Michelle Gardner

Education

• BS in Business Administration, Trinity College of Vermont

Biography

Michelle Gardner is the director of industry partnerships and engagement at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University. After graduating with a degree in business administration from Trinity College of Vermont, Gardner joined IBM in Massachusetts where she enjoyed a long and successful career in client and partner executive roles. Her experience includes building joint technology solutions and go-to-market plans that leverage cloud, data, and AI in partnership with independent software vendors, systems integrators, and cloud service providers from startups to technology leaders across various industries. She is a certified Alliance Manager and a member and past chapter leader in the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals.

In her current role at Khoury College, Gardner works to identify, develop, and grow multi-faceted strategic partnerships. As a collaborator focused on mutual success, she looks forward to working with faculty, staff, and students and building new partnerships that bring value to partners, opportunities for a diverse community of Northeastern students, and advancements in fields of computer science.

Gardner is greatly impressed with the caliber of expertise, deep knowledge, and skills in computer science that is recognized at Khoury College — across the faculty and research institutes, and in talented students bringing value to industry partners through their experiential learning experiences. The focused programs and results of increasing diversity in computer science over the past decade are outstanding, and the focus on building an ecosystem of partnerships is evidence of how well attuned the college is to industry needs.

Gardner grew up in Vermont, north of Burlington and not far from Lake Champlain and the Canadian border. She enjoys visiting her family and the beauty of the Green Mountain state whenever she can.