− | Mr. King has founded four companies, and enjoys the technical and business challenges of birthing totally new ideas. He started his first company, The Computer Workshop, with a friend while still in high school. It was featured on EyeWitness news and the New York Times<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/02/garden/an-enterprising-computer-vacation.html New York Times]</ref>. As a sophomore at [http://www.mit.edi M.I.T.], Ray created a project management software package for his father's architectural firm. This project became Ray's second company, [http://www.sema4.com/ Semaphore, Inc.] By 1990, it was rated No. 1 in its space by ARCHITECTURE Magazine. Ten years later, Semaphore had more than 2,500 clients and 100 employees. After Semaphore was acquired by [http://www.deltek.com Deltek Systems, Inc.] in 2000<ref>[http://www.deltek.com/company/pressroom/showfullstory.asp?show=177&YR=2000 Deltek Pressroom]</ref>, Ray moved from New York City to Portland, Oregon, to co-found [[SnapNames|SnapNames.com]]<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory3.htm DNJournal]</ref>. The company invented several new ways for people to acquire domain names, and grew to more than $49 million in annual revenue by the time it was acquired by [[Oversee.net]] in 2007.<ref>[https://www.snapnames.com/SnapNamesandOverseeJoinForces.html SnapNames Announcement]</ref>. [[AboutUs]].org, is the world's largest editable index of the Web. The site offers both paid and free services for small business owners looking to drive more traffic to their websites. [[AboutUs|AboutUs.org]] serves millions of unique visitors per month. | + | Mr. King has founded four companies and enjoys the technical and business challenges of birthing totally new ideas. He started his first company, The Computer Workshop, with a friend while still in high school. It was featured on EyeWitness news and the New York Times<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/02/garden/an-enterprising-computer-vacation.html New York Times]</ref>. As a sophomore at [http://www.mit.edi M.I.T.], Ray created a project management software package for his father's architectural firm. This project became Ray's second company, [http://www.sema4.com/ Semaphore, Inc.] By 1990, it was rated No. 1 in its space by ARCHITECTURE Magazine. Ten years later, Semaphore had more than 2,500 clients and 100 employees. After Semaphore was acquired by [http://www.deltek.com Deltek Systems, Inc.] in 2000<ref>[http://www.deltek.com/company/pressroom/showfullstory.asp?show=177&YR=2000 Deltek Pressroom]</ref>, Ray moved from New York City to Portland, Oregon, to co-found [[SnapNames|SnapNames.com]]<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/columns/coverstory3.htm DNJournal]</ref>. The company invented several new ways for people to acquire domain names, and grew to more than $49 million in annual revenue by the time it was acquired by [[Oversee.net]] in 2007.<ref>[https://www.snapnames.com/SnapNamesandOverseeJoinForces.html SnapNames Announcement]</ref>. [[AboutUs]].org, is the world's largest editable index of the Web. The site offers both paid and free services for small business owners looking to drive more traffic to their websites. [[AboutUs|AboutUs.org]] serves millions of unique visitors per month. |
− | Wrote financial management software for his father's architectural firm and eventually started a company to go with that. The product, Sema4, is used by approximately 2,500 firms in the U.S.; its clients ranges from 10 employee operations to 1,000 person companies. Semaphore, Inc. ultimately grew to 100+ employees split across 4 offices (New York, California, Minnesota and Oregon) and was sold to Deltek Systems, Inc. on August 9th of 2000. | + | Wrote financial management software for his father's architectural firm and eventually started a company to go with that. The product, Sema4, is used by approximately 2,500 firms in the U.S.; its clients range from 10 employee operations to 1,000 person companies. Semaphore, Inc. ultimately grew to 100+ employees split across 4 offices (New York, California, Minnesota and Oregon) and was sold to Deltek Systems, Inc. on August 9th of 2000. |
− | After 1 year of college, Ray took time off to start MicroTrek Enterprises with 2 CPA's from Price Waterhouse. | + | After 1 year of college, Ray took time off to start MicroTrek Enterprises with 2 CPAs from Price Waterhouse. |