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Small lot bottling and packaging services for wineries and distilleries.

Blending, distilling, bottling, canning, fermenting, product development, operations and strategy implementation for fast growing spirits company. Official spirits provider and sponsor of the San Francisco 49ers and the Las Vegas Golden Knights hockey team.

WINEMAKER AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT: VALLEY GATE VINEYARDSOversee winemaking and business operations for a 200,000 case winery that recently emerged from bankruptcy (former Kirkland Ranch Winery)Institute Custom Crush and Custom Bottling programsImplementation of new winery name and brand image, develop wine styles, establish Sales and Marketing strategyImplement accounting and financial systems, oversee daily operations and vineyard management, P&L responsibility, develop export program, represent winery to the publicBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTVineyard Agent - Real Estate and business development consulting for vineyards and wineries in transition

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Napa Ranch Wines specializes in making high quality wines at affordable prices, for both our own brands, as well as for customer brands. In addition to wines that we produce for the domestic market and for the export market under our own labels, we also provide business development services for wine clients here in the US and abroad. We have deep connections in Asian markets, using our experience and capabilities to manage export projects on a large, economic scale, but we also focus on premium boutique winemaking projects to provide Gold-Medal winning wines of the highest caliber.

Winemaking, cellar operations, warehousing, logistics, packaging, vineyard relationsUpgraded lab, cellar, winemaking, safety processes, increased efficiency, standardized SOPsInstituted production planning methods for sales-driven release scheduleMore than twenty 90+ rated wines each year. Improved consistency, reduced QC problems200K cases, 71 different wines, 120 vineyards, 8 counties, 18 varietals, multiple facilitiesLead Operations facilitator in $105 million sale of Rosenblum Cellars to DiageoTransition Management

Global wine and spirits brand development, 1 million cases/year, 30+ brands, 15 countriesDirected/coordinated winemaking, packaging development, bottling, logistics, purchasingInternational finance: Letters of Credit, currency hedging, forecasting and budget allocationImport/export, legal compliance, global purchasing, scheduling and shippingDeveloper of Operations Information System (Sequel Server), combining global production data with instant logistics, finance, project mgmt and sales information and reportsIntegrated weekly retail scan data with operations info, for sales-driven production planning

Business and winemaking consulting services.

Systems Analyst of $1.5 billion freight procurement, logistics and computer system upgradeAssisted Controller's department to automate and refine freight cost accrual methodsPurchasing department advisor for implementation of Global Logistics Management StrategyOracle-based Data Warehousing, procurement process and B2B transaction and design review

Planning, procurement and financial analysis for the largest import wine bottle supplier to the USImproved demand forecasting models and supply chain integration proceduresFormed product development team to integrate product design with customer specifications Managed import and export production and transportation logistics from 7 countriesOversaw quality control and served as liaison for claim adjustments and product returnsIntegral in the installation of MRP, inventory management and accounting system update

Manager of Production, Planning and Purchasing. Purchasing, scheduling, inventory mgmt for a $40 million/year facility, Napa's 4th largestImplemented marketing design and packaging changes for 6 national and international brandsDeveloped and automated quality control and inventory systems for lab and union personnelReduced packaging inventory inaccuracy 60% and costs 15% through process improvements Improved sales-based demand forecasting using Lotus Notes/Access database systemsDeveloped cross-functional focus groups to improve product design and production efficiencyInstituted standardized methods to track legal compliance for labeling and export lab analysis

Custom Crush for Mondavi, Sebastiani, Korbel, Hacienda, Laurier, Bronco, Delicato, Bannister5000 tons crushed, 200,000 cases bottled, sparkling wine production, managed in-house brands and customer brandsNegotiated client contracts, instituted lab, cellar and bottling production protocolsDirected production, packaging, warehouse operations for a $10m/year custom facilitySupervised production of still and sparkling wine, for custom clients and DeBaun brandImplemented staff training programs, SOPs, lab, QC and safety improvements

Active in all areas of family business: from initial vineyard planting to final sale of wineryDirect experience in Production, Sales, Marketing, and Legal activitySummer and harvest duties during UC Davis years