Ray Kelly Email & Phone Number

Tampa, FL, US

New York, US

Ray is Chairman of the Board at Virti, an immersive training platform that uses VR Training, and generative AI to help employees learn faster and remember training for longer. After just a couple of years in business Virti has already been recognized as one of the most innovative EdTech companies in the world by TIME (Best Invention), Fast Company (most.

Fulton, MD, US

New Markets Venture Partners achieves top-quartile financial returns by investing in evidence-based edtech and workforce technology companies that enable millions of people to achieve critical education and career milestones. I am excited to be partnering again with New Markets in supporting and investing in growth-stage education and workforce technology.

Tampa, FL, US

Honored to have been appointed to a second term as a Trustee at the University of Tampa (http://www.ut.edu/), the most prestigious private university in Tampa Bay. The Board of Trustees provides governorship of, and oversight to all areas of, the University. UT has an enrollment of almost 11,000 students, representing 50 states and 120 countries..

San Francisco, US

Hello PLATO is one of the most innovative new technologies in the E-Learning industry, leveraging Artificial Intelligence and state of the art digital and messaging technologies, and providing new ways for teachers and students to collaborate. Proud to announce that the company has successfully sold and merged into Tustawi, an online learning company with.

It was my great pleasure serving as the independent board member for this awesome partner focused technology business. In March 2022 we successfully concluded the merger of WebInfinity with 360insights, creating 360ecosystems. By combining the industry's most advanced user engagement platform with the global leader for incentives and rewards, this new.

Focused on leveraging over three decades of leadership, sales, marketing, technology experience and mentoring experience to help others drive growth, profitability, and business transformation. Projects included executive coaching, mentoring and acquisition consulting.

Lakeland, Florida, US

MidAmerica is one of the nation’s leading providers of benefit programs for the education and government markets serving over one million employees and 2,000 plan sponsors. Ray was brought in as CEO by Alpine Investors, a private equity firm. Successfully re-built the business by developing a more vibrant culture, bringing in a new management team and.

US

Graduation Alliance is a leading technology-enabled education company that partners with educators, economic development agencies and community leaders across the nation, providing students with versatile pathways to high school graduation and beyond. Under Ray’s leadership the company tripled its revenue, dramatically increased student retention and.

American Fork, UT, US

Built and sold a global education technology company with the demonstrated ability to deliver significant annual revenue and EBITDA growth through challenging economic cycles. Developed and led a strong management team and culture at Certiport, which were foundational in expanding the company’s global channel and delivering exceptional new products and.

White Marsh, MD, US

Ray was responsible for global revenue at Prometric, the world’s largest testing company at the time. Ray was a key member of the executive team that completed the successful sale of Prometric from the Thomson Corporation (now known as Thomson Reuters) to the non-profit, Educational Testing Service (ETS) in 2007. During Ray's four years at Prometric, he.

Lexington, Kentucky, US

Formed a Joint Venture early in 2002 to acquire the assets of ExecuTrain, a leading privately-held corporate training company, with 185 training centers in over 50 countries. Appointed CEO of ExecuTrain by the Joint Venture Board of Directors and successfully implemented a turnaround strategy to increase revenue and profit for this global training company.

Houston, Texas, US

Recruited to develop and lead a new Hewlett Packard Retail Industry Organization, with responsibility for sales, marketing, channel management and business development. Recruiting and developing one of the top teams in HP, Ray led the team to over 300% sales growth in less than three years helping the team become HP's leading business unit in 1997.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Joined NCR as a computer science graduate in 1979. Had a very successful career at NCR rising rapidly through the company to become one of the youngest ever VPs, and Team Leader of the company's largest worldwide account. Ray led the team that sold and implemented the world’s largest commercial computer, used to manage Wal-Mart's Inventory Systems.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Masters, Business Administration

Mini-Mba, Certificate Of Management