Chris Ray

About Chris Ray

As the Vice President of Cloud Technology at Maximus, I lead a team of over 110 IT professionals who support core IT services and client-focused business systems in AWS, Azure and Google. With 27 years of diverse IT experience, I have developed and implemented corporate technology initiatives, corporate data center migrations, and organizational transformations for a global leader in health and human services.My core competencies include team leadership, process improvement, organizational transformation, program management, systems engineering, service delivery, FinOps, Agile, DevOps, SRE, strategic planning, architecture, disaster recovery, security, compliance, vendor management, technical troubleshooting, and collaboration. I am certified in AWS, Azure, Google, SAFe, DevOps, FinOps, PMP and ITIL. My mission is to enable and empower my team to deliver innovative, secure, and scalable cloud solutions that meet the needs and expectations of our clients and stakeholders.

Experience

1. Vice President - Cloud Technology

   Maximus

   Mar 2021 — Present · US

   Lead a Cloud Operations team that support core IT services and client-focused business systems in AWS and Azure, as well as legacy on-premises infrastructure.Our team focuses on architecture, infrastructure hosting, security hardening, cloud compliance, database administration, application administration, code deployments, incident response, systems maintenance, cost management, etc.

Education

• Front Range Community College

  Associate of GS, Computer Information Systems

  1997 — 1999

• Regis University

  Master of Science, Computer Information Technology, Systems Engineering

  2003 — 2005

• Franklin University

  Bachelor of Science, Management Information Systems

  2000 — 2002

Skills

• Vendor Management
• IT Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Data Center
• IT Operations
• Process Improvement
• Security
• Project Portfolio Management
• Management
• Pmp
• Integration
• Requirements Analysis
• Project Management
• Training
• Operations Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Planning
• Itil
• Strategy
• Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Business Process
• Project Planning
• Business Intelligence
• Call Centers
• Pmo
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Visio
• Software Development
• Software Project Management
• Sdlc
• Infrastructure
• Enterprise Software
• Business Analysis
• Servers
• IT Strategy
• Information Technology