Gray was previously Director of Sales at No Starch Press, where he established their international distribution network and Linux Journal Press, a line of trade books on Open Source topics. Gray also founded and managed SuSE Inc., the US subsidiary of SuSE AG of Germany. While at SuSE Gray initiated strategic alliances with Oracle, Informix, VA Linux, Applix, Software AG and others.

Before SuSE, Gray held various positions in international sales and marketing with Walnut Creek CDROM (the main distributor of FreeBSD), and Frank Kasper & Associates, the world's largest specialty distributor of Linux books and software.

With more than five years experience using Linux and other UNIX systems, Gray prides himself as a behind-the-scenes Linux evangelist. Gray holds a B.A. in Political Science and German from Cornell University. He will spend the majority of his time working out of his Northern California home and can be reached via e-mail at jgray@ssc.com.

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