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About Us
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The Wine Scout is independently managed by an experienced
staff of directors from key industries. We are a virtual team of entrepreneurs
with experience in technology, hospitality, multimedia, advertising, finance,
research, production and previous start-up organizations. We have no investors,
except our own financial contributions. Our organization is a boot-strap, young
start-up organization that attracts professionals who are passionate about the
opportunity to be involved, be innovative and grow with us. We have a
contributing staff of 15 bright people. Here are some of us below:
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Patricia Crowell, Founder and President
Patricia’s interest in wine and tourism started at a young
age. Travelers passing through the Midwest received recommendations and
directions from Patricia starting at age 8 at her family owned campground. By
age 13 she had her first glass of wine in a family owned winery in Bordeaux and
the wine theme has followed her since. From Champagne parties at college to
throwing annual wine tasting events as an adult, Patricia has uncorked the love
of wine for many. She served as a concierge at a famous California Hotel where
she and her colleagues frequented top restaurants and interviewed the staff for
information about the food and wine to share with tourists at the hotel. Her
Marketing and Advertising career was soon discovered by clients such as
Universal Studios and Caesars Palace among many others as she created
strategies to bring the masses to these venues, this is when she developed her
passion as a commercial producer working with new media technologies,
specifically Internet business development, alliances, loyalty programs, lead
generation and global website program management. She has a communications
degree from California State University, Fullerton and an Executive IT
Management (EITM) from Columbia University in New York City. For over a decade
Patricia has been producing e-commerce solutions for clients in various
industries and continues to throw serious wine tasting parties in the New York
area.
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Jack Olexy, Co-Founder / VP Wine Technology
With an educational background in English, Computer &
Management Science from Virginia Tech University, Jack, brings an eclectic
assortment of skills to The Wine Scout Team. Jack, a Microsoft Certified
Professional (MCP) is a tenured web technologist with over 10 years experience
developing Internet technoglies for the likes of Circuit City Stores, Dell,
eDoc4u, The Executive Health Center / George Washington University,
RowCruting.com and most recently The Wine Scout. In September of 1995 Jack
became the founding member of the www.CircuitCity.com development team. During
that time, Jack architected a website application which would ultimately
support the four billion dollar company. Jack’s role as Lead Technology
Architect at Circuit City required sole editorial responsibility as well as
direct accountability for site architecture, ergonomic design, content
creation, and technology implementation. In 1997 Jack joined Dell Computer
Corporation (www.dell.com) as a Product/Program Manager supporting the
development and deployment of B2B e-commerce applications for Public customers
(Federal, State and Local Government, K-12 and Higher Education). During this
time online revenues for these lines of business grew from 1-2 to $4-7 million
a day in revenue. In addition to his role as Product/Program manager, Jack
continued to lead efforts in Dell’s utilization of cutting edge technology
implementations using XML, ASP, DHTML, etc. In 1999 Jack co-founded eDoc4u, a
unique web service offering lifelong fully automated disease prevention
customized to a patient's needs. eDoc4u clients include HCA, United Health
Direct, FutureHealth and Gordian Health Services. Jack intends to bring all of
his experience to bear on The Wine Scout's current and future success.
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Special Thanks Go To:
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Dan at DNW Associates for graphic design of
logo and website. |
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Craig at Little Pioneer wrote, played &
produced theme song and edited podcasts. |
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