Rob Watson is General Manager of Iron Bow Technologies’ Department of War Business Unit, where he leads the company’s strategy, growth, and customer engagement across the defense market. With more than 15 years of experience in enterprise technology, Rob is focused on helping organizations modernize their environments, adopt emerging technologies, and translate innovation into measurable mission outcomes.

Throughout his career, Rob has built and led high-performing sales organizations while developing strategic partnerships across government and industry. His leadership approach centers on transparency, accountability, and building trusted relationships with customers, technology partners, and his teams.

Prior to Iron Bow, Rob served as Vice President of Public Sector Sales at Clarifai, where he led the company’s public sector go-to-market strategy, built its federal sales and program management organization, and established its federal channel strategy. Previously, Rob spent four years at Cisco in sales and sales leadership roles supporting the Department of Defense. He also held positions at Red Hat and BMC Software.