Michael K. Gray has been with Dell for over 10 years and is considered an expert on Dell's unique approach to supply chain management. He has been a lead architect for many of the critical business processes that allow Dell to achieve its unprecedented levels of inventory while maintaining industry-leading customer service. He is currently a member of the Global Supply Chain Strategies team charged with improving the tools and processes Dell and their supplier partners use to monitor and manage the supply chain.

Before moving into his role as senior strategist, Mr. Gray served as Dell's strategic commodity manager for processors and memory; production control manager; and senior manager for regional procurement.

Mr. Gray spent the first 11 years of his career with IBM Corp. in a variety of functions including procurement, production control and master scheduling. In his final assignment, Mr. Gray served as the production control manager of IBM's personal computer manufacturing facility in Boca Raton, Florida. He then spent two years with Square D Company at their electronics assembly plant in Clearwater, Florida, as a materials operations manager and plant manager prior to joining Dell.

Mr. Gray graduated Magna Cum Laude from New England College in New Hampshire with a BA in Accounting/Management. He is a lifetime Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) with the Institute for Supply Management (formally known as the National Association of Purchasing Management) and also is Certified in Integrated Resource Management (CIRM) from the American Production and Inventory Management Society.