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About
RAY TYE knows what it’s like to lose trust—and what it takes to rebuild it. Life changes us, sometimes gently, sometimes by force. He writes about resilience, healing, and the possibility of second chances—from the hard-won wisdom of someone who’s lived it.
Ray’s a retired Marine who served in both enlisted and commissioned officer ranks (a “Mustang”). After the Marines, as a business executive, he led organizations through complex challenges focused on leadership, strategy, and transformational change. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Texas State University.
When he’s not writing, Ray loves good coffee, fly fishing, and motorcycles. He’s on his sixteenth bike, and has logged over a million miles riding around the US. He lives in Plano, Texas, with his wife Sally; three cats—The Dude, Dinky, and Monster; and an Anatolian Shepherd named Darcy. He is the author of Travis Heights: A Journey of Resilience and Reconciliation. Visit him on Substack.
His own story is singular, but the thresholds in it — the moments that change who you are before you know it — are ones most readers will recognize from their own lives, even if the specifics differ.