Renee began her career as high school English and French teacher and then became a school board member. She brought her learning mindset with her into technology when she was hired as a consultant to manage the largest federal education funding program for a major technology company, Cisco. She was hired full time to lead marketing for all of the company's industries and later became the global industry leader for the company's Education and then Healthcare, Financial Services and Retail practices. Renee has deep expertise in these industries and importantly, understands what it takes to address these industries from a business perspective.