“IDeaS is unique in its ability to provide an extendable product offering as a Software-as-a-Service business,” said Gray. “I look forward to leveraging my experience to enable IDeaS to scale its business and the associated technology to the next level.”
Gray brings vast experience in product development, business development, architecture and platform development, and system support to IDeaS. Prior to IDeaS, Gray worked for West Publishing and Thomson Corporation focusing on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the legal, financial and scientific markets. While at Thomson, Gray lead the development of a number of customer facing solutions including Shepard’s Citations on Westlaw and Shepard’s PreView on Westlaw. In addition he lead the development of multi-site, high availability architectures and infrastructure for Thomson products.
“From our valued clients and partners to employees, everyone involved with IDeaS will benefit greatly with Mike at the helm of our technical team,” said Ed Booth, CEO and chairman of IDeaS. “We are confident that his strong, inspiring leadership and proven success will help us move more rapidly into on-demand applications in the fast-growing forecasting, optimization and pricing space.”