Hello, I'm Ray Doak.
Vast experience in guiding organisational operations to fall in line with greater vision. Expertise in devising and executing internal operational strategies to drive accomplishment of company goals and objectives. Skilled in achieving operational excellence by directing execution of strategic business functions, systems, processes, and procedures. Adept at deploying strategic imperatives while maintaining focus on priorities and timelines. Continually exhibit pragmatic leadership style, distilling key operational challenges into tangible revenue, efficiency, and results-driven growth. Ability to capitalise on execution mindset to maintain peak business performing while simultaneously enabling executive leadership to focus on strategic, long-term challenges.
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- Years of Relevant Experience20+ years
- Seniority LevelC-Suite
- Highest Level of EducationMasters
Current / Most Recent Job Title
Auraya Inc. – Sydney, Australia 2007 – 2024 CEO & Executive Director Provide strategic direction to achieve business vision and collaborate with technology inventor and establish company as well as provide support as seed investor. Oversee all aspects of strategic planning, build business concepts, create operational/financial processes for business, and collaborate with all other stakeholders to drive long-term business growth. Define business strategies, build organisational capabilities, strengthen operations, and drive all corporate functions. Ensure success in market through development and implementation of marketing and go-to-market strategy as well as implementation of channel partner model. Establish global sales and marketing function to maximise organisational reach and expansion of business operations. • Secured and methodically managed government commercial and R&D grants to meet business funding needs. • Ensured operational viability for Auraya by fulfilling funding needs through investment and annualised revenue streams. • Recruited, selected, developed, and integrated executive, sales, and R&D teams to support seamless business continuity. • Negotiated multi-year contracts with global system integrators and providers of identity management and voice and data communications platforms for provision of voice biometric identity verification solutions to large banks and federal government departments. • Ideated and created world-class voice biometric authentication software and deployed various Voice Biometric solutions in Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA.
Current / Most Recent Employment
Auraya is a voice intelligence company with the mission of empowering people and organizations to interact and engage with convenience and security in all channels and languages. We develop our next generation voice biometric AI to deliver easy-to-use and highly secure speaker recognition and fraud detection capabilities. We provide our technology to a global network of accredited experts who incorporate Auraya's voice biometric technology into secure, customer-facing applications and fraud detection solutions. The ecosystem of partners delivers solutions in all industries including government, education, healthcare, financial services, retail services, and telecommunications.
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Professional Membership / Certification
Expert Network Member – Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation & Science (2012 – Present) Member – Australian Institute of Management Member – Australian Institute of Company Directors
Areas of Professional Interest
Areas of Expertise • Coaching & Mentoring • Strategic Planning & Analysis • Project Management • iNED/Executive Leadership • Acquisitions & Divestments • Corporate Governance • Contract Negotiations • Capital Funding • Business Transformation • Bid Management • Business Administration • Sales & Marketing Management Board Experience Global CEO and Executive Director – Auraya Inc. Managing Director and CEO – Auraya Group Founding Chairman – Auraya Group Executive Chairman, Managing Director/CEO – Allied Group Managing Director & CEO – Allied Group Limited Chairman (INED) and Managing Director – Clusteria Group Interim Chairman (INED) – Holocentric Group Board Advisor – Traka ANZ