James Ray is Managing Director, of Enterprise Sales for Chase Commerce Solutions. James is responsible for leading a multinational sales and service team dedicated to collaborating with our firm-wide partners to identify, develop, maintain and enhance the relationships we have with JPMorgan Chase’s top global clients and prospects. Prior to joining Chase, James served as senior vice president of global strategic accounts and professional services for Elavon, the payment processor and subsidiary of US Bank. In this role, he led an experienced team of global account executives to pursue, capture and grow Elavon’s relationships with selected multinational enterprise accounts. These individuals strategically managed client relationships with senior decision makers to ensure Elavon anticipated the needs of their clients ─ coordinating the resources of the entire organization to enable commerce on a global scale. Prior to Elavon, James was a strategic advisor serving diverse clients including AT&T, AutoTrader.com, Coca-Cola, Cox Enterprises, NCR, Sabre Holdings and Underwriters Laboratories. In each of these roles, James advised senior executives regarding organizational changes introduced by rapid growth, economic decline and/or the implementation of enabling technologies. James holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Texas A&M University and has completed graduate studies in organization development at The George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University. James is also involved in the local community through organizations like the United Way, Gift for a Child, Habitat for Humanity and Hope for Guatemala.