Michael Gray is the CTO of Thrive. He has been a strong technology leader at Thrive over the past decade, contributing to the consulting, network engineering, managed services, and product development groups while continually being promoted up the ladder. Michael's technology career began at Dove Consulting and later Praecis, a biotechnology startup that was acquired by a top-five pharmaceutical firm in 2007. Serving in his current role, he is now responsible for Thrive’s R&D, and technology road-mapping vision, while also heading the security and application development practices. He is a member of several partner advisory councils and participates in many local and national technology events. Michael has a degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University, and he also maintains multiple technical certifications, including Fortinet, Sonicwall, Microsoft, ITIL, and Kaseya, and he maintains his Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).