Ed sat on the board of the Wine Business Institute at Sonoma State University for several years.Įd currently teaches in the school of business at Sonoma State University in their executive MBA program.
Ed also studied in Innsbruck Austria as well as participated in an executive education program at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. He has also worked as a wine broker with Southern Slopes International as well as a wine distributor for International Wines, Inc.Įd received his BS in Marketing from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Over Ed’s career he has had the pleasure to work for Constellation Brands, Robert Mondavi Corporation, Treasury Wine Estates as well as Kendall Jackson/Artisan and Estates. In that role, he applied an integrated approach to marketing, category planning and management, consumer research, business analysis, and a wide range of strategic account services. Ed has also led several other support and shared services functions including Trade Marketing & Promotions, Creative Services, Brand PR, Retail Operations, Visitor Centers and Direct-to-Consumer Marketing.Įd has also served as SVP Channel Management, where he led the sales team responsible for selling the company’s wine brands to the largest national on- and off-premise accounts in the United States. In this role Ed has helped set the sales agenda and keep all aligned to that road map.Įd has had the pleasure of leading critical “Centers of Excellence”, including Strategic & Consumer Insights, Wine Education and Digital Marketing. Ed has also served as the “Chief of Staff, Sales” for two very large wine suppliers. In these efforts, he has direct experience creating positive, winning sales cultures. Ed has helped transform organizations, including selling teams and structure. He has worked as a Distributor, Importer, Broker and Supplier on both the East as well as West Coast over the past three decades.Įd has a background in sales, sales management, sales training and organizational development as well as data and analytics. Ed has a reputation for using his background in change management to transform organizations. In addition, he has served on college BOD’s including Cal Poly’s Alumni Association where his work there led to his award as Alumni of The Year for the Cal Poly Orfalea College of Business in 2011.Įd LeMay has almost 35 years of experience in the wine industry. Pat has served on multiple Board of Directors (BOD’s) in the beverage space.
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In his early career, Pat earned his Certified Public Accounting license in both California and Washington. Pat completed the Strategic Planning Executive Program at the University of Michigan, post graduate studies in the Masters of Applied Economics Program at the University of Seattle and his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance & Accounting from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. In addition, Pat has significant experience with public companies and public company BOD’s having served as a public company CEO, CFO and Senior Vice President of Planning and Finance over a 20 year span. Pat’s background in mergers and acquisitions includes some of the most significant transactions in the wine space, both on the buy and the sell side. Pat’s history as a leader has provided him with significant experience working with Board of Directors and executive management teams on strategic planning, management and organization structure, financing, capital allocation, mergers and acquisitions, route to market strategy and performance management. Pat’s early career includes consulting and advisory work with Deloitte in San Francisco. Pat has served in a number of roles including Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at some of the leading consumer beverage companies, including Crimson Wine Group, Constellation Brands, Robert Mondavi Corporation and Francis Ford Coppola Companies. He has over 30 years of experience working with consumer brands across private and public companies. Pat DeLong is the Founder and Principal of Azur Associates.
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