Founder

• Nov 2021 - Present

Founder / Principal Engineer

• Jul 2020 - Present

Process engineering and project management consultant. • Direct the design and installation of capital improvements. • Analyze production capacity requirements and develop expansion plans. • Evaluate site infrastructure suitability for manufacturing readiness. • Conduct cost-benefit analysis for production equipment capital improvements. • Analyze production processes and recommend changes to maximize efficiency. • Plan project schedules for new equipment installation, validation, and startup.

Engineering Manager

• Aug 2017 - Nov 2019

Managed the engineering and maintenance team for a fast-moving consumer goods startup when growth doubled revenue. • Managed a $6M capital improvement budget at two production facilities that allowed the company to increase service levels from 60% to 95%. • Headed the team that devised a new cream cheese production process that yielded an 8x increase in production capacity, a 40% reduction in labor costs, and a 99% reduction in quality-related losses. • Streamlined a critical packaging line that increased throughput by a factor of two. • Led a team that installed a real-time data collection system at two facilities that established the framework to collect 95% of all production floor data electronically. • Cultivated service-oriented culture among the maintenance and engineering team that established better interdepartmental working relationships and reduced downtime.

Brewery Engineer

• Nov 2014 - Jun 2017

Directed the brewery engineering and maintenance activities during a period of rapid growth that saw a tripling of production. • Guided a technical team through a $7 million expansion that boosted throughput capacity 10x.• Coordinated the design and construction of a new cellar. The improvements expanded capacity by 3x and lay the groundwork for future growth.• Built expandable fermentation temperature control system from scratch that standardized fermentation temperature profiles.• Refurbished cleaning equipment control system at a 80% savings compared to new. Automated cleaning reduced chemical usage by 75% and improved worker safety.• Analyzed operations efficiency and promoted improvement projects with an ROI of less than one year.• Directed design and installation of a liquid CO2 system (including safety systems) that saved 80% of the original cost.

Brewer

• Sep 2013 - Nov 2014

Operate all brewhouse equipment in production.Brewhouse operations: Milling, Mashing, Lautering, Boiling, Whirlpooling, Knockout, Grains out, Brewhouse Vessel CIP (incl Heat Exchanger and Hot Liquor Heat Exchanger)Cellar-Related operations: Fermenter CIP/Scrub/Sanitation, Cell Counting, Checking Gravities/Monitoring fermentation(Incl. Glycol Controls), Capping/ Chilling/ Dryhopping schedule and procedures, Yeast Disposal(Grains out), BBT Cleaning and Sanitizing, Recording fermentations, checking Co2 in beerPackaging operations: Carbonation of beer, Filtering, Cleaning firkins and Casking beer into firkins, Checking CO2 in beerQuality Assurance Operations: Gravity Measurements Design and Implement QC tasting panel, collect employee survey data and conduct data analysis.Specify and install brewhouse automation equipment including flow meters, computer controlled valves and controllers.

Packaging

• Mar 2013 - Sep 2013

Cleaning and operation of all packaging equipment including bottling line and kegs. Prepackaging product conditioning.

Independent Real Estate Developer

• 1998 - 2013

Principal for luxury residential property development • Conceived the project development plans and concrete timelines. • Negotiated partnership agreements. • Secured construction financing that assured the projects’ financial success. • Brokered sales for an average 50% profit. Principal for luxury residential property development • Conceived the project development plans and concrete timelines. • Negotiated partnership agreements. • Secured construction financing that assured the projects’ financial success. • Brokered sales for an average 50% profit.

Controls Engineer

• 2004 - 2008

Designed and developed software and hardware for dual axis, high precission positioning system. * Designed ad-hoc multi-tasking operating system for system control. * Wrote all software including serial communications, device drivers and control algorithm. * Developed high order path planning algorithms motion trajectory. * Designed, produced and tested logic interface board for DSP56800 micro controller. Designed and developed software and hardware for dual axis, high precission positioning system. * Designed ad-hoc multi-tasking operating system for system control. * Wrote all software including serial communications, device drivers and control algorithm. * Developed high order path planning algorithms motion trajectory. * Designed, produced and tested logic interface board for DSP56800 micro controller.

Senior Engineer

• May 1993 - Mar 1998

Managed DSP-based embedded computer products* Directed R&D of a DSP-based embedded computer.* Managed production of DSP-based motherboard, and interface daughterboards. * Developed hardware and software for embedded computer systems.

Project Engineer

• Jul 1991 - May 1993

Designed DSP-based embedded systems.* Designed a set of software development tools for DSP-based controller. Tools include a software debugger for the DSP, PC-based user interfaces for DOS and Windows, and a library of device drivers and utilities. Software written in C/C++.* Consulted with major disc drive manufacturer and wrote failure diagnostic software for hard disk controller.* Developed various interface daughterboards for DSP-based controller.

Controls Engineer

• Jul 1989 - Jul 1991

Designed process control software for manufacturers of production machine tools. * Developed process control software for eight axis machine used to produce high quality fiber-optic cable at ten meters per second. * Engineered software for an eleven computer distributed control system to control forty-nine axis drilling machine for aircraft production. Wrote low level device control software as well as top level process coordination software. * Designed process control CASE tools for UNIX workstation in C.