David M. Ray

IP Litigation Consulting

David M. Ray is a manager at Aon, specializing in technology-based intellectual property litigation. He has several decades of experience in high performance and enterprise computing, systems architecture, and software development.

David's work at Aon includes extensive data analytics and management of cases in software copyright infringement, post-mortem analysis of software projects, and patent portfolio assessment. Aside from data analytics, his key areas of technical expertise include database management, parallel computing, speech recognition, electronic publishing, multimedia databases, language run-time environments, and operating systems. He holds an M.S. in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, San Diego, and an A.B. in mathematics from Brown University.

Prior to joining Aon, David was a vice president of enterprise architecture and technology research at Fidelity Investments, where he developed corporate standards for browsers, operating systems and hypervisors. He has also worked for a long succession of technology companies in the Boston area, including WatchPoint Media, Dragon Systems, D.E. Shaw, Naviant Technologies, Thinking Machines Corporation, and Compugraphic/Agfa.

Selected Patents

Software for statistical analysis of speech. Jonathan Hood Young, Sean D. True, David Meyer Ray, Jakob Wahlberg, Bradley Ray Howes, Megan M. McA'Nulty, John A. Morse, and Mark Jackson. PCT Application WO0174042A2, filed March 23, 2001, and published October 4, 2001.

Selected Speaking Engagements

“Technology Research for Enterprise Architecture.” David Ray. Presentation at World Architecture Forum, Bangalore, India, July 2007.

Selected Appearances

"Geek of the Week: Audio Mining." Interview with Oracle eBusiness Network (OTN), November 2000.