Ramon (Ray) Reed manages the day-to-day operations of our South American procurement and exporting office in Santiago, Oppenheimer Chilé Limitada.

With nearly 25 years of produce sales, marketing and quality control experience, Ray has worked for Jac. Vandenberg Inc. in Yonkers, NY, and Produce Services of America Inc. in Gloucester City, N.J., and in San Diego, CA. He was also an owner/partner of Plum Krazy Ranch, a family-owned plum and olive grower, packer, shipper in Woodlake, CA.

He came to Oppenheimer in late 2002 as a sales representative for our Los Angeles office. He moved to Santiago in late 2003 to take on the role of office manager, overseeing our South American supply lines.