Operations Training Specialist
Deschutes Brewery Inc.
November 2018 - Present
 

Brewing Training Lead
Deschutes Brewery Inc.
November 2015 - November 2018 

• Manage training programs across brewery operations
• Work cross functionally to leverage best practices and standardize processes
• Develop training teams to enhance technical trainings, fill gaps, and track progress
• Administer SOP program

• Assisted with successful ERP implementation from design phase through Go Live
• Worked cross functionally with QA, Packaging and Shipping on various teams 
• Managed Brewing Training Program, Training Team and onboard newhires
• Managed employee training to competent state on core brewing operations

Production Brewer
Deschutes Brewery Inc.
March 2014 - November 2015
 

Brewer
Rogue Ales
September 2011 - March 2014 

• Handled raw materials through wort production, fermentation and clarification of finished beer
• Carried out production schedule in brewhouses and cellars
• Worked with Managers of cellars and brewhouses to optimize operations
• Performed hop responsibilities including, ordering, selecting and recipe management

• Operated a 100bbl BrauKon, semi-automated brewhouse
• Performed general duties including DE filtration, CIP, yeast management, QC/QA sampling
• Developed recipes, trained fellow brewers and created standard operating procedures 
• Trouble shot on a shift by shift basis to ensure smooth operations of the plant

Training Coordinator
GW TRAILS
September 2008 - December 2009 

Wilderness Field Instructor
SUWS of the Carolinas
September 2006 - August 2008

 

• Planned, marketed and safely led outdoor trips for the greater University community
• Organized and planned Wilderness First Aid, CPR and Leave-no-Trace trainings for staff
• Recruited, evaluated, hired and trained new guide staff

• Ensured the physical and psychological safety for “at risk” youth in a wilderness setting
• Facilitated individual therapeutic outcomes with trained oversight
• Instructed students on wilderness survival skills and recreational backpacking