Brandon Clark is an account manager at Microsoft working in Paid Search on their Global Corporate Sales team. Brandon is originally from Marietta, Ga where he resided until going to college at the University of Alabama. Brandon is a strong advocate for community utilizing most of his time outside of the classroom serving in roles committed to bringing diverse groups of individuals together. This led him to be a founding member of his university’s first diversity center and served as director over the center. Since joining Microsoft, Brandon has continued his passion for building community through his active participation in Microsoft recruitment efforts of diverse talent specifically from colleges and universities for Microsoft’s MACH program. Brandon also prides himself on being a strategic thinker focusing on ways to grow business at scale. He’s showed his commitment to this through continued success by continuing to surpass sales goals set before him. In his spare time, Brandon enjoys expanding his knowledge on the digital media space and its influence on today’s businesses. He often serves as consultant to his friend’s small businesses on how to expand their reach online.