Bio – Raymond Bordogna

Chief Strategy Officer of Award-Winning Consultancy

Raymond Bordogna was a Partner & the Chief Strategy Officer at LiquidHub, a $500M creative digital consultancy, where he defined the firm’s strategic direction and shaped its next generation services. He was recognized for using contemporary IT (digital) to establish and build new business capabilities and strategically transform organizations. Since his tenure, the company had been consistently recognized for its stellar growth, including the Philadelphia Business Journal’s Best Places to Work and the Inc. 500 List (LiquidHub’s Enterprise Awards). He helped to sell the firm to Capgemini in 2018 for $490 million.

Elite Amateur Triathlete

Ray is an elite age group (AG) triathlete, competitive duathlete and runner. Select triathlon results include: 3rd in the 39 & Under, CEO Triathlon Challenge, St. Croix 70.3 Half-Ironman Competition in May 2008; 6th, 7th, 4th and 1st in his AG at the Philadelphia Insurance triathlon event in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively; 1st in his AG and 15th overall in the 10th Annual Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Triathlon in October, 2009. Since 2006, he has participated in 95 road races of various distances. Of these, he has placed: 1st overall [4 times], 1st AG [21 times], 2nd AG [18 times], 3rd AG [16 times]. In 2011, he placed 26th in the National Duathlon (AG) Championship (Richmond, VA) and 51st in the National Triathlon (AG) Championship (Tuscaloosa, AL).

Trusted, Strategic Advisor to Fortune 500 Executives

For the past 20 years, Mr. Bordogna has advised Fortune 500 leadership on aligning corporate and digital strategies. He is recognized for using contemporary IT to establish and build new business capabilities, improve the return on IT investments and strategically transform organizations. Representative clients include: ACE Limited, CIGNA, QVC, AstraZeneca, Sanofi-Aventis, Neuromed Pharmaceuticals, Roche, Merck, GMAC Financial Services, American Express, Vanguard and Independence Blue Cross.

Thought-Leader & Advanced Studies Educator

Industry-Recognized Thought-Leader

Mr. Bordogna is an industry-recognized thought leader for Strategy, Digital Transformation Enterprise Architecture (EA) & Modern Software Development. He has served as Senior Lecturer at Penn State University where he created curricula for 2 graduate-level courses: Marketing 6023: e-Commerce Project Management and Business Administration 5073: Strategic Enterprise Architecture

Former Financial Analyst, Program Manager and Mechatronics Engineer

Prior to joining LiquidHub, Mr. Bordogna was a Corporate Development Manager within Sun Microsystems’ Corporate Strategy Group where he helped shared the corporate strategy and analyzed strategic investments using various financial valuation methods. Previously, at Broadreach Consulting, Mr. Bordogna advised clients on e-business strategy & directed global technology implementations. As a Global Program Manager at Tyco Electronics, Mr. Bordogna managed the marketing, design and manufacturing of several global industrial connector products. As a Development Engineer at AMP, Inc., he specialized in the development of embedded system products for the automotive, shipping and computer hardware industries using Mechatronics.

Mentor & Advisor

Mr. Bordogna serves both his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania’s Engineering School and graduate alma mater, The Wharton School. For the past 5 years, he’s mentored undergraduates in the Sophomore Mentoring Initiative. This program is designed to ‘help undergraduates develop their awareness of potential engineering-related careers.” Mr. Bordogna has also donated his time to the Wharton School’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) where he provides mentoring services to student projects. These projects have greatly enriched the students’ Wharton experience through exposure to ‘real-world,’ commercial projects and results.

Professional Tennis Instructor

A former nationally-ranked junior tennis player, Mr. Bordogna continues to participate in the tennis community. In the past, he’s donated his professional teaching services to the Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis Center (AAYTC) which is designed “to create opportunities to improve the quality of life” of underserved, multicultural youth populations through tennis. He’s also served on the professional teaching staffs at Springton Racquet, Concord and White Manor Country Clubs. He’s currently a member of the Merion Cricket Club.

Education, Professional Certifications and Awards

Mr. Bordogna received his BSE from the University of Pennsylvania where he was the recipient of both the Francis G. Tatnall and Nassau Fund Awards. He holds a MSE from Stanford University and earned an MBA with Distinction from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he dual-majored in Strategic Management and Finance. Mr. Bordogna is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), ScrumMaster (CSM), IBM Websphere Business Modeler and Plumtree Corporate Portal analyst. Mr. Bordogna is a recipient of the 2009 Philadelphia Business Journal’s 40-under-40 Award which honors those individuals “who are proven performers in their respective industries and communities.”

Community Advocate

Mr. Bordogna has helped to frame LiquidHub’s community involvement through its charitable arm, LiquidHelp. In the past, he helped to shape the company’s participation in the MS organization’s “City to Shore Bike Tour.” In 2008, LiquidHub sponsored 22 riders, who rode a total of 2,040 miles. The team surpassed its fundraising goal, raising $14,891.56, with Mr. Bordogna earning “VIP-rider” status by personally raising over $1,000 and riding 175 miles.

Lower Merion High-School Class President & 5-Sport Varsity Letterman

Mr. Bordogna served as Class President while at Lower Merion High School located in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

He is a former top 75 US nationally (USTA) ranked junior Tennis player and finished 3rd in the 1988 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association’s (PIAA) State Tennis Championship.

He also participated as a senior midfielder in the 1989 PIAA State Lacrosse playoffs.

Mr. Bordogna was the MVP of the Lower Merion Soccer Club team which won the 1987 Pennsylvania State Championship and a member of the Delaware Valley’s All-Select team which competed in national youth soccer tournaments.

As a high-school freshman, he was a forward on the Lower Merion Varsity Basketball team.

As a high-school senior, he competed in several select varsity-level 800m Track & Field races.