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Ray, a rocket scientist turned pool and spa professional, is our resident swimming pool expert. He has a deep rooted passion for the pool and spa industry, and takes a scientific approach to creating safe, healthy swimming environments.

After a 15 year career as a material scientist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Ray went into composites manufacturing with two long term friends and now builds a leading brand of fiberglass pools, but his experience base goes well beyond fiberglas pools. Since 1999, he has participated in ANSI/APSP writing committees for national residential and public standards, along with ANSI standards for suction entrapment avoidance. He continues his scientific passion with studies on water circulation, energy efficiency, and suction outlet safety.

Ray is a member of the Association of Pool and Spa Professionals Technical Committee and The American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA) Technical Committee. He has authored over 30 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles as well as articles for [link url =http://www.acmanet.org/cm/]Composites Manufacturing [/link] and Pool and Spa News. He regularly lectures at industry seminars and conferences.

Ray earned his bachelor of science in chemistry from the University of Alabama, Huntsville (UAH). During graduate studies he was on of 104 students from 20 countries selected to attend the inaugural session of the International Space University hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ray has continued is studies and currently holds a Certified Building Professionalcertification. He is also a Certified Composites Technician - Instructor (CCT-I).

From Ray: The backyard has become a new center of attention for families around the world. Not only does it provide a fantastic place for creating life-long memories, it is a safe environment that supplies a relaxing retreat. My passion is to create healthy, maintenance free backyards to support this growing lifestyle. I want to focus my years of scientific inquiry to help consumers cut through the marketing hype and get to the true answers.