Erik Gray
Short CV
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Experience
Executive Management Consultant (2007-Present)
Consultant engaged in helping companies to develop strategic plans and leverage technology . This includes the use of
computer-mediated human communication systems for collaboration and training/education. IT Enterprise consulting
in heterogeneous (Unix/Legacy/Win) infrastructure. Responsible for project management/PMO oversight, contract
negotiation, grant and proposal development, specifications design, SOW development & oversight, product testing and
sales training.
Work also includes Pre-IPO advisor/Project Manager, technology-based intellectual property valuation and pricing.
Numerous Think Tank engagements with private/public entities and consulting firms.
InfrAegis (Formally Intel Agents) @ Argonne National Labs (2003-2006)
Chief Technology Officer and Project Manager @ Argonne National Labs project related to radioisotope detection using
adhoc mesh/dynamic sensor networks. NDA still in effect.
VulcanGate (2000-2004) Software development subsidiary of Vulcan Microsystems.
Designed/built web and database development projects ranging from an intelligent -agent-based web-crawler/search
engine project (using internal innovations with technologies from Sun, IBM’s DB2 and WebSphere), to database-enabled
web sites for e-commerce and corporate intranet portals. Managed teams of Java programmers, graphic designers,
and client/project representatives.
Vulcan Microsystems (1998-2004)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Vulcan, managed all technical and consulting operations. Managed executive-
level relationships with fortune 500 executives, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean, Perry Ellis
International Bank of America and others. Responsible for growth to $18M in sales. Negotiated VAR contracts with IBM,
Oracle, StorageTek, Hitachi, and Sun as a top-tier Enterprise Elite StarFire-certified SUN Microsystems Partner.
Vulcan was also Sun iForce Education Partner for South Florida. Responsible for the Edu Systems Sales and
Engineering team which specialized in thin client and datacenter solutions. Clients included FIU, University of Miami,
Dade County Schools, St. Thomas, Nova and other Florida State and Private Universities. Vulcan also sat on the
technology advisory committee for Florida Atlantic University.
Vulcan obtained technical Unix Enterprise certifications from Sun, earning "Enterprise Elite Systems Engineer."
Obtained WebSphere and DB2 administration certifications from IBM, and additional certifications from Oracle,
Exabyte, Hitachi, NetScape, Citrix, Nortel, and others.
Vulcan received comprehensive training and certifications from IBM and Sun. At the time Vulcan was the only VAR
Resume:
Specialized in thin client solutions for mixed-OS environments including Macintosh, Linux, Windows and UNIX .
Vulcan was selected by Sun Enterprise Services to represent Sun on the $5M+ Carnival Cruise Lines enterprise
services account advisory team as the only non-Sun-internal technical advisor on any Sun services team.
Vulcan created and ran the exclusive: "The South Florida Storage Area Network Symposium" with 300+ corporate
executives and IT managers as paid attendees, 12 Fortune 500 vendors, Vulcan provided three days of technical
sessions and training.
Represented IBM and Sun as a presenter/lecturer on database/web integration and server database sizing and tuning
at national and international technical conferences including HPC Benchmarks (2000-2003).
Vulcan Additional Certifications and Awards
Awards:
IBM Innovative Solutions award for Intelligent Agent design 2002,
Merisel Open Computing Alliance Entrepreneur Award 2001
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Technical Certifications:
Sun Enterprise Computing Certified System Engineer
Sun Enterprise Elite Competency 2000
Nortel Carrier Class ATM
Harris Network Administration
VERITAS Cluster Data Center
IBM DB2/WebSphere Obtained Sun Microsystems certification in the integration of mixed server environment
Other enterprise: Exabyte, Hitachi, Netscape, VMWare, Citrix, Gadzooks, Corning, StorageTek, IBM, HP etc…
Sales certifications and training:
Sun Workgroup & Enterprise Solutions Sales Elite, including Cluster, SunRay, Star/SunFire, StorEdge .
IBM WebSphere/DB2 e-Commerce
HP Data Center Storage
IBM Enterprise Consulting
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