Experience

Boxwood Estate Winery
• United States
• Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Vineyard Manager

  • Mar 2019 - Present


Rigby Viniculture (formerly Rigby Consulting Services)

• Vineyard and Winery Consultant

  • Jan 1991 - Present

  Provides business planning, winery design and viticultural consulting services to clients. Specific viticultural efforts have included site evaluation and selection, vineyard layout and installation, disease identification, and vineyard and canopy management. Specific winery design efforts have included layout of equipment and analysis of existing design and production flow, as well as, people/tourist flow. Early years concentrated on engineering, research and analysis efforts, including research on viticultural and enological issues, environmental issues, accessibility and assistive technology projects for persons with disabilities, and engineering work on invention proposals. Show less



HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College

• United States
• Higher Education

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2019

  Teaches all viticulture courses, plus Winery Design and Startup, Winery Regulation and Compliance, and Sensory Evaluation. Teaches all viticulture courses, plus Winery Design and Startup, Winery Regulation and Compliance, and Sensory Evaluation.



Hauser Estate Winery

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Director, Vineyard Operations

  • Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Directed all vineyard tasks, including canopy management, pest and nutritional management, training of vineyard staff. Directed all vineyard tasks, including canopy management, pest and nutritional management, training of vineyard staff.


Black Wolf Vineyards
• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• Winemaker

  • Mar 2006 - Jul 2008


Institute for Defense Analyses

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct

  • Sep 1994 - May 2001

  Consultant, then, part time Adjunct employee working on various tasks supporting the Federal Government. Skills included cost analysis, quality analysis and technical research. Consultant, then, part time Adjunct employee working on various tasks supporting the Federal Government. Skills included cost analysis, quality analysis and technical research.



Virginia Technology Associates

• United States

• Vice President

  • Sep 1995 - Sep 1996

  Provided project management and interdisciplinary research services in the area of assistive technologies. Provided project management and interdisciplinary research services in the area of assistive technologies.



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Sep 1993 - Aug 1994

  Research Associate in the Gerontology Department. Worked on research involving technologies for persons with disabilities. Research Associate in the Gerontology Department. Worked on research involving technologies for persons with disabilities.



Vinicultural Services

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Partner

  • Mar 1984 - Aug 1991

  Advised and assisted commercial vineyard and winery operations in all aspects of grape and wine production in both consulting and contracting situations. Advised and assisted commercial vineyard and winery operations in all aspects of grape and wine production in both consulting and contracting situations.



Applied Concepts Corporation

• Project Manager

  • Sep 1986 - Aug 1989

  Designed, organized, wrote proposals and managed research projects dealing with technologies for persons with disabilities. Specific expertise included statistical experimental design and analysis. Designed, organized, wrote proposals and managed research projects dealing with technologies for persons with disabilities. Specific expertise included statistical experimental design and analysis.