Ray Wilson Email & Phone Number

Chelan, Wa, Us

V75 LLC owns and operates V75 Vineyard and Creatas Winery.As an investor and advisory board member I actively engage with the leadership team on a range of topics including grape sales, investor relations, strategic partnerships, branding, and wine sales.V75 Vineyard is a premium grower of wine grapes located on the shores of the Columbia River in an area known as the Columbia Hills (AVA pending). Creatas is the estate winery of V75 Vineyard.V75 Vineyard is defined by the wind, heat, semi-desert climate, southern slopes, the Columbia River, long summer days and incredible soils deposited by ice age flooding. Being adjacent to the Columbia River provides many benefits including an abundant supply of pristine water, a significant diurnal effect cooling the air on hot summer nights, and strong river winds that mitigate disease. The ever-present winds also produce a grape skin that is thicker than usual with natural tannins and phenolics that result in beautiful well-balanced wines.In total V75 Vineyard consists of over 1,400 acres of prime vineyard and ranch land. To date we have planted 78 acres of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Carmenere and Syrah which are being used by several premium wineries throughout Washington and Oregon to produce award winning wines.Creatas Wineries inaugural vintage is 2022. Our 2022 wines include a Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, Estate Merlot, and Estate Petit Verdot. These wines will be available for sale Summer 2025.

Founded R&D Ventures, LLC in 2003 to acquire EZ Access Storage in East Wenatchee, WA. After multiple phases of expansion EZ Access Storage is one of the largest Self-Storage, Boat & RV Storage facilities in North Central Washington today. In 2019 we expanded to a 2nd location with the acquisition of Evans Marine Storage in Chelan, WA and rebranded this location as Chelan Boat Storage. Chelan Boat Storage caters to the needs of North Central Washington boaters with a choice of indoor or outdoor boat storage available by the day, week, month or season. Combined both locations include over 155,000 square feet of storage, with the latest in security technologies, online payment systems, and online reservation systems ensuring our customers have the best possible experience when engaging with us.

The Lake Chelan Wine Valley Alliance is a non-profit organization that promotes wine tourism in the Lake Chelan AVA (American Viticultural Area). Our membership includes 78 independent businesses including 42+ wineries and tasting rooms, vineyards, hotels, restaurants and other allied members that are interested in growing wine tourism in the Lake Chelan valley. As an executive member of an all-volunteer board of directors I take an active role in all aspects of the organization with a focus on business development, marketing, partnerships, governance, fund raising, government grants and membership satisfaction. Come experience wine in Washington's paradise!

Founded RSW Ventures, LLC in 2019 to acquire and operate Town Tub Car Wash, in Chelan, WA. In 2020 Town Tub Car Wash was completely reinvented with deployment of the latest in automatic wash technologies, state of the art payment systems, and one of the car wash industry's first customer loyalty mobile apps. Those improvements combined with an aggressive multi-channel marketing campaign and attention to detail drove an unprecedented level of growth and industry best performance results. In 2022 the business was successfully sold ending this short but rewarding chapter.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for developing and implementing the Co-Sell Strategy defining how Microsoft Sales teams engage with partners to serve our enterprise customers worldwide. These partners represent the top Independent Software Vendors (ISV's) and Global Systems Integrators (GSI's) delivering solutions on built on Azure, Teams and Dynamics. Together Microsoft and our partners are enabling our mutual customers success helping them deliver differentiated value in a competitive landscape.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for the worldwide alliance relationship between Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). A number of key accomplishments and milestones accomplished included:Launched Azure Stack in partnership with HPE to define and create the hybrid cloud marketplace. In the first year since product launch the MS / HPE partnership has greatly exceeded all expectations with HPE as the #1 reseller of Azure Stack, #1 in net new customers added and #1 in Azure Stack nodes shipped worldwide. Launched HPE as a Cloud Service Provider (CSP) and integrated with the data center migration capabilities of Cloud Technology Partners (CTP) an HPE company to elevate HPE to a full Managed Service Provider (MSP). With these new capabilities in place HPE was able to launch the 'Greenlake Hybrid Cloud' initiative which resulted in a fundamental shift in the way HPE goes to market with a services led hybrid cloud approach versus the traditional product led approach.Recognized by HPE as the '2018 Global Technology Partner of the Year' and the '2018 Hybrid Cloud Partner of the Year'.

Redmond, Washington, Us

As the first employee of Microsoft’s Health and Life Sciences sales organization I had the unique opportunity to build a nationwide US sales organization from the ground up. This included attracting and hiring an incredible sales force, creating the sales model and strategy, customer segmentation, employee development and training, forecasting and pipeline management, contract negotiations, integration with other sales and support organizations, customer satisfaction, influencing corporate strategy, developing a winning culture and focusing on solving our healthcare customers industry specific challenges. Over the course of my tenure leading the team we grew from an entrepreneurial start up with virtually no revenue to over $1B in annual revenue. That solid foundation has led to continued accelerated growth as this business unit is now one of the largest sales teams in all of Microsoft worldwide.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Responsible for leading the Microsoft large accounts sales team at; Boeing, Starbucks, Amazon, Weyerhaeuser, Paccar, Nike, Albertsons, Costco, Washington Mutual, Safeco, Nordstrom, Micron and many others. Consistently drove best in class revenue, employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction results across all metrics. Recognized with a multitude of awards for quota attainment, competive displacements, customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for the revenue, profit and customer satisfaction across the 5 state Northwest Region including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska & Hawaii. Developed a strong partner relationship with Microsoft that became the benchmark best practice for both companies leading to Microsoft selecting Unisys as the 'Global Partner of the Year'. Exceeded quota and earned Chairmans Club recognition 4 out of 4 years. Recognized for developing multiple national salesperson of the year award recipients and helping them grow into future sales leaders.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for leading a team of 8 sales professionals in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Recognized as the North American New Business Manager of the Year for 1999 and the North American Sales Manager of the Year in 1998. Exceeded quota and earned Chairmans Club recognition 2 out of 2 years.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Held a variety of increasingly responsible account manager roles earning significant recognition as a sales professional exceeding quota 11 out of 12 years and earning multiple Chairmans Club recognition awards.

Viticulture And Enology

Mba, Business Management

Bs, Business Finance