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Ray Steen

About Ray Steen

Ray Steen is Co-Owner & CEO for MainSpring and has been with the firm since 2014. With over 25 years of experience in strategy, consulting and communications, his expertise arms clients with the strategies, tools and resources to meet their mission. Ray is a proud dad and coach of 5 kids, a fantasy sports nut and bleeds for the Chicago Bears and Boston Celtics.



Articles by Ray Steen

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6 Ways Your Small Business Can Stop Being a Big Target

John Ambrose Fleming was set to unveil a wireless technology to the public that was sure to change the way they communicated. After investing his time and effort into planning the demonstration, the...

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Training Needs a New Name

Imagine this scenario: You sent your team to a classroom training session for the next three hours to learn how to better use an application. This application is important, and you’re fed up with...

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Your Answer to Being More Productive may be Right Next Door

In 1996, sitting in a lawn chair watching my kids play in the cul-de-sac, I made perhaps the best decision I’ve ever made for my firm. I didn’t know it then, but I certainly do now that I have the...

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Avoid the Latest Ransomware Locky

The latest cyber scam to hit businesses and organizations alike is called Locky. Yes, even cyber criminals lack creativity once in a while. As the article from Naked Security by Sophos describes,...

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Confessions of a SharePoint Skeptic

MainSpring has a history with SharePoint, supporting the U.S. Army’s Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) mission at Fort Detrick, Md. They use the centralized tool for managing...

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Let Me Introduce You to MainSpring

Call me old fashioned, but I have a pocket watch in my office that reminds me every day that legacy powers success. At least, that’s why I started MainSpring (formerly CNS and Anvil Dataworks) in...

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