Bachelor of Science in Wine and Viticulture

AGRIBUSINESS CONSULTANT

?   Provide consulting on business relations and market research for Extraction Design LLC---an environmental startup
?   Partake in weekly meetings with the team of officers, as well as introductory meetings and communication with potential partners and collaborators
?   Collaborate with the team on company documents, pitches, and presentations using Google Drive (docs, sheets, and slides)
?   Assist in research and development to validate and bring our scalable carbon capturing device to market

• Reviewed and analyzed retail broker submissions
• Extensive submission/industry research
• Determined coverage terms and conditions within prescribed underwriting appetite
• Rated and prepared coverage quotations
• Facilitated surplus lines license compliance
• Documented and maintained complete underwriting and policyholder files
• Handled complex files and portfolios within underwriting authority
• Became familiar with and followed agency policies and procedures
• Called and emailed prospect and current brokers to initiate and maintain relationships

ASSOCIATE UNDERWRITER

• Worked as liaison with intake coordinator, cellar supervisor, and press operators
• Set up, operated, and managed crusher to achieve targets set by winemakers
• Effectively inoculated red must with yeast at must pump
• Updated fermentation whiteboard in production office
• Ensured thorough completion and sign off of all paperwork
• Maintained a high standard of hygiene and safety
• Assisted with cellar duties as required by cellar supervisor

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

?   Served customers by helping them select the right product based on their needs/abilities
?   Drove sales through short/long term surfboard, kayak, and SUP rentals, and through permanent surfboard and SUP sales
?   Responded to all surfing/surfboard related questions with confidence given my background in 10+ years of competitive/freesurfing
?   Assisted with inventory, including receiving, stocking, and packing merchandise
?   Provided outstanding customer service in person and by telephone

RETAIL SALES ASSOCIATE

• Prepares tasting room for opening and closing
• Presents selected wines for tasting and assists consumers with their purchases
• Acts as informed resource for consumers regarding winemaking, grape growing, and wine vintages, availability of products
and brand award and accolades
• Understands and effectively represents the brand at offsite events, overnight business trips, and industry related events
• Assisted in a vineyard study throughout vine growing season (starting in June up until harvest) determining effects of various soil types on Cabernet Sauvignon
• Weekly vineyard walkthroughs to collect data for study
• Met frequently with upper management to discuss and learn more about current business affairs and brand development

SALES ASSOCIATE/RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Assisted in research on cover crop/soil and their effect on vine and soil health in Tablas Creek Vineyard and J Lohr
Vineyards
• Conducted soil tests including soil moisture content, Carbon and Nitrogen and ammonium and nitrate content, greenhouse
gas emissions, bulk density, and more
• Field testing and sampling
• Maintained laboratory records and entered data into worksheets
• Ensured laboratory equipment is properly calibrated
• Ensured a clean and orderly laboratory environment

LABORATORY RESEARCH TECHNICIAN

• Barrel work including: steaming, forklifting/stacking, filling, topping, sulphur dioxide additions
• Cellar work including: tank transfers, drain/pressing, racking, pumpovers, punchdowns, shipping, inoculations and additions
• Extensive winery equipment use
• Sanitation/cleaning of all equipment

HARVEST INTERNSHIP

Vineyard/property duties included:
• Leaf pulling and cluster shaping
• Fruit picking and sorting
• Berry sampling
• Herbicide application
• Irrigation maintenance and repair
• Irrigation marking/mapping
• Setting/exterminating wasp and yellowjacket traps/nests
• General maintenance of pond vegetation

Winery duties included:
• Grape juice analysis for pH and brix
• Fermentation juice testing and analysis for temperature and brix
• Disassembling, cleaning, sanitizing, and reassembling of all winemaking tools and machines
• Barrel hydration and repair
• Fermentation punch downs
• Fermentation pump overs
• Various fermentation additions
• Gas blanketing fermentation vessels
• Assisting in barreling down wine
• Cleaning crush pad using power washer and other cleaning tools

Prepared work orders for delivery by processing request and supply orders; packed boxes with necessary supplies, ensured
quality and correct quantity
• Delivered all necessary supplies to campus facilities using box truck, flat bed truck, or electric vehicles
• Maintained trucks and carts by completing preventative maintenance requirements; arranged or performed minor repairs
• Removed and replaced all types of equipment from campus housing/facilities; repaired and cleaned all equipment
• Took inventory of all items in warehouse using electronic warehouse database; managed records of incoming and outgoing
items
• Assisted in loading and unloading of trucks from off-campus deliveries to warehouse
• Sorted items according to their types and size; ensuring they are stored/stacked and labeled properly
• Operated forklift or automated machinery to deliver and arrange items on pallets
• Mixed chemicals to create cleaning solutions that are a part of daily work orders
• Set up/tear down of Cal Poly related events on/off campus
• Ensured general cleanliness of warehouse

WAREHOUSE ASSISTANT

• Instructed children and adults--one on one, groups, or large parties--how to properly paddle and stand up on a surfboard
• Taught ocean water safety, beach pollution awareness, and proper surfing etiquette
• During summer camps, supervised large groups of children, managed how time was spent depending on wave
height/conditions
• Managed and mediated conflict and communication between children
• Worked with children needing special attention (i.e. blind, short-tempered, slow learning, mentally challenged)

PRIVATE/CAMP SURF INSTRUCTOR

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