Ray Spangler serves as a senior consultant for Thrivence and as the Chief Technology Officer for Barge Design Solutions. With over 30 years of experience in the networking field, he offers an array of skills in enterprise architecture, process improvement, resource integration, network development, process automation, project management, risk assessment, and network design.

Spangler has a unique ability in leading teams to new levels of performance by integrating new processes and procedures to align with current and future corporate goals. He has a proven track record of successful vendor negotiations-managing both capital and expense budgets ranging from $10 million to $30 million annually.