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Gary Sowder – Real Estate Director, Co-Founder and President

Gary has 17 years of extensive business experience in creating startup companies; characterized as a high energy business leader building successful, cohesive companies and teams. His personal experience lends trusted expertise and insight to entrepreneur opportunities, real estate and business investments, property development, and management. In addition to his entrepreneurial spirit, Gary has founded three and or co-founded two other companies and has evaluated or consulted for hundreds of small to mid-size companies over his career.

Gary originally started his career in 1982 by joining the United States Air Force in Electronic Intelligence. After a 12-year successful career in the Air Force, his vision and drive to create business opportunities landed him in a real estate career in the Midwest in the early 90's. Within the first six months of his career he turned his focus to golf course developments, new home sales and began to oversee new home sales for three builders in nine golf course developments. By 1994, Gary was Project Leader for a 600 acre lake development, teamed up with Blue Tee Golf, Inc., and formed Complete Development International, Inc. (CDI). Over the next six years while maintaining a successful real estate career, he evaluated over 28 projects for CDI and packaged eight of those projects totaling over 160 million dollars. He also created the business plans and structured operations for all eight projects.

By 2005, Gary began taking on new projects and two large developments in the Pacific Northwest where he joined up with a high powered timber company. He was not only tasked with overseeing the company’s current portfolio of 200,000 plus acres of in-house property, but he brought added value buys to the current real estate holdings. He did this by diversifying the holdings into the hard asset sector of the down market. He started evaluating the 2007-2008 real estate down cycle in the United States for performing and non-performing bank note buys. He packaged five projects in four different states during this period totaling over 350 million in hard asset value for a cash purchase of 60 million.

Gary is co-founder, President and CEO of Vineyard Agent and 100 Winery, Vineyard Agent is a full service Winery Vineyard Brokerage and Marketing/Advertising Agency. His company and team offer a broad spectrum of professional services to ensure the success of those pursuing their passion in the wine industry. Services include: Winery Vineyard Real Estate Services, Marketing & Creative Services, Bulk Wine Services, Vineyard Management & Development, and Winery Management & Winemaking. Vineyard Agent currently has its marketing brand on over 100 million dollars of winery vineyard properties for sale throughout the United States and is currently expanding into the Canadian market. Shortly after launch, Vineyard Agent already controls over 12% of the Winery/Vineyard market in the United States. Gary holds a Federal Winery License and Principle Broker License in Oregon and Washington.

Matthew Hess – Marketing Director, Co-Founder and Vice President

Matt is a native Oregonian that has over 10 years of marketing and advertising experience. While attending college Matt began his advertising career within the timber & wood products sector.  His client list includes one of the world’s largest privately held wood products companies that had a worldwide reach and over a billion dollars in sales annually. By the time he received his Bachelor’s Degree, Matt had already gained a real world education beyond his years.

Matt is often called “the one man ad agency” because of broad knowledge of all aspects of the business. He has worked as a Web Developer, Copywriter, Account Executive, SEO & SEM Adviser, Creative Director, Media Buyer, Graphic Designer, and Brand Manager. Besides the timber and wood products industry, Matt has also worked in the real estate and development industry prior entering the wine industry.

Matt graduated from Eastern Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Marketing.

Montgomery Paulsen Winery Management and Winemaking Services Contact: Email Montgomery Education 2001 DUKE UNIVERSITY, Master of Business Administration (MBA) 1991 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Bachelor of Science in Fermentation Science 1987 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Bachelor of Arts in English, Writing Emphasis

WINEMAKING
•    Over 20 years experience as a winemaker.
•    Winemaking and management for small boutique wineries, mid-sized wineries and million-case facilities.
•    Most recently winemaking for Rosenblum Cellars, with over twenty 90+ rated wines per year

EDUCATION
•    Winemaking degree from UC Davis, MBA from Duke University
•    College instructor for semester-length classes in Enology, Winery Business Management, Sensory Analysis
•    Developed training and education programs for cellar, lab and winemaking staff

MATERIALS, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, COST CONTROL
•    Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM)
•    Reduce packaging and direct material costs and implement quality control systems
•    Streamline shipping/receiving and order processing, cost accounting, inventory systems and accountability

WINERY SALE OR TRANSITION
•    Lead winemaking and operations facilitator for $105 million sale of Rosenblum Winery to Diageo
•    Experience in areas such as company valuation, due diligence, safety and environmental regulations
•    Personnel training and evaluation, change management, systems upgrade or implementation

WINERY MANAGEMENT
•    Management restructuring and role definition. Streamlining workforce. Solving problems
•    Interim Management – interview outgoing personnel, review procedures, implement best practices or improve
processes, educate incoming staff,  perform daily job duties during candidate search
•    Have extensive library of Standard Operating Procedures and managerial protocols ready to implement

INTERDEPARTMENT
•    Good at facilitating departmental interactions, such as that between Sales and Operations
•    Developed teams to facilitate and expedite new product development
•    Experience in all the major departments within a winery; good at motivating staff or managers.

