Eric Ray is a Certified Latent Print Examiner working for IDEMIA to manage AFIS products, recommend improvements, develop training, and gather customer feedback. He earned a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology from the University of Arizona. As a member of the International Association of Identification, Eric is on the Editorial Board of the Journal for Forensic Identification and chaired the Special Committee on Latent Print Probability Modeling. He is a member of the OSAC Friction Ridge Subcommittee developing standards for the latent print field.

Eric has developed and presented lectures, workshops, and training classes on several latent print topics, especially on Reducing Erroneous Exclusion. In his spare time, he also co-hosts the Double Loop Podcast with over 250 episodes discussing fingerprint and forensic topics.