Garrett specializes in information technology and is on the board of directors of nCircle Network Security, Xelerated, and Nanomix.
[5] In 1995, Gruener alongside David Warthen, a consulting engineer, created a company called Ask Jeeves.
[10] Virtual Microsystems Inc (VMI) software[11][12] enabled running MS-DOS and CP/M application programs on Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX minicomputers.
[13] As of mid-1988, Virtual Microsystems Inc (VMI) and Logicraft were "the only commercially available products that let VAX/VMS systems run standard off-the-shelf PC applications from terminals and VAXstations.
"[13] VMI's "The Bridge" facilitated using the DEC machine's hard disk, which in turn provided better backups than individualized floppy-based arrangements.
[10] Gruener is married to Amy Slater, an attorney and lecturer on the subject of negotiations and conflict resolution at the Goldman School of Public Policy and at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.