Ray Heath Email & Phone Number

I'm a business consultant mostly helping firms involved with software development. I ensure executives and development teams succeed. . .• Articulated strategic vision, core principals and policies – where ‘articulate’ doesn’t mean just saying something well; but rather establishes processes and structures that ensure these top-level imperatives are understood, implemented, and consistently and accountably reflected throughout the firm.• Listened and learned. Set direction, embraced change, championed and rewarded those who drove value creation or demonstrated courage.• Drove compliance with principles and policies, applicable laws, rules and regulations, to exceed ethical standards and external expectations.• Undertook budgeting responsibility, planning, review, approval and oversight. Provided for resource acquisition, and operational control over resources.• Drove talent accusation, retention and growth – hiring, performance evaluations, coaching, and disciplinary actions. Ensured associates are well-informed and respected. Empowered team members at all levels to make decisions. Ensured a compassionate, professional, productive, and transparent culture.• Managed, influenced and negotiated with senior leaders across functions to establish and achieve goals.• Helped leaders and associates create/adopt effective process and overcome low-value distractions.• Resolved complicated and unique issues in dynamic situations – utilizing personal in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures, internal and external sources of expertise, and relevant analytic tools.• Communicated and negotiated with external parties to bring value out of the void and order out of chaos.• Ensured we deliver on promises, deliver world-class products and deliver world-class customer service.• Fulfilled CEO, CTO, COO and CMO responsibilities.• Represented my client’s senior executive management and engineering to their clients and partners. Negotiated with, and provided technical leadership to their clients and partners.• Represented my client’s senior executive management to their own technical employees, contractors and consultants. Ensured appropriate communication, insight and expectations between all parties.• Used both hard technical and soft skills to align multiple departments (even separate corporations) into successful, effective solutions.• Designed and implemented workflows to automate product/service-proposal and project-proposal evaluation, approval and management processes – prioritizing financial discipline and accountability.• Wrote a LOT of code!

• Chief Executive Officer

  Ray Heath, Llc

  Aug 2007 - Present - Tampa Bay Area, Florida

  For more than 20 years I’ve counseled senior-level executives and managed software development teams facing intractable challenges or in pursuit of inspired dreams. I’ve also written a lot of code. Many leaders provide endorsements that evidence the depth and force of my own technical expertise. They also advocate my resolute regard for integrity, trustworthiness, and soft skills (collaboration, negotiation, influence, and leadership).I invest in people. The projects that I’ve led succeeded because I took the time to help people build professional competence, confidence, leadership, and ultimately trustworthiness.I invest in progress. Software applications, tech stacks, tools, processes, cultures, and the problems they seek to solve rightly undergo dramatic transformations. Such concerns are at the core of my own work. Survival demands creating and smartly embracing effective change. Strong Dev/Ops is just one useful example from the last decade. Now AI is overturning established business, creative, engineering and development processes. Culture is reaching for narrative experiences that meet modern expectations: more responsive, media-rich, intelligent solutions.Turn your critical priorities into settled realities. I believe in empathy, candor, creativity, and holding myself accountable. I am driven to put compelling value on the Cloud faster, and to see my clients win. I get stuff done! Reach out to me. Maybe I can help you succeed today.