Meet The Founder
Our vision is to become the number one wine club in the world through word of mouth marketing. We believe that wine is a lifestyle, a passion and a part of the human experience. Wine is a celebration, with food, family and private moments alone or with someone special. Wine is rewarding, there is something giving about its character. Wine is health. it is proving to enhance your longevity, it feeds the spirit and the soul.
We at Wine Ambassador are committed to delivering a more complete wine experience to our customers by not only delivering exceptional wine, but also the enhancement of life that is captured with every bottle. Every bottle of wine has a tale to tell and we believe you need to be a part of the story.
Brett Hudson – Founder & CEO
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20+ years as a tech exec, created a startup Dot Com Company from the ground floor and took it public within 2 years with Goldman Sachs.
Founded a stored value debit/gift card company in 2001 that was acquired by a publicly traded company in 2003.
A proven track record of success in team development. Responsible for direct response social media marketing, online/retail distribution, lead generation as well as strategic sales planning that has resulted in high profitable growth both Domestically and Internationally.
DAVID HARMON – (CWO)
In the 1990s, David founded and sold wine.com for $10 million. He has a colorful past, right out of a TV show. His animated life is filled with stories that captivate his customers at his rustic but intriguing winery. He is a key character in a new reality show about a winemaker who travels a lot.
Lee Hendelson – (CFO)
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Attended City University of New York and subsequently received Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.
In 1980, he formed Palm Beach Accounting & Investments, Inc. building a successful accounting and tax practice. Lee’s prepared over thousands of individual, business, trusts and estates tax returns. In 1997 he sold his accounting and tax practice clients, maintaining ownership of the corporation.
Lee has traveled for business providing forensic accounting services, consulting, and interim and Fractional CFO work for Venture Capital firms. He’s reported on his findings of their multi-million dollar incubator portfolio companies and has been able to determine their true profitability for additional levels of investor funding or bankruptcy potential to limit portfolio losses. Lee has held the positions of Trustee and Executor for his Trust clients. He has served on the Boards of two public companies in the USA and Canada as well as experience in S.E.C. filings.
As CFO, Lee is an invaluable asset to our management team.
Jessica – (CCO) “Chief Cheese Officer”
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Jessica Sennett, founder of Cheese Grotto (The Wine Cellar for Cheese) has specialized in cheese making and cheese retail for the last 13 years. She worked at many acclaimed cheese shops including Cowgirl Creamery, Formaggio Kitchen and Bedford Cheese Shop in addition to apprenticing in France and Washington.
She makes her own cheese and is well-versed in tasting, educating, and cooking with cheese.
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