Ray is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Computing in Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland. Ray graduated with honours in Electronic Engineering from University of Limerick, Ireland and began his career in industry as software engineer with LM Ericsson, Software and Systems Engineering Limited and Siemens before joining the lecturing staff in the School of Computing DCU in 1995 where he is a Funded Researcher at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. He is senior member IEEE and has won 3 Invent Project Awards for Industry Engagement. Ray is also Digital Leader with World Economic Forum (2018,2019), Member of IEEE European Public Policy Committee Working Group on ICT.