Ray Carney, Jr.

Ray leads client delivery for Markon and is a champion for gender equity and wellness in the workplace. Ray’s areas of expertise include leadership, project management, workplace strategy, design thinking, and creating secure environments. His experience includes providing cradle-to-grave project management support for the successful design and build of secure facilities. He spearheaded the tenant fit-out of Markon's headquarters expansion to ensure that it achieved WELL certification. Ray also led Markon's effort to become the first company on the East Coast to become GEN Certified, the gold standard in gender equity in the workplace.

Prior to Markon, Ray consulted with prestigious consulting firms in the DC metropolitan area and Northeast Ohio. Since joining Markon in 2007, Ray has managed numerous internal program strategies, capture efforts, and client engagements. He also co-developed Markon's in-house Leadership Development Program. Ray is currently a Lecturer at Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs, where he teaches the masters level course Project Management in the Public Sector: Challenges, Methods, Tools, and Skills.

Ray's passion for wellness in the workplace has led him to speak at numerous engagements around the country including the National Facilities Management and Technology (NFMT) Conference and Expo. He also published an article on WELL Building Standards in FaciltiesNet. Ray was named one of Engineering News-Record Mid-Atlantic's 2016 Top 20 Under 40 for contributions to the industry.

He received an MBA with a concentration in Leadership and Finance from the University of Notre Dame and a bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Business Technology from John Carroll University. Ray is a WELL Accredited Professional, LEED Green Associate, Six-Sigma certified Yellow Belt, Certified Scrum Master, Sun Certified Java Programmer, and holds the Project Management Professional (PMP)® credential as well as both ITIL v3 Foundations and Quality Management certifications.