bailes is the Director of Software Ecosystem Strategy in Intel’s Office of the CTO, with over 15 years of experience building developer communities and open source programs. She focuses on making complex technology easier to adopt, leveraging her expertise in go-to-market planning. Colleagues describe her as open, honest, and an executive who anticipates needs.

Outside of her core technical role, Shirley has a passion for building inclusive communities, previously serving as the Global Board Co-President for Women at Amazon. She enjoys travel and thoughtfully shares recommendations, such as creating a repository of favorite restaurants in Amsterdam for peers attending a conference she missed.

During her AWS interview process, she was in such high demand that interviewers from other departments tried to recruit her for their own teams.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Director, Software Ecosystem Strategy–Office of the CTO
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
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Open Source Sustainability
Writes and speaks about the risks of maintainer burnout and the need for companies to financially support the open source tools they depend on, framing it as strategic investment.
Developer Ecosystems
Her core professional focus involves working across product, marketing, and community teams to foster developer adoption and build strong technical ecosystems for companies like Intel and AWS.
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Work history

11-2024 - 7-2025
Director, Software Ecosystem Strategy–Office of the CTO
Intel Corporation
2-2023 - 1-2025
Director, Open Ecosystem Developer Relations & Community–Software Engineering Group
Intel Corporation
2-2022 - 2-2023
Director, Open Source Events and Engagement–Software Engineering Group
Intel Corporation
6-2023 - 12-2024
Board Member
eBPF Foundation
6-2019 - 2-2022
Global Board Co-President
Women at Amazon
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Education
1997 - 2000
Bachelor of Science
Johnson & Wales University
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