Ray Stata co-founded Analog Devices in 1965 to focus on high-performance signal processing technology, initially targeting operational amplifiers but later expanding to other linear integrated circuits (IC) and digital signal processors (DSP). He has served as President and CEO from 1971 to 1996 and as Chairman of the Board from 1973 to 2022 and continues to serve on the ADI Board of Directors today.

Mr. Stata is active in the high technology industry and in public service, including being the co-founder and the first President of the Massachusetts High Technology Council, a Board member of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) from 1996 to 2013, and serving from 1987 to 2005 on the Executive Committee of the Council on Competitiveness. Ray holds a BSEE and MSEE from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has remained actively involved with his alma mater over the years, including serving until 2010 on the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation and as Chairman of the Visiting Committee of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Ray is a member of the National Academy of Engineers and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Since stepping down as CEO of Analog Devices, Ray has been actively engaged as a venture investor in early-stage startup companies. Outside of the high technology industry, Ray is an active philanthropist and contributor to the community in which he lives.