Brian Ray

Background

About Brian Ray

Cyber & Technology GRC leader focused on protecting enterprise value through governance, regulatory readiness, and operational resilience in investment and financially regulated environments.My work focuses on strengthening cybersecurity governance and operational resilience across asset managers, hedge funds, and private equity platforms. I support regulatory exam readiness, investor operational due diligence, and enterprise risk management by translating technical and cyber risks into business and financial impact for senior leadership.I support leadership teams across the lifecycle of technology and operational risk — from diligence and risk discovery through remediation and resilience planning — strengthening control environments, improving third-party oversight, enhancing fraud safeguards, and maturing incident response and business continuity capabilities across enterprise and portfolio-facing environments. I also design right-sized cybersecurity and governance programs and optimize existing programs for GRC efficiency and executive visibility.I have led enterprise security assessments, facilitated executive-level incident response exercises, and delivered risk reporting for both technical and non-technical stakeholders. I guide engagements from scope through delivery, serving as a trusted advisor to leadership teams across industries and organizational sizes.I am a combat veteran and former U.S. Army IT and Network Operations NCO who supported joint command and control operations in forward-deployed environments, maintaining mission-essential communications during sustained hostile activity. That experience shaped a calm-under-pressure approach centered on operational continuity when failure carried real-world consequences.Earlier in my career, I worked as a senior paralegal supporting complex federal and state litigation, building an accountability-driven mindset grounded in evidentiary standards and the realities of regulatory investigation. Combined with my military service, this background shaped a strong commitment to integrity, ethical decision-making, and responsibility in high-trust environments.Today I continue to deepen my expertise in private markets and financial systems through advanced study of private equity and application of AI to investment and risk decision-making topics.