Matthew Payne Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx

Joined team early and evolved with company from early-stage implementation to full scale in-house production facility. Lead production growth nearly 20x over 3 years. Over all purpose was to ensure production met projected sales demand while ensuring quality. Responsibilities include personnel management, production planning, ingredient ordering, equipment purchasing and installation, facilitating operational growth, QA/QC execution, SOP writing, GMP enforcement, ERP, and a variety of everyday problem solving. Confidence with beverage production and packaging equipment including tank utility , pump operations, de-palletizer, conveyance, counter pressure can filling, can seaming operations, pasteurization, carton packaging, and forklift operation, and equipment troubleshooting and repairs.

Austin, Texas

Daily operation of an 8-head rotary filler/seamer for canned beer. Setup and CIP procedures as well as routine maintenance. Both preventative maintenance and unexpected repairs of COMAC filler/seamer, conveyors, SKA de-palletizer, Switchback carton packager, and Videojet product printers. Daily use of forklift, warehouse organization, inventory, O-Beer software, and accepting shipment from the dock. Quality Assurance and control of product by frequently testing can seam integrity and formation using METOP measurement instruments, as well as CO2 and O2 levels using Anton Paar equipment.

Austin, Tx

Daily brewing of kombucha at high volume. Constant sample testing and record keeping of product throughout all stages of fermentation. Use of pumps and filters to transfer kombucha to final mixing of flavors according to specific recipes, and conditioning into finished product. Frequent cleaning of all equipment and necessary CIP procedures for tanks, pumps, hoses, and filters. Monthly inventory of ingredients. HACCP qualified work environment.

Austin, Texas

Delivery driver for Austin area bars, restaurants, convenient stores, and grocery stores. A hospitable and friendly face for the brewery and account liaison. Daily load and unloading of trucks as well as assisting in beer inventory counts.

Austin, Texas Area

Daily testing, tasting, and recording conditions of kombucha fermentation process. Blending and mixing of flavors to create finished product using technical equipment along with sensory analysis. Keeping up with demand of rapid growth while maintaining organization, fermentation plans, training and scheduling staff, inventory, and every-day obstacles and problem solving.

Bryan/College Station, Texas Area

South Lake Tahoe, California

Sell daily lift tickets and season passes.General customer service.

Cedar Creek, Texas

Guide river trips and high/low ropes course activites for a variety of participants including; schools, corporate groups, Hyatt Lost Pines Resort guests.(Internship) Redevelop a recycling program and create a risk management handbook for emergency river evacuations.

Utopia, Texas

Create lesson plans and teach swimming, snorkeling, canoe/kayak, sailing, and water games.Supervise other counselors and act as liason to Camp Director.Perform general supervision duties of camp counselor.First staff team of Camp Lonehollow and contributed ideas for future programs