R "Ray" Wang
R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) grew up in the rust belt of Allentown PA and arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1996. In 2003, he moved to Cupertino to start a family with his wife. Together, they have a son and a daughter who have grown up in Cupertino. Ray has been an active resident focused community leader.
As a resident-focused councilmember, he seeks to improve fiscal accountability, public safety, economic development, and quality of life programs. Ray served on the Cupertino Planning Commission, leading as chair twice. During his service, he worked hard to ensure that residents’ rights were restored in planning decisions, and new projects such as Westport were approved without infringing upon resident rights. Ray championed efforts to protect the suburban quality of life that Cupertino residents expect, from Dark Skies programs to a housing element plan that did not destroy Cupertino’s suburban character. Ray also advocated for residents on issues such as 5G towers and their architectural standards. Ray prioritizes the upskilling of city staff over the hiring of external consultants. He is focused on reducing fraud, waste, and abuse in local government.
Ray believes in the importance of listening to all sides of the community and collaboratively working to find solutions that will benefit the city not just for the short term, but also for decades to come. Ray Wang understands the power of partnering with residents, businesses, and city staff to enable Cupertino to achieve its full potential.
In his professional career, Wang is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research Inc., He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast and authors a business strategy and technology blog that has received millions of page views per month. Ray coined the term "Metaverse Economy" in 2020 and is a leading authority on AI an AI policy. Wang also serves as an advisor to the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue and is on the board of various exponential startups.
Since 2003, Ray has delivered thousands of live and virtual keynotes around the world that are inspiring and legendary. Wang has spoken at almost every major tech conference. His ground-breaking best-selling book on digital transformation, Disrupting Digital Business, was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray's 2021 best-selling book about Digital Giants and the future of business titled, Everybody Wants to Rule The World was published by Harper Collins Leadership.
Wang is well quoted and frequently interviewed in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Fox Business News, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, BBC, Bloomberg, CGTV, Tech Crunch, ZDNet, Forbes, and Fortune. He is one of the top technology analysts in the world.