Steve Ray is a seasoned technology and standards leader with 13+ years of senior experience and a Ph.D. in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering from Princeton, now serving as CEO of QUDT.org and founder of Steve Ray Consulting. He specializes in semantic technologies, ontologies, and information interoperability applied to Smart Grid, manufacturing, and disaster management, with deep operational experience from NIST where he led large teams and standards initiatives. Steve has driven the creation and adoption of flagship ontology and process standards (e.g., PSL, ASHRAE 201) and co-chaired international technical committees like QUOMOS. He blends research and practical systems integration—translating semantic web and Web 3.0 concepts into standards, middleware, and protocols that save industry time and cost. An active publisher and maintainer of work archived at steveray.com and github.com/steveraysteveray, he uniquely pairs academic rigor with hands-on standardization and cross-sector collaboration. Based in Alexandria, VA, he often operates where policy, standards bodies, and implementers intersect, enabling interoperable ecosystems at scale.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Physics, BSc, Physics at University of Bristol
International Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate at Ecolint
Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Ph.D., Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University
QUDT -Quantities, Units, Dimensions and dataTypes - public repository
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Steve Ray - Chief Executive Officer at Steve Ray Consulting