High Performance Technology Executive with 20+ Years of progressive technical industry experience, highly qualified, effective, results driven and goal oriented Executive Management Professional with a strong record of successful, comprehensive and progressive experience with Fortune level as well as early stage pre-IPO ventures. Demands and delivers excellence in consistently meeting objectives and exceeding expectations, goals and revenue targets. Exceptional ability to work under high pressure, offering extensive leadership experience, and provides innovative techniques and solid management acumen, complemented by a proven ability to build and maintain high quality driven organizations. A decorated former U.S Army officer, Lieutenant Colonel, experienced in leading organizations of 500+ as a Battalion Commander.
Specialties: Enterprise software including SaaS
Top Secret with SCI security clearance
Certified Public Accountant
Vice President Global Consulting and Enablement @ At DataStax, the Consulting and Education team empowers customers to realize the value of the DataStax software platform on Apache Cassandra and enables partners to further expand the DataStax Ecosystem. DataStax powered by Apache Cassandra™, delivers a database platform purpose built for the performance and availability demands of IOT, Web and Mobile applications. While relational databases fail under modern and dynamic workloads, high-volume data and new business requirements, Cassandra’s modern architecture makes it massively scalable, always available and easy to deploy. DataStax delivers a production version of Apache Cassandra, DataStax Enterprise (DSE), and the ecosystem to make the vision behind Cassandra a reality. From February 2015 to Present (11 months) Technology Executive @ Technology Executive and Entrepreneur with early stage technology solution ventures From December 2012 to Present (3 years 1 month) variousVice President Professional Services and Education @ Lattice is the premier Big Data Sales and Marketing SaaS platform backed by NEA and Sequoia, making sense out of data to deliver predictive analytics to Enterprise sales forces and marketing organizations, filling a critical gap that other cloud based like platforms don't address. At Lattice, I am responsible for global Services and Education to drive our SaaS customer launches, customer and partner enablement and customer expansion including management of all Customer Education, Data Engineer and Analytic Operations, Services Engineering, Solution Architecture and Customer Onboarding. From March 2013 to November 2014 (1 year 9 months) washington d.c. metro areaVice President Global Services @ Launched and Led the services organization for the leading Enterprise Security Management software company including responsibility for Consulting Services, Services Engineering, Business Development, Education Services and Launched the game changing Security Operations Consulting practice. Drove strategic relationships with key channel and Tier 1 level System Integration firms. Led the Professional Services business through the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of ArcSight. Manage full P&L for a profitable Services business while also providing capability and strategy for channel partner enablement with specific emphasis in North America and Europe. Launched a game changing services practice, Security Operations Consulting, that enabled enterprise deal capture with Fortune 100 level customers. Keynote speaker on Customer Success at annual User Conferences and participant on executive roundtable panels on information security topics on syndicated radio. From September 2003 to November 2012 (9 years 3 months) Consulting Solutions Director @ Director of a Public Sector consulting services practice area with P&L responsibility, $45m in revenue, with an emphasis on enterprise level projects centered on Oracle technologies. From 2001 to 2003 (2 years) Sr Bus Dev Mgr @ Developed and closed key strategic business relationships with Bell South, Worldcom and USInternetworking integrating them into the Security portfolio of alliance companies into VeriSign. Lead the .edu domain transformation with US Government. From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Sr. Bus Dev Mgr @ From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) PM @ From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) Sr. Director @ From 1993 to 1997 (4 years) Sales Representative @ From 1992 to 1994 (2 years)
MBA, Finance @ The George Washington University From 2001 to 2003 BA, Economics @ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University From 1985 to 1990 BS, Accounting @ George Mason UniversityOPSouthern Ray Patterson is skilled in: Enterprise Software, Strategy, Professional Services, Channel, Security, Solution Selling, Cloud Computing, SaaS, Business Alliances, Account Management, Business Development, Channel Partners, Executive Management, Go-to-market Strategy, Management, Start-ups, Sales Enablement, Sales, P