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
•    As Director of Operations at Winery Exchange, managed implementation of over 20 global brands
•    Create new product lines, make use of bulk wine market, develop an export program
•    Implemented and managed custom crush and bottling business – turn your excess capacity into cash

At Vineyard Agent International, Inc. your privacy is very important to us. The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide you with a description of the types of information we collect about you when you visit the remax.com web site (the "Web Site"), and how we use that information. By visiting or using the Web Site, you agree to the provisions of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Policy, please do not use the Web Site.

This policy only applies to information collected while you are on the Web Site. For more information on how the Web Site may redirect you to other web sites, please see the Links and Redirection to Third Party Sites section below.

Information We Collect

We collect and store information that you voluntarily provide to us as well as data related to your Web Site visit and usage.

We collect personally identifiable information (including, but not limited to, name, address and phone number) that is voluntarily provided to us by you. For example, you voluntarily provide personally identifiable information when you send us an email, use certain features of the Web Site such as registering or the "Contact an Agent" feature.

In addition, during your visit we automatically collect certain aggregate information related to your Web Site visit. Aggregate information is non-personally identifiable or anonymous information about you, including the date and time of your visit, your IP address, your computer browser information, the Internet address that you visited prior to and after reaching the Web Site, the name of the domain and host you used to access the Internet, and the features of our Web Site which you accessed.

Use of Cookies

"Cookies" are simple text files stored on your computer for use by a browser. Certain Web Site features may only be available through the placement of a cookie. We may use "cookies" to assist in data collection and to track visitor Web Site usage and trends to help us better serve you. The use of cookies is a standard practice among Internet web sites; most Internet browsers permit a user to accept, decline or delete cookies. This Web Site works with a first party cookie that collects anonymous traffic data at the Web Site.

How We Use Information

We use collected information to make available and to improve our high standard of reliable services. We use such information to:


respond to inquiries or service requests and monitor such responses;

provide information about and market our products or services or those of the Vineyard Agent franchise network of independently owned offices and their affiliated independent real estate agents;

resolve problems; and

manage the Web Site and assess its usage.

Disclosure of Information

When you search for a property, we will redirect you to the site of an independently owned and operated Vineyard Agent franchise office and provide information you have submitted to us, including the parameters of the search, and if you have registered, your contact information, to that office. Similarly, if you request to be contacted by an agent or office or otherwise request information from us, we will disclose the personally identifiable information you provide to appropriate affiliates of Vineyard Agent to satisfy your request.

We do not sell or rent personally identifiable information to third parties who are not affiliates of the Vineyard Agent franchise network. We may disclose personally identifiable information to appropriate affiliates of Vineyard Agent, including strategic alliance affiliates and third party service providers, to respond to a request for service or to provide information about available products or services.

We may share aggregate (non-personally identifiable) information with certain third parties such as advertisers, national industry organizations, and prospective affiliates. In addition, we reserve the right to disclose aggregate information and personally identifiable information to third parties as required or permitted by law and when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights.

Links and Redirection to Third Party Sites

The Web Site contains links to third party web sites and may redirect you to third party web sites.("Third Party Sites") These include sites of:


regional Vineyard Agent sub-franchisors, many of which are independent of Vineyard Agent International;

independently owned and operated Vineyard Agent franchise offices;

independent Vineyard Agent sales associates affiliated with Vineyard Agent franchise offices; and

service providers who have a relationship with Vineyard Agent International, some of whom are permitted to display a Vineyard Agent logo pursuant to a co-branding agreement.

Third Party Sites are not under the control of Vineyard Agent International, and Vineyard Agent International is not responsible for such Third Party Sites, including without limitation the accuracy, sufficiency, correctness, reliability, veracity, completeness, or timeliness thereof, any link contained therein, or any changes or updates thereto. The inclusion or access to Third Party Sites does not imply an endorsement thereof by Vineyard Agent International, or of the provider of such content or services, or of any third party web site. Vineyard Agent International reserves the right to terminate any link or linking program at any time.

Please be aware that when you enter a third party web site, any information you provide, including financial information, is subject to the terms of use and privacy policy of that site.

Childrens Privacy

This Web site is not directed toward children, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

Effective Date; Policy Changes

Each time you use the Web Site, the current version of the policy will apply. Accordingly, when you use the Web Site, you should check the date of this policy (which appears at the top of the policy) and review any changes since the last version. We reserve the right to add to, change, update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice other than simply posting such changes, update or modification on this Web Site. Any such change, modification or update will be effective immediately upon posting on the Web Site.

Lost or Stolen Information

You must promptly notify us if you become aware that any information provided by or submitted to this Web Site is lost, stolen, or used without permission.

Limitation of Liability

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL Vineyard Agent INTERNATIONAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO DIRECT, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOST PROFITS OR LOST REVENUE) THAT RESULT FROM THE USE OF THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS ON THIS WEB SITE, EVEN IF VINEYARD AGENT INTERNATIONAL INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Governing Law

This policy is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon without giving effect to any principles of conflict of law.

Contact Us

To contact us with your questions or comments regarding this policy or the information collection and dissemination practices of this Web Site, please email us at 541.229.0008.

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