Managed workflow and logistics of all winery operations from harvest to bottling. Hired and managed seasonal staff and interns for bottling and harvest operations. Maintained inventory, work order entry, and internal reporting. Collaborated with winemaker to assemble final composition of distinctive single vineyard wines and blends.

Performed detailed analysis through all stages of winemaking. Maintained lab inventory and ordering. Oversaw and reported on a long-term special project to assess the viability of new analytic equipment.

Enology - Quintessa, Rutherford, CAWinemaking - Quinta DO Centro, PortugalWinemaking - Carlei Estate, AustraliaWinemaking - DuMOL Winery, Windsor, CAVineyard & Winemaking - Burn Cottage Vineyard & Winery, New ZealandWinemaking - Sequoia Grove Winery, Rutherford, CAWinemaking - Freemark Abbey Winery, St. Helena, CA

Coordinated with winery in Chile and freight companies to manage import of wines into the U.S. Handled domestic inventory management, plus processing and monitoring of wine shipments to distributors across all states.

Participated in cross-functional teams to develop complex financial models to support budgeting, reporting, and variance analysis for internal vineyards. - Created an activity-based costing and budgeting system for the vineyard group: Improved efficiencies of budgeting, reporting tools, and processes through integration of financial and operational systems. - Identified significant opportunity for automation of manual budgeting process; improved process using tools available in Excel; then used the Excel system as a model for a complete system integration using Hyperion.- Improved accuracy of financial information available by identifying best practices used (Crop Track system) in one division and then rolling out company-wide.

Hired during high-pressure time period that followed a declared bankruptcy. - Created and ensured adherence to a Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) operating budget that defined cash expenditures and forecasted cash receipts for the duration of the bankruptcy. - Presented a weekly variance analysis of actual operating results against budget for the Creditor Committee explaining all cash flows and variances. - Assembled ad-hoc reports to support due diligence inquiries for potential investors/buyers.