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Direct all winemaking decisions. Lead our production team to accomplish winemaking goals.

Napa, Ca

Producing elegant ageable wines from organically farmed vineyards. Each wine label celebrates the story of a traliblazing woman from history (Olivia Brion) and from today (Cantadora). http://www.oliviabrion.com/

Rutherford, Ca

Napa, Ca

Mclaren Vale, South Australia

• Daily monitoring of fermentations to assist winemakers in determining additions• Daily monitoring of Reducing Sugars in barrel fermentations• Crush Analyses, Press Analyses, Finished Wine Analyses• Open and closed-top pump-overs, nutrient additions, inoculations, barrel preparationTools/Processes Used: Hydrometer, pH/TA using Crison machine, Rebelein method to test Reducing Sugars, FSO2/TSO2 testing using aeration/oxidation method, Volatile Acids tested using condenser and titration, Enzymatic Analysis using spectrophotometer

Napa, Ca

Assisted in the conversion from a proprietary internal database system to VinX2 winery software.

Rutherford, Napa, Ca

Viticulture/Lab Experience• Leaf pressure, soil moisture, and irrigation monitoring• Scouting for mildew, Mealybugs, Pierce’s disease, and Grape Leafhoppers• Oenofoss maturity and phenolic sample testing with updates to Fruition Sciences database• Built Excel model to monitor grape maturity curves for all factors to be used by winemaker Cellar ExperienceSorting table; stainless and wood tank pump-overs; bin punch-downs; nutrient additions; inoculations; drain & press; sanitation; gas additions; barrel down; barrel preparation; barrel topping; barrel monitoring

Napa, Ca

Sampled over 100 lots and performed Brix, pH, and TA lab analyses; Oenofoss analysis on Etoh/RS/TA/VA/MAMonitored fermentations at custom crush facilities for Brix, temperature, additions, and faultsReviewed barrels for leaks and sampled barrels for blending trialsBottling line quality control ~ multiple overnight shifts for 30,000+ casesAssisted in building harvest Excel model that accelerated and simplified pump-over work orders, nutrient addition work orders and fermentation analyses

San Francisco Bay Area

Performed analyses on National pricing and promotion trends across over 70 wine and spirits brands to determine optimal pricing/promotion/profitability structure by state or region and competitive positioning; presented findings to Pricing & Promotion Directors and Vice President

San Francisco Bay Area

Built comprehensive valuation models for tax and financial reporting purposes including; common stock valuations, purchase price allocations, asset impairment tests, mineral royalty agreements, and mineral swap agreements; Responsible for the valuation of over $10.0 billion in assets

San Francisco Bay Area

Financial analyst for four relationship managers controlling over $2.0 billion in assets

Greater Seattle Area

Supported nine senior equity research portfolio managers on a project basis in a generalist research capacity focusing on: Basic Materials - packaging, integrated oil, specialty materials; Industrials – airlines; Utilities – electric

San Francisco Bay Area

Performed analyses on client portfolios and prepared presentations detailing financial performance

Greater Seattle Area

Processed, reconciled and analyzed trade orders in order to correct commission based discrepancies

Business-Administration, Finance Concentration

Activities and Societies: President - Undergraduate Women in Business; Vice President - Dow Dawgs Finance Association; Member - Delta.

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