The TDS Management Team

We are a tight-knit group with a passion for creating a great, client-driven organization – for building the best IT services firm in the business.  Learn more about our team in the bios below.

Michael E. Bullock
President and Co-Founder

After 15 years running IT operations at several Boston-area companies, Mike launched TDS in 2002.  Today, Mike leads the firm’s strategy development and overall operations, with the help of his exceptional management team.

From 2000 to 2002, Mike was vice president of technology at Student Advantage Inc., where Mike was responsible for developing new systems and technology operations.   From 1998 to 2000, he was vice president of technology at iCAST, an online entertainment company created by Internet incubator CMGI.

Prior to that, Mike was the vice president of technology for Renaissance Worldwide Inc. as they grew to a $1 billion publicly traded professional services firm.  Mike was in charge of all aspects of the firm’s technology operations, and managed the technology integration from 26 companies acquired by Renaissance over two years.

Earlier in his career, Mike was director of network services for a large Boston hospital (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center), manager of network services for General Cinema Corp., and a network/software engineer at Alpine Computer Systems. Mike has a B.A. from Providence College in math and computer science. In his leisure time, he focuses on his family, exercise and gourmet cooking.

Craig Macfarlane
Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder

For more than 30 years, Craig has been a chief technology officer and/or managed large IT projects including Internet systems at a number of Boston-area companies.   Prior to co-founding TDS, Craig directed the technology strategy and execution at Student Advantage and iCAST.

Before iCAST, Craig was vice president of advanced media development at Strategic Interactive Group (now called Digitas), a Boston-based direct marketer and interactive agency firm.  He led teams that designed and built websites and content management systems for IBM, AT&T, Kraft, LL Bean and other companies.

In 1994 and 1995, Craig directed the growth, operations and services of a regional Internet provider and Web hosting company, The Internet Access Company.  From 1978 to 1992, he deployed and managed a variety of global computer networks at Bolt, Beranek and Newman, a Cambridge, Mass.-based technology firm.  This included networks for the U.S. government including ARPANET (the precursor to the Internet), NEARNET and TWBNet.

When Craig isn’t running marathons, he spends time with his wife and two sons.

Steve Gunderson
Principal, Vice President of Sales

Steve has more than 20 years of experience in global computer networks and commercial data centers.  He was co-founder and executive manager at two commercial data center companies, Enclave Properties and CO Space, the latter of which was purchased for $244 million just two years after it was founded.

Steve was previously a senior executive at three major telecommunications firms -- MCI Communications, Williams Communications and Broadwing Communications (where he increased revenue from $20 million to $200 million in just two years).

Steve has a B.S. in business administration from Texas A&M University.  Steve and his wife Robin are active in humanitarian outreach with HOPEsudbury, and at Parmenter Community Health and Hospice.

Brian Ritchie
Principal, Vice President of Business Development

Brian is a senior executive with over 25 years of sales, marketing and business leadership experience.  Before joining TDS Brian spent 8 years at GlassHouse Technologies, where he was SVP and General Manager of Infrastructure Operations Services and SVP of Sales.  While there, he grew the services business from $9M to $17.5M in 2 years, and as SVP of Sales grew revenue from $1.4M to $21M.

Prior to GlassHouse, Brian held senior executive positions at several technology companies, including Blackstone Computing, and Alphatronix, where he negotiated the acquisition of Alphatronix by Auspex Systems.

Brian holds an MBA from Northeastern, and a BS, Electrical Engineering, from the University of Rhode Island.

Chris Gillis
Principal, Vice President of Technical Operations

For more than 15 years, Chris Gillis has managed technical teams in data centers, networking, computer server administration, telecommunications, desktop support and application development. 

Chris has helped numerous companies manage their information technology infrastructure, including Boston Medical Center, Kayak.com, Trinity Healthcare, UBS Financial Services and Partners Healthcare.  Chris has extensive experience in helping clients manage extraordinary change, such as mergers and acquisitions, downsizing and rapid growth.

Tim Schutt
Principal, V.P. Data Center Relocations

Tim is responsible the data center relocation operations at TDS.  Tim brings over 25 years experience managing people, processes and budgets as in executive and operations roles at Palm, Inc., SunGard Securities,  Paymentech and Wang Laboratories.

Tim has a proven track record for building and managing exceptional operations teams with a focus on providing superior service and customer satisfaction.  Tim received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts.

Eric Kraieski
Principal, VP Enterprise Applications

Eric leads the Enterprise Applications Services practice for TDS where his team architects, deploys and manages enterprise applications including open source ERP, MRP, eCommerce, corporate websites and the integration of mobile / handheld technology.

Eric brings over 25 years technology, product management and marketing leadership to TDS.  Before joining TDS, Eric was President of OnlineCMO where he helped large enterprise global companies including EMC/RSA, IBM, Cognos and Xerox improve market execution.

Earlier in his career, Eric held executive leadership roles in marketing and product management for local startups Proteon, NetSilicon and Vividon (two taken to IPO and the other through acquisition). Eric has a BS in Computer Science from the Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.

Gary Wong
Principal, VP Critical Infrastructure

Gary has more than 25 years experience in the design, build and operations of data center facilities nationwide.   

Prior to joining TDS, Gary was an executive at Wright Line, American Power Conversion (APC) and Fidelity Investments where he directed large efforts in data center site selection, facility design / build, facility efficiency and operations. 

Gary has a BS in Environmental Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and holds related certificates from organizations including OSHA and AEE.

The TDS executive team possesses the capabilities for managing a fast-growing IT services firm and maintaining exceptional quality in the services it delivers.