Ronald Scharman
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Chief Executive Officer at FlyWithWine at VinGardeValise®
Location: Napa, California, United States 12 work roles 2 schools
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Chief Executive Officer at FlyWithWine
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Napa, California, United States

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Ronald Scharman is listed as Chief Executive Officer at FlyWithWine at VinGardeValise®, based in Napa, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Ronald Scharman.

Ronald Scharman previously worked as General Manager, Winery Division at Vingardevalise® and Chief Executive Officer at Flywithwine. Ronald Scharman holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance from Cornell Johnson Graduate School Of Management.

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Ron is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FlyWithWIne, the exclusive marketer and distributor of the VinGardeValise, the wine travel suitcase that safely and securely transports wine and personal effects while flying to or from wine country and other travel destinations. The company was founded in 2016 together with Astra Digital Marketing, a leading wine industry digital marketing agency dedicated to growing wine industry DTC brands. This follows his nearly 30 years leading commerce, eCommerce, digital, and innovation strategy for high-growth companies with P&L responsibilities. Ron pitched FlyWithWine on SharkTank Season 15, Episode 9 on December 15th, 2023. Ron is widely considered a thought-leader in the wine marketing world.He lives in the San Francisco Bay area and enjoys mentoring young wine industry professionals; global travel seeking new market opportunities with wineries in Europe, Australia, South America; and is an avid wine collector.Ron also taught for 8 years Wine eCommerce and Direct-to-Consumer Marketing - a popular course on digital marketing and storytelling at Sonoma State UniversityAbout Me: Trend curator, storyteller, marketing expert, speaker, professorSpecialties: Business strategy, marketing, retail, innovation, branding, advertising, social media, content marketing, writing, trend forecasting, curation, analysis.

Listed skills include Marketing Strategy, Wine, E Commerce, Marketing, and 24 others.

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VinGardeValise®
Vingardevalise®
Chief Executive Officer at FlyWithWine
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12 roles · 37 years

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General Manager, Winery Division

Current

Sandia Park, New Mexico, US

As a transition from the closure of FlyWithWine, I now represent VinGardeValise, as General Manager of their Wine Division encompassing wineries, wine shops, and wine related businesses in the U.S. We offer products that provide world class solutions for the safe and secure travel of wine and spirits.

Aug 2024 - Present

Chief Executive Officer

Napa, CA, US

FlyWithWine is a luxury brand company that is the exclusive marketer and distributor for VinGardeValise, the unique wine travel suitcase which is carried in more than 300 tasting rooms, national retailers, Amazon, and the FlyWithWine website. Products come with a 10-year warranty and the brand has been built with high customer service levels in mind to.

Aug 2016 - Jul 2024

Chief Executive Officer

Napa, CA, US

We are strategists, storytellers, sales drivers: Cultivating communities of engagement by passionately connecting consumers to brands with purpose.Astra is a full-service digital marketing agency specializing in digital solutions for wineries with an emphasis on DTC sales and driving traffic to tasting rooms.Our services include but are not limited to.

Aug 2016 - Jan 2022

Managing Partner

Lufthansa Worldshop Market

The Worldshop Market is Lufthansa’s largest US loyalty program provider, offering flexible customer mileage redemption options in the food, wine & lifestyle categories. At launch, LWM was the 1st major mileage spend program of its kind to offer wine to its members.

May 2005 - Dec 2017

Chief Operating Officer

Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services & Vinovisit.Com

Chatterbox Wine Marketing Services is a Napa based company founded in 2009 that offers relationship-based wine telesales, digital marketing services, VinoVisit.com visitor reservation and guest management services, and other consumer direct marketing services exclusively for the wine industry. The company serves a growing list of well-known established.

Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

President & Chief Operating Officer

Napa, CA, US

Helped scale this fast growing start-up from a local Napa-based software company to the leading global SaaS provider for the wine DTC industry. Managed the fundraising process for a lead minority investment by NetSuite, one of the world’s largest cloud-based ERP & CRM service providers.Today, eWinery services wineries, importers, and third-party wine.

2007 - Mar 2014

Coo/Cfo

US

VC-backed direct-to-consumer wine logistics company that (at the time) offered the only fully compliant, turnkey solution for nationwide, interstate shipment of wine to consumers. Wine shipments valued at more than $150mm/annually

Feb 2005 - Sep 2007

Chief Executive Officer

Morrell Wine Group

Led the Morrell Wine Group, a luxury wine, food, and lifestyle brand that included Morrell & Company wine retail (store, catalog, and web), wine bar and restaurant, auction house, storage, events, and licensing divisions, and the Morrell Wine Institute (wine education)

Mar 2001 - 2005

Chief Operating Officer

Cosmetics Plus Ltd

Recruited by Goldman Sachs to scale this Manhattan-based specialty retailer of cosmetics and fragrance from 8 to 24 stores with an integrated store, catalog and web-based retailing strategy. Annual revenues in excess of $50mm from bricks and mortar, direct marketing and ecommerce sales

1995 - 2001 ~6 yrs

Chief Executive Officer

Standard Brands Paint Company

On behalf of lead investor, Fidelity Investments, successfully reorganized out of bankruptcy and managed this $230 million NYSE listed specialty retailer/manufacturer of paint and home decorating products, operating 132 retail stores in 8 states

1992 - 1995 ~3 yrs

Managing Director

Fawn Holdings Ltd

Boutique M&A firm that specialized in the acquisition and operations of under-capitalized, financially troubled, and transitional companies

1989 - 1992 ~3 yrs
2 education records

Ronald Scharman education

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance

Cornell Johnson Graduate School Of Management

Bs, Agricultural Economics, International Development

Cornell University
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What company does Ronald Scharman work for?

Ronald Scharman works for VinGardeValise®.

What is Ronald Scharman's role at VinGardeValise®?

Ronald Scharman is listed as Chief Executive Officer at FlyWithWine at VinGardeValise®.

Where is Ronald Scharman based?

Ronald Scharman is based in Napa, California, United States while working with VinGardeValise®.

What companies has Ronald Scharman worked for?

Ronald Scharman has worked for Vingardevalise®, Flywithwine, Astra Digital, Sonoma State University Wine Business Institute, and Lufthansa Worldshop Market.

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Ronald Scharman holds Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance from Cornell Johnson Graduate School Of Management.

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Ronald Scharman is listed with skills including Marketing Strategy, Wine, E Commerce, Marketing, Start Ups, Management, Business Strategy, and Strategy.

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