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Washington, DC-based Urban Land Institute has Appointed Jason Ray as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
ULI - the Urban Land Institute is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit research and education organization supported by its members. Founded in 1936, the institute now has over 40,000 members worldwide representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines, working in private enterprise and public service. As the preeminent, multidisciplinary real estate forum, ULI facilitates the open exchange of ideas, information and experience among local, national and international industry leaders and policy makers dedicated to creating better places. The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to shape the future of the built environment for transformative impact in communities worldwide. Members say that ULI is a trusted idea place where leaders come to grow professionally and personally through sharing, mentoring, and problem solving. With pride, ULI members commit to the best in land use policy and practice.
About the Person
Prior to joining ULI, Jason Ray served as the head of technology for The GAVI Alliance, a public-private global health partnership originally chaired by Nelson Mandela and established with a $750 million donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ray pioneered the technology and information strategy for GAVI, along with designing and building its private network and core data centers across multiple continents. As a result of his initiatives, GAVI has successfully raised $7.9 billion which it has committed to vaccinating over 370 million children in 73 countries. Prior to GAVI, he served as the senior director of web marketing for the internet service provider (ISP), PSINet, where he built the global web and online marketing infrastructure and transitioned content to Akamai for the first geographically distributed online content for a global ISP. Additionally, he served as the director of web services for InfoPro, a company that provides advanced IT services to federal government agencies and private businesses across the country.
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