Ray Barger

Ray Barger is a Research Director at Gartner, specializing in supply chain best practices and advisory services for the industrial and aerospace & defense sectors since 2010. Prior to this role, Ray served as Director of Supply Chain at ViaSat, where responsibilities included corporate strategy and procurement management from 1995 to 2010. Earlier in their career, Ray worked as a Program Manager at Linkabit from 1982 to 1989. Ray holds an MBA in Production and Operations Management from San Diego State University and multiple professional certifications, including CPSM and Lean Six-Sigma Black Belt.