Speaking

Ray Hightower started and ran a technology company for over two decades before selling the company and launching ROIClear.

Hightower delivers presentations on commercial real estate, technology, and business growth. Ray is invited to speak at gatherings all over the world.

To invite him to speak at your event, reach out via the contact form.
 
 

Commercial Real Estate Presentations + Podcasts

• Tech Founder to Passive and Active Investor
  The Gentle Art of Crushing It!
  (Podcast Interiew)
  Impact Equity, LLC
   
  

• Arizona: Best Choice
  The Level Up REI Podcast
  (Podcast Interiew)
  Hosted by Lisa Hylton
   
  

• Syndication Case Study
  Build Your Bank Conference
  Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
   
  

• How to Buy Big Deals Via Syndication
  Tucson Multifamily Meetup Group
  Tucson, AZ, USA
   
  
• What is Underwriting?
  Nashville Multifamily Meetup Group
  Nashville, TN, USA (via Zoom)
  
   
• Empathy and Real Estate Investing
  TheAcademyPresents.com
  (Podcast Interiew)
  Lorren Capital, LLC
  Real Estate Investing Rocks!
  
   
• Are You Competitive Enough?
  Trial to Triumph
  (Podcast Interiew)
  Hosted by Caleb Johnson, Founder
  Red Sea Capital
  
   
   
   

Tech Presentations:

• Parallella, The Most Energy Efficient Supercomputer on the Planet
  Madison+ Ruby - Madison, WI, USA
   
  
• Supercomputing for Everyone, Featuring Ruby
  (First 30 seconds in rookie-level Spanish)
  RubyConf Colombia - Medellín, Colombia
   
  
• Exploring Parallelism With Parallella and Raspberry Pi
  Software Craftsmanship North America (SCNA)
  Los Angeles, CA, USA
   
  
• Wrestling With the Internet of Things (IoT)
  ChicagoRuby User Group in Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• Parallella in Five Minutes
  RubyConf 2015 - San Antonio, TX, USA
   
  
• Node.js Under Water (OpenROV)
  NYC Node.JS User Group - New York City, NY, USA
   
  
• Groupon: OpenROV at Geekfest
  Geekfest, a weekly event by Groupon - Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• Four Steps. Five Minutes.
  Five-minute video summary of The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank
  Ignite Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
   
  

Podcast Audio & Radio:

• WGN Radio & Technori
  Scott Kitun, CEO of Technori, interviews Hightower regarding the Internet of Things (IoT).
   
  
• Giant Robots Smashing into Other Giant Robots
  Produced by thoughtbot at RubyConf 2012 in Denver, CO, USA. Multiple developers interviewed; Hightower’s segment runs from 4:32 to 6:14.
   
  
• Ruby Rogues Podcast
  Weekly panel discussion about programming. Created by DevChat.tv.
  Aired on Feb 17, 2016

Additional Speaking History:

• Business of Software
  Boston, MA, USA
   
  
• RubyConf Kenya - Africa Nazarene University
  Ongata Rongai, Kenya
   
  
• ConFoo
  Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
   
  
• Ancient City Ruby
  St. Augustine, FL, USA
   
  
• in5 hub Innovation Centre
  Dubai, UAE
   
  
• DevNights at The Cribb
  Dubai, UAE
   
  
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• Rubyfuza
  Cape Town, South Africa
   
  
• Geekfest at Groupon (Parallella)
  Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• Aloha Ruby
  Honolulu, HI, USA
   
  
• Flourish! 2016 - University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
  Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• CloudCamp Chicago Developer Night
  Chicago, IL, USA
   
  
• LinuxBarbados at University of the West Indies
  Cave Hill, Barbados
   
  
• Ignite RubyConf
  San Diego, CA, USA