Independent Corporate Director

Operator’s
instinct.
Director’s
discipline.

For more than 25 years, Ray Guzman has built, scaled, and exited companies and governed in the boardrooms of financial institutions, universities, and healthcare. He brings that operating record, with AI governance as one sharp credential, to the boards he serves.

Ray Guzman
Years in business and the boardroom
25+
Successful company exits
4
Top return on exit (Winnow)
23x
Fiduciary oversight, combined assets
~$7B
Independent judgment. Practical experience.Explore Ray’s perspective

The short version

Ray Guzman builds and governs businesses. Over a 25-year career he has taken companies from concept to exit, held executive roles inside one of the most complex enterprises ever built, and sat in the boardrooms of financial institutions, universities, and healthcare companies. That combination of founder's urgency and director's discipline is what makes him effective: he understands what management is actually dealing with, not just what the financials say.

  • Corporate Governance
  • AI Governance
  • Risk Oversight
  • M&A
  • Strategy
  • Financial Services

Experience, carried forward

The work shapes
the way you see.

01 / Building businesses

From an idea to
enterprise value.

Ray co-founded SwitchPoint Ventures and led it as CEO from 2018 to 2026. The AI venture studio achieved three realized exits within six years: Scout, Polaris, and Winnow.

5×Scout
8×Polaris
23×Winnow

Returns on exit. Winnow was acquired by Aya Healthcare.

02 / Leading transformation

Change is an
operating discipline.

As chairman and CEO of WPC Healthcare, Ray led a turnaround and the transition from professional services to a SaaS predictive analytics platform. The company achieved 400% revenue growth in three years before its sale to Intermedix.

4×Return on WPC Healthcare’s exit

03 / Bringing independent judgment

Knowing the work.
Asking better questions.

Across financial services, higher education, and healthcare, Ray brings an operator’s perspective to independent oversight: testing assumptions, examining the process, and asking whether his contribution improves the decision.

Read the full experience

Current roles

Where Ray
contributes.

Eight organizations. Distinct responsibilities.

01 / Current service

Board & committee leadership

Ascend Federal Credit Union

Director

Chairs the Strategic Planning Committee, serves on the M&A Committee, and established and chaired the AI Governance Committee.

Nearly $5B in assets

Belmont University

Trustee · Finance Chair

Chairs the Finance, Operations, and Investment Committee and serves on the Executive and Governance Committees.

02 / Current service

Company leadership & board service

SwitchPoint Ventures

Chairman · Co-founder

AI strategy and commercialization.

Former responsibilityCEO, 2018–2026.

Quokka Care

Chairman

Organization focusHealthcare technology focused on remote patient monitoring.

Staffing as a Mission

Board member

Organization focusMission-driven staffing.

Former responsibilityChairman, 2019–2025.

03 / Current service

Advisory & investment perspective

Montecito Medical

Board of Advisors

Organization focusMedical real estate acquisition and development funding.

A quiet boardroom with chairs around a conference table

A consistent point of view

Better questions.
Better judgment.

For Ray, governance is the discipline of asking the right questions, insisting on rigorous answers, and holding management accountable for both.

Read the thinking behind the work Ray on AI governance: an interview with Odgers Berndtson

The next conversation

What are you
thinking through?

Whether you're navigating a transformation, considering an independent director who has operated at every stage, or building an AI governance framework, Ray is glad to talk.