Grace Gardner

Grace Gardner has worked in the communications industry for over 35 years. Grace began their career in 1984 at D&S Communications, where they held the roles of Director of Client Services, General Manager, and VP Purchasing. In 2019, they joined Mako Networks as a Senior National Account Manager. At Mako Networks, Grace is responsible for connecting and protecting thousands of remote sites for globally recognized brands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance, secure application access and critical business communications. Grace works with Mako's award-winning system, which includes patented, scalable and resilient SD-WAN technology (Mako Cloud VPN), a hosted central management platform, and a range of carrier agnostic, tamper-proof Network Appliances, VPN Concentrators, Wireless Access Points and Managed Switches.

Grace Gardner attended the University of Illinois Chicago from 1984 to 1986, where they studied Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies. In November 2017, they obtained a certification in Sales Prospecting from LinkedIn.