Mike Gamson, CEO of Relativity

Mike Gamson serves as the CEO of Relativity, an Illinois-based company that develops e-discovery and compliance software for law firms and the Department of Justice.

The company’s RelativityOne and Relativity Trace software-as-a-service platforms were designed to manage large volumes of data and identify key issues during litigation, internal investigations and compliance operations.

Gamson has more than 20 years of experience in recruitment, sales and product marketing, Relativity said. He joined the company in 2017 as a member of its advisory board before taking on the CEO role in 2019.

Prior to joining Relativity, Gamson oversaw LinkedIn’s global solutions organization and its more than 30 offices worldwide.

His work at LinkedIn was focused on supporting corporate customers with talent solutions, marketing solutions and sales solutions. Gamson also spent two years as vice president of sales at the company.

He previously served as director of product marketing at Advent Software, a provider of enterprise software for investment managers. He was responsible for Advent’s trading and order management businesses. 

His other roles at Advent included senior manager for product marketing, business manager, sales manager and sales representative.

In his LinkedIn profile, Gamson said he served for one year as a financial analyst at Bank of America. He analyzed the creditworthiness of transportation companies seeking debt or credit.  

Gamson earned a bachelor of arts degree in comparative religions and fine arts from Amherst College.