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Vice Admiral Norman Ray, USN (ret.)
Name: Vice Admiral Norman Ray, USN (ret.)
Previous Experience:
- NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Support
- NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Support
- Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Spectrum Experience:
- Admiral Ray is a member of the Navy and International Business Divisions at SPECTRUM. He has extensive experience in the areas of top-level military, international geo-political, and executive defense business.
Biography:
Vice Admiral Norman Rays military service included a broad range of operational, command, and technical assignments throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He was a naval test pilot and a leader in anti-submarine warfare. He served as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defense Support, responsible for NATO armaments cooperation, air defense, C3, standardization and interoperability. He reported directly to the NATO Secretary General, serving three Secretaries General, Manfred Woener, Willie Claus, and H.E. Javier Solana.
As the Assistant Secretary General, Vice Admiral Ray was Chairman of the NATO’s Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD), the alliance’s senior body for armaments cooperation and defense programs. During his tenure as head of the CNAD, several major programs were advanced, including Air Ground Surveillance (AGS), Alliance Command and Control System (ACCS), NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense, and defense cooperation with Russia, Ukraine, and other members of the Partnership for Peace. Prior to assuming the post of Assistant Secretary General, Vice Admiral Ray served as Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Following retirement from military service,Vice Admiral Ray was President of Raytheon International, Europe, based in Brussels, Belgium, responsible for all Raytheon business planning and development in Europe.
He is a director of the Atlantic Council of the the United States, and a former director of the Marshal Center in Garmisch, Germany.
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