Shelly Ray

Biography

Shelly Ray is Principal Transportation Planner for Research and Records Information Management at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). She supports the development and integration of Electronic Records Management Systems, including Board Meeting and Agenda management systems, Taxonomy/Ontology systems, Public Records Requests systems, Federated Search, and others, with the goal of creating an integrated knowledge network that makes Metro more transparent internally and to the public. Prior to Metro, she worked as an Independent Information Professional specializing in Database Development for six years, after honing skills from consulting in Digital Asset Management and eLearning Systems Design. She earned her MLIS with a specialization in Informatics from UCLA, and a BA in English and Religion from La Salle University.