Clayton Fields

grew up around technology long before he made it his career. Both of his parents worked for a major technology company. His father was a finance manager, while his mother worked as a sales engineer. Their careers gave him an early look at the business world, but his own path began with more ordinary experiences. As a child, Fields played baseball year-round and participated in Boy Scouts. After losing his father at a young age, he entered the workforce as a teenager. He started in landscaping before moving into retail. While attending college, Fields helped manage the front of house at a restaurant and worked in technology distribution. He later moved into consumer technology sales and graduated with honors, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. His professional career took him into commercial sales at a major technology company, where he spent nearly a decade working across client services, infrastructure, storage, and business applications.

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