Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 19, 2002
WILLIAM O. BRAY is President and Chief Executive Officer for
Barrister Global Services Network, Inc. In this position, Mr.
Bray is responsible for leading the company through an
accelerated expansion of its multi-vendor IT services business
and profitability growth. Mr. Bray joined Barrister in January
2002 and recently directed the acquisition of Advantage
Innovation, Inc., of New Orleans, one of the industry's fastest
growing technical services companies focused on commercial and
consumer markets. Mr. Bray is also a Director of Barrister. Mr.
Bray joined Barrister with over 25 years of experience in
technology industries, including 20 years in the high-tech
environments of Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, he served
as President and Chief Operating Officer for Hitachi Innovation
Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., where he
was responsible for building a professional services company.
From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Bray served as Vice President, Worldwide
Services and Infrastructure for NCR Corporation. In this
position, Mr. Bray was responsible for defining and delivering an
integrated portfolio of customer services to the global IT
marketplace, as well as defining, developing and deploying the
global infrastructure to deliver these services. His earlier NCR
career, which spanned 18 years, focused on the architectural
design, integration, manufacturing and marketing of computer
hardware and software products. Mr. Bray has also held executive
management positions with Comdisco, Inc., where he was Executive
Vice President and General Manager, Technology Integration
Services Division, as well as with Unisys Corporation where he
was Vice President and General Manager, Worldwide Software
Products Group. He holds PhD and Master's degrees in Business
Administration from California Coast University and San Diego
State University, respectively. He also earned a Bachelor's
degree in Computer Science from California Polytechnic State
University. Profile
Global Services Network?
Mr. Bray: Barrister Global Services Network was founded in 1968,
and has been both a software and a
