Gray has been in the securities industry for nearly 20 years, starting in 1990 with Wheat, First Securities.   Prior to his joining Oyster, Gray managed a staff of 80 with responsibilities of Credit/Margin risk and processing for 175 Clearing firms, Regulatory Reporting, New Accounts, Employee Stock Option and Restricted Stock sales processing.  Gray is an experienced leader with proficiency in the areas of budget and staffing, identifying and implementing technology solutions, and identifying metrics for measurement of activities and improvements to process.  In his last position at Wachovia Securities, he was also responsible for maintaining his department’s Business Continuity Plan, designing and implementing Sarbanes-Oxley procedures and testing, and writing and maintenance of Policies and Procedures.

Gray is a graduate of Emory & Henry College with a Bachelor of Arts in History.  He has participated in the VCU Business School’s Executive Development Program, and received the Securities and Compliance Professional Series Certificate from the University of the Richmond School of Continuing Studies.  Gray has passed the FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 exams which are currently inactive, and recently obtained his PMI Project Management Professional (“PMP”) Certification.