IT consultant

Ray D’Andrade, owner, Bright Network Solutions, Inc., began his career as an Environmental Engineer where he gained invaluable experience in dealing with different businesses, budgets, and contractors. Even as an Engineer, he found himself constantly finding new ways to apply technology to solve customers’ problems. Customers were thrilled, and he found his passion.

After seven years of hands-on experience with computers, Ray founded Bright Network Solutions, Inc. in 2000 to better serve an already established customer base—and his list of satisfied customers has been growing ever since. For more on Ray’s professional background and project management style, visit our Q&A area.

Qualifications

What differentiates Ray from other consultants is his ability to “wrap” technology around customers’ business goals, not vice versa. No matter what the industry, no matter how small the project, understanding the larger context in which his work will bring value to an organization is key to his success.

software development

• Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, including VB.Net, ASP.Net, and C#
  
• Microsoft SQL Server
  
• Microsoft Access
  

• Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
  
• HP Accredited Systems Engineer (ASE)
  

Ray also has a broad range of IT experiences outside of software development that enable him to understand the business processes, the trouble-spots, and the roles of other IT professionals who may be involved in a project team. All this helps him see the big picture—fast—and enables him to have original ideas others simply do not know about. His customers see results quicker and can sleep at night knowing their work is "done right the first time."

Want to know more about Ray’s capabilities? Refer to Bright Network’s consulting services or read our latest case study. Or, feel free to drop Ray a line or call him at (609) 921-8100.

Testimonials

It used to take hours to enter our invoices. Now it's done automatically. We don't have to think about it.
- Angelo Iossa, Vision Electric

After trying other consultants, I tried Ray. Finally, someone who understood our business and could make things work the way they are supposed to work.
- Woochae Chung, American Microloan

I only wish I had found Ray sooner.
- Jim Kapsis, Precise Voting

Ray's expert knowledge protected our interests and saved us any expensive missteps.
- Fred Berenboick, International Flavors and Fragrances

I had complete confidence Ray could build our sales lead system in a cost-effective way.
- Darren Sager, Techne

Others give me a blank look. Ray has original ideas on how to apply technology that others don't know about.
- Jim Mangarella, J. M. Ahle

Accomplished in a few hours what took our previous IT hire many weeks. Professional, knowledgeable, and reliable.
- Lucille Penn, Condor/SAP

As a small business, IT is critical. You don't want to pay for more than you need, but you want your investment to be smart—to grow with your business. I want someone I can trust. Over the years, that's been Ray.
- Gerald M. Cerza, The Assurance Group

Our 200 consultants submit timesheets from all over the globe, and with Ray's help, they now send spreadsheets that are automatically validated and read into databases. This enabled us to redesign our payment and invoicing processes, so we now have an integrated, auditable and reliable solution. The effort allowed us to take two data entry clerks and turn them into auditors, which means our customers get more accurate invoices—everyone wins.
- Tim Oswald, The Quantic Group, Ltd.

Ray has provided outstanding support and technical expertise to us here at the City of Passaic Housing Authority. Over the last two years Ray has demonstrated his dynamic expertise in the computer industry. He has specifically worked with us to revamp our network system from the 20th into the 21st century to be fully functional and up to date. Ray has proven himself to be reliable and dedicated to providing management with the resources they need to do their day-to-day assignments. For these reasons, I would recommend him for the outstanding services that he provides and congratulate him on a job well done.
- Vincent Wynter, City of Passiac Housing Authority

There when we need him, even on weekends. Very responsive, and delivers high quality work and solutions quickly.
- Curt Renner, Watson and Renner

I'd recommend Ray to anyone...except my competition.
- Marc Lubet, Classic Rehab

First guy who gets it all done right and doesn't twiddle his thumbs.
- Tim Lefens, A.R.T.

Even our remote offices can now access the same data. That's a big improvement from how we used to work. Ray's always there when we need him, and brought our network and phone systems up to grade. We don't think about it anymore.
- Carleen Earl, North Bergen Housing Authority

If he promises it will get done, it will get done.
- Allan Woolway, ITS

Delivered on time and our global sales force was finally able to capture customer data in one place. Clearly he "gets it" when it comes to translating business needs into technology-based solutions.
- Deb Bromley, Factiva, A Dow Jones & Reuters Company

Always calls back and tests his work thoroughly.
- Janice Stewart, Foster Wheeler