Ray Coulombe

Ray Coulombe

Ray Coulombe is the Founder and Managing Director of SecuritySpecifiers.com. Formerly, he was COO and co-founder of SyPixx Networks, acquired in 2006 by Cisco, and has played a significant role in the development of several other early-stage companies in the industry. He sits on the PSA Security Network Education Advisory Board and TechSec Solutions Conference Advisory Board, and writes and lectures extensively in the industry. He chairs the SIA effort to update CSI MasterFormat Division 28; founded SIA's Standards sub-committee on SNMP; and served as a member of the Body of Knowledge committee for SIA's Certified Security Project Manager program. He has additional past experience with 3M, Emerson Electric Company, and the United States Air Force. Ray holds a BSEE from Cornell University, and Masters degrees in Management from MIT and Information Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His certifications include the CSI CDT, Cisco CCNA-Security, CCDA, and ETA ESNT. He belongs to ASIS, IEEE, and CSI.