Liubomir Popovici
Senior Business Consultant / Winemaker at NuVerge, LLC- Claim this Profile
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Romanian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Serbian Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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Gavin Uys
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir implementing a Blend Management solution using Oracle's JD Edwards. He lead the project well and was crucial to the project delivery. His industry and business knowledge was exceptional. Liubomir is one of the most dedicated people I have worked with. His commitment and dedication are second to know. He is meticulous and a quick study. I recommend Liubomir for any potential client's looking to improve their business.
Scott Starra
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir for about 10 years and worked with him directly on numerous successful product launches. I always found him to be very collaborative and would strive hard to gain understanding and alignment on a project and then would work hard to deliver the best wine against that project. He is a very technically skilled and versatile winemaker and also has the ability to explain it in detail to those that aren't as knowledgeable about winemaking. He has a passion for what he does that shows through. I would highly recommend him for a Operations leadership role at a winery.
Gavin Uys
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir implementing a Blend Management solution using Oracle's JD Edwards. He lead the project well and was crucial to the project delivery. His industry and business knowledge was exceptional. Liubomir is one of the most dedicated people I have worked with. His commitment and dedication are second to know. He is meticulous and a quick study. I recommend Liubomir for any potential client's looking to improve their business.
Scott Starra
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir for about 10 years and worked with him directly on numerous successful product launches. I always found him to be very collaborative and would strive hard to gain understanding and alignment on a project and then would work hard to deliver the best wine against that project. He is a very technically skilled and versatile winemaker and also has the ability to explain it in detail to those that aren't as knowledgeable about winemaking. He has a passion for what he does that shows through. I would highly recommend him for a Operations leadership role at a winery.
Gavin Uys
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir implementing a Blend Management solution using Oracle's JD Edwards. He lead the project well and was crucial to the project delivery. His industry and business knowledge was exceptional. Liubomir is one of the most dedicated people I have worked with. His commitment and dedication are second to know. He is meticulous and a quick study. I recommend Liubomir for any potential client's looking to improve their business.
Scott Starra
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir for about 10 years and worked with him directly on numerous successful product launches. I always found him to be very collaborative and would strive hard to gain understanding and alignment on a project and then would work hard to deliver the best wine against that project. He is a very technically skilled and versatile winemaker and also has the ability to explain it in detail to those that aren't as knowledgeable about winemaking. He has a passion for what he does that shows through. I would highly recommend him for a Operations leadership role at a winery.
Gavin Uys
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir implementing a Blend Management solution using Oracle's JD Edwards. He lead the project well and was crucial to the project delivery. His industry and business knowledge was exceptional. Liubomir is one of the most dedicated people I have worked with. His commitment and dedication are second to know. He is meticulous and a quick study. I recommend Liubomir for any potential client's looking to improve their business.
Scott Starra
I had the pleasure of working with Liubomir for about 10 years and worked with him directly on numerous successful product launches. I always found him to be very collaborative and would strive hard to gain understanding and alignment on a project and then would work hard to deliver the best wine against that project. He is a very technically skilled and versatile winemaker and also has the ability to explain it in detail to those that aren't as knowledgeable about winemaking. He has a passion for what he does that shows through. I would highly recommend him for a Operations leadership role at a winery.
Credentials
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Becoming a Six Sigma Black Belt
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Leading Productive Meetings
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Learning Minitab
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Operational Excellence Foundations
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Six Sigma Foundations
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Six Sigma: Black Belt
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Six Sigma: Green Belt
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Statistics Foundations: 2
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Statistics Foundations: 3
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B2B Foundations: Social Media Marketing
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Consulting Foundations
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Experience
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NuVerge, LLC
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Business Consultant / Winemaker
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Mar 2021 - Present
I help wineries save money, develop new products successfully and make (everyone’s) life easier come audit time whether though WineTrax implementation or Winemaking consulting services. WineTrax implementations: - Big Head Wines - Copper Cane Wines & Provisions Consulting Services: - Big Head Wines - Casa-Dea Estates Winery I help wineries save money, develop new products successfully and make (everyone’s) life easier come audit time whether though WineTrax implementation or Winemaking consulting services. WineTrax implementations: - Big Head Wines - Copper Cane Wines & Provisions Consulting Services: - Big Head Wines - Casa-Dea Estates Winery
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Lean Vintner
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Canada
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Beverage Manufacturing
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Consulting Winemaker / Owner
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Oct 2019 - Mar 2021
Winemaking and Winery Operations Consulting Services Winery Management Software Implementation & new functionalities Winemaking and Winery Operations Consulting Services Winery Management Software Implementation & new functionalities
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Arterra Wines Canada (Constellation Brands)
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Niagara Falls
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Senior Winemaker Regional
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Jan 2008 - Jul 2019
Managed winemaking operations to meet 4M (9L) case annual production in a unionized workforce environment. Key Accomplishments: • Led initiatives to increase domestic vintage grape intake/processing from 8,000 Metric Tons v07 to 20,000 Metric Tons v17. • Led initiatives to reduce bulk inventory in stock for domestic blending component in ICB wines to 12 months resulting in $3M annual savings starting v11. • Led initiatives to maximize cellar capacity utilization (to over 80% full capacity) during harvest staring v14. • Business Lead for new wine tracking system implementation management for all AWC Facilities across Canada: JDE Blend – 2year project with Red Rock Australia and Accenture. Responsible with Project Resources Management, Key Functionality Delivery, Enhanced Functionality, ERP integration, Corporate Forms and Reports, Test Management, Business Process and OCM. Show less
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Stoney Ridge Estate Winery
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Vineland, Ontario
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Chief Winemaker
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May 1999 - Jan 2008
Managed and directed all production activities from grapes to bottling for a 10k+ case premium winery. Key Accomplishments: • Managed vineyard, cellars, laboratory and shipping/receiving employees (6 direct reports)– in charge with hiring and training for all winery operations. • Elaborate and execute annual production plan. • Ensure compliance with AGCO and VQA regulations. Represent the winery in WCO and VQAO. • Conduct winemaker’s dinners and represent the winery in wine related PR events. • Awarded various domestic and international awards for wines made - see Awards section Show less
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Winemaker
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Sep 1995 - Feb 1999
Managed, direct and coordinated winemaking, spirits, laboratory and bottling line activities for a 0.2M case production facility with a unionized workforce Managed, direct and coordinated winemaking, spirits, laboratory and bottling line activities for a 0.2M case production facility with a unionized workforce
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Education
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1989 - 1995
Politehnica University of Timisoara
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Chemical Engineering
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