Ray is Senior Researcher in the ADAPT Research Centre in Dublin City University (DCU), IRELAND. He began his career in industry as a software engineer, software consultant and project manager with LM Ericsson, Software and Systems Engineering Limited and Siemens. Joining the School of Computing DCU in 1995 he delivers AI, IoT and Data Governancemodules on Undergraduate, Masters, and PhD Programme and is current (2021) Chair of the Graduate Diploma in Web Technologies. Ray is also Chair of Big Data Value AssociationStandards Task Force, Chair of Network Development @ Gender Responsive Standards at the United NationsEconomic Committee for Europe, Chair of the External AdvisoryBoard of StandICT.eu, Chair of the Foresight Committee for EUOS, a Research Partner in StandICT2023.eu and Co-Lead on ELITE-S Fellowship Programmefor Emerging Technologies Standardization (Elite-Fellowships.eu). Ray has been a Digital Leader with World Economic Forumsince 2016 and was appointed to the IEEE European Public Policy Committeeon ICT in 2019 as the AI WG Lead for IEEE EPPC. Ray was also appointed in 2020 to the OECDNetwork of Experts (ONE AI).

ISO/IEC JTC 1 Roles

JTC1 SC42 Lead Editor 20547-3 Big Data Reference Architecture, Editor 20547-1, 20547-2, 20547-5

National Standards Authority of Ireland - Member of ISO/IEC JTC 1 Mirror (ICTSCC)

JTC1 SC41 IoT and Digital Twin (National Mirror Chair)

JTC 1 SC38 Cloud Computing Expert

JTC1 AG15 Standards and Regulation (SC42 Liaison)

JTC1 SC42 Liaison to European Commissions