Over the past 19 years, Cody Horton has enjoyed a number of leadership, operations and recruiting roles.

Cody has joined Wal-Mart as the Director of University Relations.

Most recently, he led the Diversity Recruiting and University Relations team at Dell. Previously, he managed the talent acquisition team supporting Dell Global Services. Before joining Dell, Cody was the National Diversity Recruiting Manager for Deloitte Services LP and was responsible for creating and implementing recruiting strategies for building a more diverse and inclusive workforce.

Prior to Deloitte Services LP, he served over 5 years at Microsoft where he worked as an Enterprise Technical Support Manager, Senior Technical Recruiter and Diversity Staffing Consultant.  Cody says that one of the most rewarding aspects of his career has been the opportunity to work with so many smart and passionate people.

Before joining Microsoft, Cody was a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), teaching networking and IT courses to perspective network engineers and trainers.

Cody started his career in the US Navy where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander and served in a variety of leadership, recruiting, and operational roles.

In Cody's word, "My experience as a Naval Officer gave me the opportunity to gain leadership and management experience very early in my career, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. As a Naval Officer, I was given tremendous responsibility for people, operations and assets. It was great to have the opportunity to solve management, technical and people problems during my career in the Navy".  

Cody earned a Masters of Science in Management (Information Technology) from the Naval Postgraduate School, a Bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico and is a Certified Diversity Recruiter.

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