Michael Hadley

Michael Hadley has had a long and varied career in sales and business development. Michael began in 1998 with Symbol Technologies as a Sr. Manager of Product Marketing, Business Development, and Strategic Alliances, where they identified, created, and managed inbound and outbound partnerships with cutting-edge technology companies. Michael then moved to Fluke Networks in 2004 as a Product Marketing Manager for Wireless (Wi-Fi) Test and Measurement, EtherScope, and OmniView. In 2006, they joined Ekahau Inc. as the Director of Business Development & Sales for the West, selling Enterprise Software and Wi-Fi based real-time location systems into numerous industry verticals. After that, they joined GainSpan in 2010 as the Director of Sales for the Americas, selling Embedded Wi-Fi chipset(s) and Modules for IoT. In 2014, they moved to salesforce.com as an Account Executive for Commercial Mid-Market CRM SaaS, expanding SFDC share of applications/licenses for SaaS CRM, Marketing, and Service. In 2017, they joined Afero as the Director of Solution Sales for North America, focusing on IoT, Mobile Applications, Cloud PaaS, Analytics, and Embedded. In 2019, they moved to Revenera as a Major Account Manager for Silicon Valley, focusing on Enterprise Software, Analytics, and SCA. In 2021, they joined data.ai as a Sr. Account Manager for Strategic Accounts, focusing on Mobile Application Analytics. Most recently, they joined Pepper in 2022 as the Head of Global Sales, driving sales and sales organization strategy, responsible for pipeline growth, and identifying and engaging strategic partnerships.

Michael Hadley is currently working on a Graduate Certificate in Marketing from the WSU Carson College of Business, which is expected to be completed in 2022. Michael is also pursuing a Master of Business Administration from the same college, with a focus in Business Administration and Marketing, which is also expected to be completed in 2022. Michael previously earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Phoenix in Marketing.