Below are testimonials that were written about our Managing Member, Leonard E. Gray.
Lenny is the driving force behind every project and he is a “hands-on” manager who lives by the mantra, “We are only as good as our last job.” Since he defines ‘success’ as the defeat of failure, failure is never an option.
The testimonials below are many, but the reason to include all of them is simply to reinforce that The CSSC Group does not serve any vertical markets and that the projects that have been completed since 1986 have been disparate. This reinforces our philosophy that custom software is “industry agnostic”.
“Lenny is a highly skilled programmer/consultant. His mastery of programming tools and attention to user friendliness allow him to deliver sophisticated solutions, on time and with great value. I will use him again when the need arises.”
– Joe Beneduce, General Manager at Scott Tech Integrated Solutions
“Len Gray is an extremely knowledgeable individual with a broad background in the IT industry. He has brought his vast knowledge base to our facility on many occasions when called upon. I highly recommend Len Gray for any IT need, whether it be initial development, programming or IT problem solving. Len is an individual whose character is of the highest standards.”
– Len Capobianco, VP of Operations at Concorde Limousine
“Lenny is straight-forward, honest, completely reliable and a pleasure to work with. He knows what he is doing and will deliver on his commitments. I cannot recommend him highly enough.”
– Phil Miller, President at DCM
“Leonard is a true IT professional who understands solutions, time constraints, sense of urgency and responds accordingly to your needs. He truly listens to your issues and immediately comes up with workable solutions. I worked with him 25 years ago and have hired him on 3 occasions on both major and short-term consulting assignments during the last 10 years. A real asset to any organization, Leonard comes to you with my highest recommendation.”
– Barry Granet, CFO at Cambridge Silversmiths, LTD.
“Len managed a large team of people. He is a dynamic and effective leader who gets maximum effort from his people. Additionally, Len has strong hands-on technical and problem-solving skills. This enables him to take on any project and get it done on budget and on time.”
– John Mulligan, HR Manager at Buck Consultants, Inc.
“Len Gray is one of the brightest, technically capable, ambitious and experienced technology persons I have had the pleasure of knowing in my 30-year career. I have the highest regard for his abilities.”
– Steven J. D’Angelo, IT VP and Officer at New York Life Insurance
“Always on top of his work, a good manager and extremely efficient in developing business relationships.”
– Gustavo Sanchez, Partner at Sansima Consulting Group, Inc.
“In my time working with Lenny I have been the benefactor of his fervent dedication not only to his work, but his co-workers. In my career I have found few people willing or capable of working hard and rising to the tasks before them. I have had the privilege of working alongside Lenny as he has worked tirelessly over nights, weekends and holidays to support my group in a manner above and beyond his job description. Lenny always makes sure our group has everything we need to ensure our team has the capabilities to meet all of our deliverable at all times. Working on projects with Lenny he always guides the solution from “what do we need in the short run?” to “what is the long-term ideal we need to target?” Lenny’s skills extend far beyond IT and systems, to finance and management; making him an invaluable asset.”
– Johan van Duyvendijk, VP, Asset & Liability Risk Management at CIT Group, LLC
“Leonard is the consummate IT professional. As the CFO for large public companies, I have used Mr. Gray’s (and his teams) services on a number of occasions over the past fifteen years for complex system conversions and to ensure that we are using best practices both from a technological and security perspective. As the need arises, I wouldn’t hesitate to utilize his services again.”
– Jerold Novack, SEVP Asset Management at Bluerock Real Estate
“Lenny has done a spectacular job in managing the applications/servers we are using. Despite the complexity of the applications, he has successfully managed to get them up and running quickly and resolved all issues in a timely manner. Lenny is very reliable, willing to go the extra mile to get things done correctly and pleasant to work with.”
– Omer Samikoglu, Director Enterprise Risk Management at CIBC US
“Lenny has done a spectacular job in setting up and maintaining our QRM server environments. His attention to detail and quick responses to our requests and issues have been a staple of our work together.”
– Clinton E. Lively, Executive Director of CCAR at UBS
“I have known Len Gray for many years and have known him to be one of the best IT professionals in the business. His professional and technical skills are excellent. His vast knowledge across many industries makes him a valued asset to all that seek an IT industry professional who can meet the demands as an innovative Strategy Consultant, Business Process Optimization Executive. Len has excellent Project Management skills and is an effective communicator across all levels of the organization. I would highly recommend him to any organization seeking an IT professional.”
