Dr. Ray is the Co- Director and he is an  IDBS Executive Board member, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge on system architecture, strategy and knowledge management in the digital era.  His professional bio is outstanding ; Dr. Ray is currently also the CTO at Blue Glacier Management Group and has 35 years of project management, organizational management, and senior systems engineering experience that includes broad-based problem solving related to the structured acquisition of information technology systems.  He managed airborne ISR, cybersecurity, and vehicle integration projects, and set up and managed a Software Integration and Test Lab (SITL) for 12 years. He is a practiced and effective speaker with excellent verbal and writing skills. Dr. Ray is also a Professor and Member of the Graduate Faculty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) and teaches graduate level Project Management, International Project Management, Systems Engineering, and Organizational Learning courses. Dr. Ray is also an Adjunct Professor at SMC University (Zug, Switzerland) where he mentors Doctoral candidates through the dissertation process, and teaches online courses in Management, Advanced Political Economy, Law and the State, World and Comparative Politics, Performance Management, International Relations, and Contracts and Negotiations. If you would like to contact Jeffrey directly, e-mail :  jeff.ray@institutedbs.com