Alex Shootman joined Vignette in October 2006 as senior vice president of Worldwide Sales and Services.

Prior to joining Vignette, Shootman served as executive vice president of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at TeleTech and was responsible for all revenue generating and market facing activities at the global business process outsourcing (BPO) company. Prior to TeleTech, he held the position of vice president of Sales and Services for the Americas region at BMC. At BMC, he was responsible for sales, pre-sales, professional services and customer support. Shootman began his career with IBM Corporation.

Shootman holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.