We’re thrilled to announce that Ray Winninger has joined the Stimulant team as our new Managing Director of Seattle.
Ray brings over twenty-five years of product development experience in creative, marketing, and management roles. He comes to Stimulant from Microsoft, where he spent twelve years as a Senior Director in Platform Evangelism and an Executive Producer in Microsoft Studios. During that time, he helped launch countless new products and worked with a diverse set of partners. Prior to Microsoft, Ray co-founded a new division within 3Com/Palm, worked as an Executive Producer at Viacom, and worked on the launch of the Sony Playstation.
Q&A with Ray
What appealed to you most about coming to work for Stimulant?
I had an opportunity to work with some of the Stimulant folks several years ago, and ever since I’ve admired their work from afar. Stimulant’s assembled a team of all-stars and I’m privileged to be a part of it. I’m particularly excited about working with a group of people who share my passion for taking technology in new and interesting directions.
Tell us about one of your favorite projects that you worked on prior to joining Stimulant.
I recently had a chance to work with the folks at Sesame Workshop, the people behind Sesame Street, on a series of educational interactive experiences for toddlers. During the course of that work, I realized just how important Sesame Street was to my own development and just how many fundamental lessons I learned from it. It was a real honor to have an opportunity to recast some of those lessons for a new generation.
Tell us a unique or interesting fact about yourself.
I’m the only person in Seattle who doesn’t eat seafood or drink coffee. Oh, and there’s no couch in my living room–just a pool table.
What do you do in your free time?
I’m a fanatical movie buff. There are more than four thousand films in my personal collection, and I generally catch four or five of the new releases each week.
