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Montgomery Paulsen Education |
WINEMAKING
• Over 20 years experience as a winemaker.
• Winemaking and management for small boutique wineries, mid-sized wineries and million-case facilities.
• Most recently winemaking for Rosenblum Cellars, with over twenty 90+ rated wines per year
EDUCATION
• Winemaking degree from UC Davis, MBA from Duke University
• College instructor for semester-length classes in Enology, Winery Business Management, Sensory Analysis
• Developed training and education programs for cellar, lab and winemaking staff
MATERIALS, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, COST CONTROL
• Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM)
• Reduce packaging and direct material costs and implement quality control systems
• Streamline shipping/receiving and order processing, cost accounting, inventory systems and accountability
WINERY SALE OR TRANSITION
• Lead winemaking and operations facilitator for $105 million sale of Rosenblum Winery to Diageo
• Experience in areas such as company valuation, due diligence, safety and environmental regulations
• Personnel training and evaluation, change management, systems upgrade or implementation
WINERY MANAGEMENT
• Management restructuring and role definition. Streamlining workforce. Solving problems
• Interim Management – interview outgoing personnel, review procedures, implement best practices or improve
processes, educate incoming staff, perform daily job duties during candidate search
• Have extensive library of Standard Operating Procedures and managerial protocols ready to implement
INTERDEPARTMENT
• Good at facilitating departmental interactions, such as that between Sales and Operations
• Developed teams to facilitate and expedite new product development
• Experience in all the major departments within a winery; good at motivating staff or managers.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
• As Director of Operations at Winery Exchange, managed implementation of over 20 global brands
• Create new product lines, make use of bulk wine market, develop an export program
• Implemented and managed custom crush and bottling business – turn your excess capacity into cash
