Paul Gray has been with Central Garden and Pet for 8 years.  

Mr. Gray was the Quality Director for the Garden Division of Central Garden and Pet for the first 4 years and then expanded into the Corporate Quality Director role with responsibility for the Quality Assurance Systems for both the Garden and Pet Divisions.  

Prior to joining Central, he graduated from North Carolina State University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.  He has worked in the consumer goods industry for 30 years in Engineering and Quality.   His experience includes working with Bosch, Stanley - Masonite, The Home Depot, and Newell Rubbermaid in Quality Management roles developing Quality Cultures within the organizations.

Paul has been married to his wife for 25 years and has one son who is attending college.

Matthew Wright is the founder & CEO of Specright, the first cloud-based platform for Specification Management. Specright has been recognized as a Gartner Cool Vendor, received the Salesforce Innovation Award and was named one of the Top Places to Work by the OC Register and Built in LA. Wright is also a published author and his book, “The Evolution of Products and Packaging”, was named to the Amazon Hot New Release List for Industrial Relations Business and has a five star rating. 

Prior to founding Specright, Wright spent more than 25 years in the packaging industry, holding leadership positions at International Paper, Temple Inland, and rightPAQ — a packaging company he co-founded. He has also been involved in leading multiple M&A deals in the packaging industry and sits on the Packaging Advisory Board at Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo.