Nick Scarff Email & Phone Number

Raleigh, Nc, Us

United States

Co-Founder and CEO responsible for the development and management of a rare cask investment portfolio and consulting firm.- Built network of 70+ distilleries, brokers, and brands to find and acquire rare barrels of whiskey, brandy, rum, tequila, and other aged spirits.- Bought and sold rare casks for brand expansions, distillery startups. and private investment organizations.- Provided consulting services for spirits sourcing, product development, brand creation, production operations, route-to-market strategy, M&A, and more.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Spearheaded business development, global sales, R&D, and product formulation efforts to optimize NCS's spirits technology and move it into various global markets. Roles included:- Management of all whiskey blending and other distilled spirits products for optimum quality and consistency- Development of both domestic and overseas business strategies, including client management and new market targeting. - Customer management and sales pipeline development- Full scale product creation, including ingredient sourcing, BOM management, and market data generation- Technology development based on spirits chemistry, sensory analysis, data collection, and predictive analytics- Development and implementation of quality control systems for laboratory, production, and bottling operations- TTB compliance management and other regulatory navigation - Facility and laboratory design- Employee hiring, training, and management

Offering consulting expertise covering a wide array of technical and regulatory roles in the distilled spirits industry, including:- Blending, product development, and sensory profiling- Federal and state compliance assistance, including TTB formulas/COLAs- Quality systems development and SOP creation- International markets targeting- Facility design and planning- Brand building and product narrative development- Raw material, distillate, and packaging sourcing- Equipment acquisition and installation- Analytical and technical troubleshooting- Capital fundraising and technology transfer

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Role Responsibilities:- Technical applications for alcoholic beverage development- Project management and development of new product lines- New market targeting and sales in the alcoholic beverage industry - Sensory/organoleptic analysis of new and current market products- Flavor matching for customer development projects- Creation and execution of retail lines of natural extracts for brewers and distillers- Innovation and development of extraction and distillation methods- Laboratory scale-up and SOP management for production runs- Equipment set up/design for pilot plant testing- Technical troubleshooting- Analytical laboratory testing and method development- Client interfacing and technical consultation

Charleston, South Carolina Area

Laboratory manager at Terressentia, a technology company specializing in premium distilled spirits. Role Responsibilities:- Manage product development for both new and existing product lines.- Method development and completion of chemical analysis for distilled spirits using GC-MS, GC-FID, refractometry, turbidity, density, titratable acidity, pH, and other industry standard techniques- Creation and implementation of process/quality improvement strategies- Blending, tasting, Flavor-matching and QC of various whiskey batches and other distilled spirits- Research and development of new spirits technology, including rapid-maturation techniques- Organoleptic/sensory analyses- Analytical equipment acquisition- Technical customer consultations- QA/QC Project Management- Stability and shelf-life testing- Formula submission and management- Creation of Standard Operating Procedures for Laboratory, Production, and Logistics teams- Interdepartmental employee training

Novartis

Worked with the QA department in Secondary Disposition, trained in cGMP restrictions and process regulations. Created documentation for global batch release protocols, monitored lab analysis results, facilitated lot release processes, and performed other downstream vaccine production and distribution duties.

Bachelor’S Degree, Bioprocessing Science

Bachelor’S Degree, International/Global Studies