Mike Gray

Current

• Chief Architect, Manager of Core Engineering at KACE
• Owner at Soma Properties, LLC

Past

• Architect at Startup Weekend Columbus
• Senior Researcher at OSU Biomedical Informatics
• Architect of Core Products, Manager of Core Engineering at AvantGo, Inc.

• Senior Consultant at Netscape Communications Corp.
• Staff Programmer at IBM
• Lead Analyst at Healthcare Research Systems

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Education

• Franklin University
• The Ohio State University
• Cambridge High School

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Connections

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Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Mike Gray’s Summary

My interests revolve around working in a team environment to design, develop and deploy applications that will benefit millions of users.

Mike Gray’s Specialties:

C#, .NET, C/C++, Java, SQL, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, HTML, Javascript, DHTML, CSS, XML, ASP.NET, JSP, Win32, Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, LDAP

Mike Gray’s Experience

• Chief Architect, Manager of Core Engineering

  KACE

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2005 — Present (4 years 7 months)

• Owner

  Soma Properties, LLC

  (Partnership; 1-10 employees; Real Estate industry)

  May 2003 — Present (6 years 3 months)

  Investment properties, apartment buildings

• Architect

  Startup Weekend Columbus

  (Computer Software industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Senior Researcher

  OSU Biomedical Informatics

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

  February 2002 — April 2005 (3 years 3 months)

  Grid computing, Distributed computing, .NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Web Services, C++, SQL Server, Java, DataCutter

• Architect of Core Products, Manager of Core Engineering

  AvantGo, Inc.

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; AVGO; Computer Software industry)

  April 1998 — November 2001 (3 years 8 months)

  AvantGo Server, My AvantGo, Mobile Sales, C, Apache, Java, XML, HTML, JavaScript, DOM, HTTP, COM, MySQL, Palm, PocketPC, RIM, Siebel Sales

• Senior Consultant

  Netscape Communications Corp.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NSCP; Internet industry)

  May 1997 — April 1998 (1 year)

  Web applications, Java, JavaScript, LDAP, CORBA, DHTML, Informix, Sybase, Oracle
  Customers: Federal Express, ACT, Inc.

• Staff Programmer

  IBM

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Computer Software industry)

  August 1996 — May 1997 (10 months)

  Sales reporting, Java, Netscape IFCs, Servlet, DB2, JDBC, SAP

• Lead Analyst

  Healthcare Research Systems

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  March 1994 — August 1996 (2 years 6 months)

Mike Gray’s Education

• Franklin University

  MBA , Business Administration , April 2004 — August 2005

  Entrepreneurship Focus, GPA 3.93

• The Ohio State University

  BS , Computer Science , September 1991 — August 1996

  I worked full-time as a software developer while attending college full-time.

• Cambridge High School

  1987 — 1991

Additional Information

Mike Gray’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company
• My Blog

Mike Gray’s Interests:

Technology, Investing, Business

Mike Gray’s Groups:

Big Brothers Big Sisters, Columbus Ruby Brigade, Central Ohio .NET Users Group

•    ExMozilla
•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Central Ohio Network
•    LinkedColumbus
•    Startup Specialists
•    Columbus, Ohio Technology Professional's
•    Buckeye Alumni Network
•    Tweeple
•    Franklin University's Alumni Group
•    Ohio Professionals
•    Cocoa and Cocoa Touch Developers
•    Ohio Web Leaders (OWL)
•    Startup Weekend Columbus
•    The Ohio 200 Linked
•    Mobile start-ups - 5000+ members and growing!
•    LinkedWorking Columbus
•    Netscape Communications Alumni
•    Execunet Columbus
•    Ohio Business Network
•    Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) - Columbus Chapter
•    Columbus MBA Club
•    Interactive Marketers of Ohio
•    TechLife Columbus
•    Security MBA
•    Entrepreneur Columbus
•    AvantGo Alumni

Mike Gray’s Honors:

US Patent 6,341,316 - System, method, and computer program product for synchronizing content between a server and a client based on state information
US Patent 6,421,717 - System, method, and computer program product for customizing channels, content, and data for mobile devices
US Patent 6,553,412 - System, method, and computer program product for web content aggregation and development, and web content delivery to clients
US Patent 6,779,042 - System, method, and computer program product for enabling on-device servers, offline forms, and dynamic ad tracking on mobile devices
US Patent 6,839,744 - System, method, and computer program product for administering channels, content, and data for mobile devices
US Patent 7,000,032 - System, method, and computer program product for syncing to mobile devices
US Patent 7,263,547 - System, method, and computer program product for customizing channels
US Patent D564,522 - Front panel for information technology automation appliance

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