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Outstanding Young Alumni 2003

The Outstanding Young Alumni Award is presented to up to two alumni of Stetson University who are 35 years of age or younger. The award recognizes contributions to society, to a profession, or to Stetson University. Recipients must demonstrate significant accomplishment or promise in their fields; leadership; or civic, cultural, or charitable involvement.

Jeffery P. Fay '98

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Jeffery P. Fay ’98 of Alexandria, Va., was a mathematics and computer science major at Stetson University. He served for nearly three years as the senior UNIX system administrator while he was a Stetson student, working for the Center for Information Technology. He also spent a year as UNIX system administrator in the Department of Computer Science.

He joined Security Design International in 19999, where he performed audits of major banking, telecommunications, power and utility networks, all defined as part of the National Critical Infrastructure. He also did research in the analysis of implementation of cryptographic functions, and his results have been used to brief members of the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency. In 2001, he became an independent security consultant, and was named to a select team that evaluated the security of the Federal Aviation Administration’s modernization program.

Founding president of Patch Advisor, LLC, which specializes in mapping software patches to network assets, Fay also is a senior information security engineer, operating as a consultant to commercial and governmental entities all over the world.

Fay has appeared on 60 Minutes, CNN and Fox News, discussing information warfare and network security. He has given many talks around the country, as well as at Tokyo University in Japan and at a conference in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

 

Brian D. Ray '91

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Dr. Brian D. Ray ’91, director of undergraduate programs for the University of Florida Warrington College of Business, Gainesville, is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces, serving with the Florida Army National Guard. His unit was activated to provide security at military bases in support of homeland defense. Ray recently returned from active duty as a company commander in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

With a bachelor’s degree in Finance from the School of Business Administration, Ray was vice president of Stetson’s student body during his junior year and elected president in his senior year. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Central Florida in 1993 and a Ph.D. in University Administration from Florida State University in 1998. Ray has served as director of MBA Student Services at UF and held several positions at the Florida State University College of Law and Career Resource Center. Ray recently co-founded LDM Solutions Inc., a consulting firm that focuses on process improvement, business ethics and employee leadership development.

A graduate of several military schools and a Distinguished Honor Graduate of the Signal Officer Advanced Course, in 2000 he won both the General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, given each year to the top 24 company commanders in the U.S. Army; and the Lowry Award, presented annually to the top company-grade officer in the Florida National Guard.