Trey Ward started his career as an engineer and inventor, developing a solar-powered water collection system that won EPA competitions and went through accelerators, giving him early exposure to climate and infrastructure hardware before becoming a VC. He brings deep Salesforce expertise and enterprise systems knowledge to venture investing, holding multiple certifications that make him distinctive among hardtech VCs in understanding how complex B2B systems are sold and scaled inside large organizations. Trey Ward started his career as an engineer and inventor, developing a solar-powered water collection system that won EPA competitions and went through accelerators, giving him early exposure to climate and infrastructure hardware before becoming a VC. He brings deep Salesforce expertise and enterprise systems knowledge to venture investing, holding multiple certifications that make him distinctive among hardtech VCs in understanding how complex B2B systems are sold and scaled inside large organizations.