Rich Gay

Rich Gay joined PowerSchool in 2003, and over the years has expanded his role from Engineering Manager to his current position as Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Development with responsibility for engineering, quality assurance, and hosting operations. Rich has led the PowerSchool R&D team’s substantial improvements in PowerSchool products over the past decade, including technology stack and hosting operations modernization, internationalization, and ability to scale to handle even the largest school districts. He was the founder and former CEO of Foresight Technology for 10 years, a software product and services company. Rich received a BSEE in Electronic Engineering from University of Arkansas.

Rich is an avid outdoorsman and adrenaline junky. He loves hiking, backpacking, scuba diving, and riding his motorcycle in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He dreams of a return to amateur auto racing now that his son has graduated high school.