Dr. Jeffery Ray is a Director II, Engineering Systems, for BAE Systems serving as a Chief Engineer on a large networking and cloud engineering program. He holds BS and MS degrees in Engineering from the University of Maryland College Park, a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Maryland School of Law, a MS degree from the George Washington University (GWU) in Engineering Management, and a Doctor of Management degree from SMC University.
At Leidos, Dr Ray served as a Program Manager that conducted the project startup of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Digital Infrastructure (DI) program, served as a Principal Systems Engineer for the Leidos Innovation Center (LInC), and was a member of the Leidos Systems Engineering Center of Excellence.
Dr. Ray holds a Certified Systems Engineering Professional (CSEP), a Project Management Professional (PMP), Six Sigma Black Belt, and Certified Digital Transformation Executive (CDTE) certifications, is a licensed Attorney at Law, registered Professional Engineer (PE), and an instrument rated private pilot with detailed knowledge of the National Airspace System (NAS). He is a member of INCOSE, PMI, is a Co-Director of the Institute of Digital Business Strategy (IDBS), and mentors’ international doctoral candidates through the dissertation process. Dr. Ray is a Professor, Member of the Graduate Faculty, and supports the Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Advisory Boards at UMBC. He teaches graduate level courses in Project Management (PM), Systems Engineering (SE) and Organizational Learning, and has developed and presented numerous SE training courses to the National Security Administration (NSA).
Dr. Ray has 38 years of Project Management and Systems Engineering experience that includes broad-based problem solving related to the structured acquisition of military and Information Technology systems. He stood up and managed a Systems Integration and Test Lab (SITL) for 12 years at Northrup Grumman and has an expert level of understanding related to the testing and qualification of large, complex, software intensive systems, and brings structured process controls to software development, integration and test activities. Dr. Ray’s technical skills include all aspects of Systems Engineering, defining systems and functional architectures, C4ISR architecting, project planning and control, scheduling, budget forecasting, and EVM status reporting, developing force protection, first responder, airborne ISR and CBRNE sensing and alert reporting systems, and qualification of integrated C4ISR and CBRNE software applications.
2009 – 2014
1997 – 2001
1987 – 1991
1981 – 1982
1977 – 1980
2022 – Present
2018 – 2022
2016 – 2018
1991 – 2016
2011 – Present
Certifications and Activities:
Co-Founder, Co-Director;
Institute of Digital Business Strategy (IDBS)
Co-Founder, Co-Director;
Burundi Management Innovation lab (BMIL)
Dr. Ray coauthored the book The Definitive Guide to a Digital Business Strategy, coauthored an invited chapter on Smart Organizational Learning with Digital Transformation, and authored over 30 research papers related to management, engineering, organizational learning, and marketplace analysis topics.
Recently, and just released in June 2023, Dr. Ray coauthored an invited chapter titled “Smart Organizational Learning with Digital Transformation,” in the book titled, “Digital Strategies and Organizational Transformation,” as edited by G. Reza Djavanshir, and as published by World Scientific Publishing Company. Dr. Ray also coauthored the paper titled, “Detecting ADS-B Reply Cyberattacks in the National Airspace System which was published in the Journal of Issues in Information Systems, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 170-185 in 2023.
Selected Publications:
Ray, J. S., Mubako, A. T (2023). Smart Organizational Learning with Digital Transformation. In J. Liebowitz (Ed.), Digital Strategies and Organizational Transformation. Singapore: World Scientific Publications.
Ray, G. M., and Ray, J. S. (2023). Detecting ADS-B Replay Cyberattacks in the National Airspace System. Journal of Issues in Information Systems, Vol. 24, Issue 1, pp. 170-185. Download at: https://doe.org/10.48009/1_iis_2023_115.
Ray, G. M., Mubako, A. T., Kashiri, W., Ruhode, E., Ray, J. S., (2021). Security Implications in the Transformation of Healthcare through Internet of Things Devices. Security in Healthcare Transformation Conference. IDBS: Cape Town, South Africa.
Mubako, A. T., and Ray, J. S. (2020), The Definitive Guide to a Digital Business Strategy, Institute for Digital Business Strategy, Cape Town, South Africa. Download at: https://www.amazon.com.
Ray, J. S. (2015), “Dispelling the Myth that Organizations Learn from Failure.” UMBC, Baltimore Maryland, December 25, 2015. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2776873.
Ray, J. S. (2014), “Advancing Knowledge Creation Modelling through Improved Organizational Communications,” paper presented to SMC University, September 2014, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctors of Management degree.
Ray, J. S. (2012), “Evolving Human Resource (HR) Management to Cope with Disruptive Innovation Technologies.” Available at: http://ssrm.com/abstract=2173815.
Ray, J. S. (2012), “The Process of Capturing Innovation.” Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2166093.
Ray, J. S. (2012), “Assessing the Success of Sarbanes Oxley.” Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2103555.