Michael Gleason graduated from Marietta College in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management. In addition, Michael has pursued continued education in AI and executive leadership, completing programs at Dartmouth's Tuck Executive Education Program and Stanford University LEAD Program. At Marietta College, Michael competed in rowing, served as student government vice president, and was a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity member.
Upon graduating from Marietta College, Michael started his career at Nortel Networks, where he held various roles in support, business operations, and program management for service provider networks. He joined Juniper Networks in 2012 and currently leads the Cloud Provider Services segment.
Michael and his wife, Karissa, live in Northern California with their two sons — Julian and Kieran.