Paul Gray is Professor Emeritus of Information Science at Claremont Graduate University and is a distinguished scholar in the discipline, with research focusing on decision support systems and data warehousing.  He received his PhD from Stanford University.  Gray worked for 18 years in research and development organizations, including 9 years at Stanford Research Institute.  He is a past president of The Institute of Management Sciences, a predecessor of INFORMS.  Gray is currently editor of the Communications of AIS as well as on the editorial boards of seven other professional journals.  He has written 13 books and 85 scientific articles.