Summary
Matt Ray is a seasoned SOC analyst and technical support specialist who blends over 20 years of hands-on IT experience with recent leadership in incident response as SOC Analyst Team Lead at MindPoint Group. He runs his own consultancy, MC Consulting, and has deep roots in enterprise systems from roles at IBM, Novell, and WordPerfect, giving him a rare combination of frontline support expertise and security operations leadership. Matt’s background includes cloud and security consulting, freelance technical writing, and even a multi-year world-travel sabbatical that informed his global perspective on problem-solving and team collaboration. He holds a BA and pursued a master’s at Western Governors University, and he applies that continuous-learning mindset to streamline detection, response, and remediation processes. Known for pragmatic incident response and mentoring junior analysts, he excels at turning complex technical incidents into repeatable, auditable procedures.
6 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Associates, Associates at Bakersfield College
Master's degree, Master's degree at Western Governors University
BA, BA at Brigham Young University
English, creoles and pidgins, french-based, French