Experience

Sunstone Winery

• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education and Experience Lead

  • Mar 2022 - Present

• Assistant Winemaker

  • Aug 2020 - Mar 2022


Spear Vineyards & Winery
• Associate Winemaker

  • Jan 2020 - Aug 2020


Sunstone Vineyards & Winery

• Assistant Winemaker

  • Nov 2018 - Jan 2020

  Oversee all daily operations of 10k case estate brand as well as multiple custom crush clients with a total annual production of roughly 15k cases.● Coordinate all communication with vineyard management for estate as well as contracted fruit.● Establish monthly/ annual budgets and forecast production needs.● Conduct all in-house enology using state of the art lab equipment including basic wet chemistry via photometer and analog methods and microbiological activity via polymerase chain reaction.● Act as highest level on-site decision maker in production on a daily basis with less than 5 hours of direct supervision on a weekly basis.● Coordinate labor needs for all aspects of production from processing to bottling.● Perform all monthly, quarterly and yearly record-keeping practices including inventory, custom crush invoicing, 702 reporting, budget reconciliation and year-end crush reports. Experience ● Represent brand at various industry and trade events and attend beneficial statewide technical seminars including bot not limited to Wivi and Unified Symposium.● Conduct blending sessions and winemaker dinners for public and private audiences.● Create blending trials and act as final decision maker for wine alterations, barrel selections and treatments for majority of production.● Coordinate all necessary safety-related training Show less

• Production Manager

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

  Directly manage the production of 15k cases including custom crush. Experience working with more than 20 varietals and a multitude of fermentation methods. Coordinate facility R&M, purchasing, budgeting and forecasting. Conduct all in-house lab work and safety inspections. Create and discriminate wine adjustment trials with stakeholders.

• Inventory Controller

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

• Tasting Room Associate

  • Oct 2014 - Aug 2016


Bien Nacido Winery
• Winery Harvest Intern

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

Krska Farming
• Vineyard Field Apprentice

  • Mar 2015 - Sep 2015

Codebusters
• Slovakia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director, Business Development

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2014

On Call Consulting
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Account Executive

  • 2012 - Jul 2013

Minimus.biz
• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Projects Department

  • 2012 - 2012


Best Buy

• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Inventory/Merchandising

  • Jul 2010 - May 2011

• Personal Computer/Home Office Sales

  • May 2008 - Jul 2010