Prior to the birth of The Net Effect, Glenda was Community Development Director for the Mobile Area Free-Net (1995-1996), after more than two years as a software consultant specializing in computerized litigation support. She became adept in database design and management and PC applications working for law firms in Mobile, Washington, D.C. and Paris, France.

Glenda holds a B.A. from the University of South Alabama (1986), and a maîtrise from Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris, France (1989).