Michelle Bascom is a sales manager at Gartner, Inc., the world's leading research and advisory company specializing in providing expert-led, practitioner-sourced, and data-driven research to help business leaders achieve their mission-critical objectives. With a degree in Communication from San Diego State University, Michelle has been a valuable member of Gartner, formerly working as an account executive to her current position as a sales manager. Prior to her role in Gartner, she also held several sales director positions at Monetate, SLI Systems, and Obentec, Inc., a sales account manager position at Worldwide Express, and an inside sales representative role at Netformx.

Michelle's professional experience revolves around sales and leadership, with a strong focus on achieving goals and objectives in different industries and business sizes. As a part of Gartner, she has been a critical partner of more than 15,000 organizations worldwide in achieving their business objectives. She received several accolades, such as being named a "Best Place to Work" by Glassdoor from 2013-2016, a "Top 50 Company" by LinkedIn in 2017, and a "World's Most Admired Company" by Fortune from 2016-2020.