– Jack O’Prandy, Project Manager at SW Safety Solutions, Inc.
“Lenny is extremely professional and a result-driven individual. He always leverages his experience to mentor people around him. He led by example and his willingness to get things done.”
– Tin La, IT Senior Audit Manager at Verik
“Lenny is team-player while focusing on end results. He can manage multiple projects simultaneously and makes sure the deadlines are met, and he is doing this with well planning in advance. Working with him on a project has been always a good experience.”
– Pooya Farahvash, Director, Treasury Modeling and Analytics at American Express
“Lenny has been an extremely valuable resource to our IT team. His expertise within the Microsoft Access and database world is particularly worth noting. He is always professional and willing to help in any way he can.”
– John Reilly, VP Treasury Services at CIT Group, Inc.
“Leonard is a detailed-oriented person with unquestionable financial and internet technology experience. He is an important asset.”
– KC Blankenbuehler, Owner at Blankenbuehler & Associates LLC
“I worked with Lenny at CSSC Group and I was at White Systems as President. Our product offering was highly configurable and therefore required a lot of factory intervention to make quotes. Lenny helped us develop a product configuration program that greatly simplified this process and made it possible for our sales people to provide customers with budgetary price quotes in less time. I found Lenny to be a quick study in learning our requirements, creative in his solutions, and timely.”
– Chuck Clark, Sr, President at White Systems, Inc.
“Leonard’s experience and skills as a programmer/database developer are superb and turnaround time was excellent. Highly recommend and would use again without question.”
– Tim Averill, Chief Technology Officer at BlueHat Cyber
“Leonard was a pleasure to work with. We both were working on projects for Chubb Advanced Training in Parsippany, NY, and I was impressed with Leonard’s breadth of knowledge, his work ethic, and his positive attitude.”
– Sharman Staples, Programmer at PSMFC
“Lenny was hired to implement a Client Billing System for our company’s Third-Party Clients. I worked closely with Lenny on this project from the start. He extremely knowledgeable and easy to partner with. He listens to the needs of his clients and is very flexible and accommodating of any changes that occur. I highly recommend Lenny to anyone who is in need of the services he provides.”
– Bart Battista, Director at PGIM Fixed Income
“I worked with Mr. Gray while we collaborated in the creation of the hospital Patient Access Library program. I supplied the clinical admission triage information. He programmed what I identified that would be required in the admission and triage of psychiatric and substance abuse admissions to all levels of care within the RWJBarnabas Behavioral Health Care System. Mr. Gray is highly knowledgeable, responsible, and was meticulous in the production of the quality of the program he created. In the end, this program met the needs of the business office, administration, medical, nursing, pharmacy, utilization management, and employee assistance programs, among Mr. Gray’s many talents, I was always impressed with his ability to see the whole picture. This made what he created efficient, while not sacrificing the multiple demands required. I would highly recommend Mr. Gray as a valuable asset to any future client.”
– Gloria DeSalvo, Director at RWJBarbabas Health Care System
“Leonard Gray has provided excellent service to my customers. He is an accomplished software designer and will work tirelessly to ensure that the customer achieves the desired result. I recommend Leonard to any business needing software consulting of any kind.”
– Tim Gillis, Owner, Right Click Computer Services
“Lenny provides not only great programming and IT skills to the table, but also a fantastic understanding of your process and business needs. This allows Lenny to “out-think” many problems long before they are problems and helps create solutions that meet and exceed your long-term strategy. His IT knowledge is simply vast and has not met many professionals who come remotely close to Lenny’s skill, craft or knowledge and reliability.”
– Ed Romaine, VP Marketing and Business Development at Conveyco Technologies, Inc.
“Computer House of South Jersey, LLC had the great opportunity to work with Leonard Gray, (Managing Member at The CSSC Group, LLC.) on the design and implementation of a new Database and Management software application for a client of Computer House. Leonard was a pleasure to work with and his software development and ideas had exceeded our client’s expectations. Computer House highly-recommends Leonard Gray and his company.”
– Scott Howells, Co-Owner at Computer House of South Jersey, LLC