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Ray Schiavone

Managing Director

Ranch View Technologies LLC (Former CEO, Quark Software)

$400

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Ray's Summary

Ray Schiavone is managing director of Ranch View Technologies. An experienced business leader in a variety of industries, Ray had a highly successful career as a GE executive during CEO Jack Welch’s tenure, followed by an industry recognized entrepreneurial career where he created more than $1 billion of shareholder value. For over 20 years, Ray held the position of President & CEO at several successful technology companies, most recently as CEO of Quark Software Inc., where he led its turnaround, resulting in an acquisition by private equity. Previously, Ray was President and CEO of Arbortext Inc., which was acquired by Parametric Technology Corp (PTC) for nearly 5X revenues, and was President of TPN Register LLC, a GE and Thomas Publishing joint venture. Prior to TPN, during his 14-year tenure at GE, Ray held leadership positions throughout the United States and Europe. In addition to his operating business leadership, Ray has served as founder, investor, advisor and board member of several entrepreneurial businesses including co-founding Nagle Athletic Surfaces, which was acquired by AstroTurf Corporation, returning 70x for investors, and board member for 3esi (now Aucerna), acquired by Rubicon Technology Partners. In his role at Ranch View Technologies, Ray has provided advisory services for several businesses through M&A transactions and has invested and serves as a board member of portfolio companies Oberon Technologies, and EpistemicAI. Ray received an MBA from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Syracuse University. He is a graduate of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff and Information Management Leadership programs. Ray has been active on a number of boards, including serving on the Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering. He has been recognized for his corporate and entrepreneurial success and received numerous awards including Michigan Venture Capital Association’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, Crain’s Detroit Business Forty under Forty, and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

About Ray

  • Span of Control

    The number of people reporting to them

    Less than 10

  • Industry

    Computer Software

  • Size of Company

    In terms of revenue

    lt $10 Million

  • Employees of Company

    The number of people working for this company

    1-10

  • Business Function

    Investing

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