Ray Perry

The founder and president of Skill Track, Ray Perry is a trusted adviser, speaker and coach in the areas of strategic planning, accountability and workforce development.  Leveraging more than 25 years of unique insight and experience in performance management, he has inspired some of America's industry-leading organizations to take action and realize the type of lasting change that unlocks greater performance, morale, and retention (PMR).

Ray consistently brings the same commitment to each client engagement – a genuine interest in helping clients to reach new performance levels, which in turn strengthens the organization’s ability to achieve the kind of bottom-line results that stakeholders expect in today’s efficiency-minded business culture.

This commitment has earned Ray a stellar record of customer satisfaction while guiding executives, managers and professionals from hundreds of organizations based in the United States, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the former Soviet republics. 

Among the clients Ray has worked with are:  Johns Hopkins University and Medical Institutions, Association of American Medical Colleges, National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine, Social Security Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Northrop Grumman, Accenture, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Dartmouth College, Lowe’s, Black and Decker, IBM, American Express, U.S. Department of Commerce, Federal Express, and Disney Imagineering.

Prior to founding Skill Track, Ray served in a variety of management positions for more than 12 years with Nissan North America, where he helped lead numerous affiliate organizations, teams and individuals in achieving their best-ever performance levels.

A native of Rhode Island, Ray earned a BA in psychology and business administration from Roger Williams University.  He is featured in the book, Leadership: Helping Others to Succeed, and is a contributing author for the book, 101 Great Ways to Enhance Your Career. 

In addition to being a senior fellow at the Business Learning Institute, Ray also is a member of the American Society for Training and Development, the National Speakers Association, the International Federation for Professional Speakers, the Society for Human Resource Management, and American Independent Writers.