Ray Carey

Ray has spent his career as a leader and investor in high growth technology companies. He is currently the CEO of ArchiveSocial, a platform that empowers and protects open dialogue for more than 2,500 public agencies ranging from New York City and the U.S. Department of Justice, to small towns and villages under 5,000 in population. ArchiveSocial is Ray’s third CEO assignment. He successfully grew, Astute Solutions, an AI-driven customer engagement platform for the world’s largest brands (McDonald’s, British Airways, Kroger, Pepsico, etc) and drove the sale to The Audax Group in 2019.

Ray remains the Chairman of the Board. Prior to Astute, Ray was CEO of NeoNova, a spin-out of Nortel that was acquired in 2013. Prior to his operational roles, Ray spent a decade as Partner with Azure Capital, investing in early-stage companies including Calix (NYSE: CALX), Broadlight (ACQ: Broadcom), Cyan (ACQ:Ciena), Vapps (ACQ:Citrix), SlideRocket (ACQ:VMWare), WorldWidePackets (ACQ:Ciena), and NeoNova (ACQ:NRTC). Ray began his professional career in the technology practices at Robertson Stephens and CreditSuisse raising public and private capital and advising on and mergers and acquisitions.

A graduate of Stanford University, Ray was an NCAA champion butter-flyer and represented the USA in the 1996 Olympic Games. Ray continues to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity, where he Chaired the Board for 3 years. He is also on the boards of his family’s restaurant, Locally World Famous, Kelly’s Roast Beef in Revere, Massachusetts and MCNC, a technology non-profit that builds, owns, and operates a leading-edge broadband infrastructure for North Carolina’s research, education, non-profit healthcare, and other community institutions. He lives in Raleigh with his wife, Beth and two children, Edward and Kathryn.