Gary Olson

Current

Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Mu Dynamics, Inc.

Past

Director, US Software Sales Force at Sun Microsystems
Director, Sun Software Sales & Software Infrastructrure Systems Engineering at Sun Microsystems, Americas Region
Vice-President, U.S., Canada and Latin/South America, SOA/BI Division at Sun Microsystems, SOA/BI Division

Vice President, Central U.S. Region and Canada at SeeBeyond
Senior Account Executive/Regional Director, Central U.S. at SeeBeyond
Global Account Manager at PTC
National Acct Manager/CDA at Unilever
USAF Officer at United States Air Force

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Education

Troy State University-European Region
United States Air Force Academy

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Industry

Computer Software

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Gary Olson’s Experience

Vice President, Worldwide Sales

Mu Dynamics, Inc.

(Computer Software industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

Responsible for Global Sales and Operations. Mu Dynamics proactively eliminates the high cost of service, application and network downtime. Mu’s solution automates a systematic and repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime within IP services, applications, and underlying networks. The award-winning Mu solution is deployed at more than 100 locations, primarily at leading global service providers, cable operators and network equipment vendors. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Mu is backed by leading venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Focus Ventures. More information is available at www.mudynamics.com.
Director, US Software Sales Force

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)

Responsible for all U.S. Software Sales for Sun Microsystems
Director, Sun Software Sales & Software Infrastructrure Systems Engineering

Sun Microsystems, Americas Region

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

July 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Vice-President, U.S., Canada and Latin/South America, SOA/BI Division

Sun Microsystems, SOA/BI Division

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JAVA; Computer Hardware industry)

June 2005 — July 2006 (1 year 2 months)
Vice President, Central U.S. Region and Canada

SeeBeyond

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

June 2003 — June 2005 (2 years 1 month)
Senior Account Executive/Regional Director, Central U.S.

SeeBeyond

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

December 1999 — June 2003 (3 years 7 months)
Global Account Manager

PTC

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ptc; Computer Software industry)

January 1997 — December 1999 (3 years)
National Acct Manager/CDA

Unilever

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Supermarkets industry)

December 1994 — December 1997 (3 years 1 month)
USAF Officer

United States Air Force

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)

June 1988 — December 1994 (6 years 7 months)

Gary Olson’s Education

Troy State University-European Region

Masters , Public Administration , June 1991 — June 1994

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Phi Alpha
United States Air Force Academy

BS , Engineering, Political Science , 1983 — 1988