Ray Villareal joined SumTotal in November 2007 as senior vice president of Field Operations. In this role, Villareal is responsible for all customer-facing activities, including sales, marketing, services and support.

Most recently, Villareal was vice president of Field Operations and Marketing at WebEx Communications. Prior to that, he was CEO of Omniva Policy Systems, a provider of secure messaging and policy solutions later acquired by Liquid Machines. Villareal preceded his position at Omniva as CEO for HelloBrain, where he transformed the company from an intellectual capital exchange to supply chain collaboration solution provider.

Villareal has also held several positions as vice president and general manager for key business units at Compaq. His responsibilities included building global partnerships with the company's strategic customers and partners, and managing the worldwide solution strategy and marketing programs for all enterprise products and services. Prior to this, Villareal led the Enterprise Business Segment for Compaq in North America. Villareal came to Compaq through its acquisition of Tandem Computers, where he served senior management and executive roles in field management, product business unit leadership and marketing.

Villareal holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.