Emerson College

Co-Founder at Belleflower Brewing Company

Skills: Real Estate · Business Strategy · Constructive Feedback · Operations Management · Technology Solutions · Analytical Skills · Business Process · Information Technology · Customer Satisfaction · Negotiation · Communication · Coaching · Annual Planning

Belleflower Brewing Company

President

Managing post-harvest operations including trim, packaging, and compliance.
Devoted to better.

Bountiful Farms

Director Of Operations

Drove production planning and packaging plans utilizing sales data to achieve sales goals. Responsible for all beer produced, and plant OEE.
Analyzed, tracked, and presented sales data to back up weekly sales and inventory plans using excel tools.
Created and managed new online sales channel for high demand beers.
Lead the logistics department responsible for movement of raw materials and product to wholesale customers, internal customers, and daily door to door deliveries for retail customers.
Responsible for optimized truck and delivery routes.
Managed the team responsible for over 4mm of both finished goods inventory and raw materials inventory
Served as project manager of major CapEx projects including: 24k sqft restaurant/brewery in Fort Point Boston, addition of major heavy equipment to Canton production facility, building both a 3000 and 5500 sqft beer gardens, and fitting out a warehouse.
Pursued, pitched and won placement of a beer garden on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway and the Roslindale Substation. Built out the space and ops/logistics for the uniquely complex space. 
Created and managed new customer service platforms and processes.
Lead taproom sales teams, the production team and quality team, and the logistics team, team sizes ranged from 20-50 people, and 4-6 direct reports.

Projects
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2019/09/23/trillium-fenway-first-look/
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2019/03/29/trillium-fenway-canton-expansion/
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2018/10/19/trillium-restaurant-open-photos/
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2018/10/02/trillium-restaurant-fort-point-construction/
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/blog/2017/05/31/trillium-beer-garden-greenway-open/
http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2017/05/25/trillium-brewing-co-unveils-plans-for-47-farnsworth-st-location/
https://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/2017/12/06/trillium-roslindale-substation-photos/

Trillium Brewing Company

Vice President Supply Chain

Built DevOps practice from scratch, supported developers with building test environments and automated deployment of client work.
Managed new office construction, including: bidding construction costs from multiple trades and vendors, bid leveling, stakeholder communication, budget management, and design coordination.
Built out and configured entirely new IT infrastructure for new office including Ruckus wireless APs, Dell PowerConnect switching, Sophos UTM/router, and Mac OS X servers.
Implemented Casper Management Suite to increase visibility into and control over Company assets and technology.
Responsible for day to day IT operations.

Big Spaceship

Director of IT

Making killer beer in my "free" time, hopefully selling it too.

Good Day Brewing

Co-Founder

Facilitated implementation of new communication technology year over year to increase productivity and match end user expectations while retaining talent and making a significant and positive impact on company culture.

Mitigated risk and increased productivity by moving file storage and collaboration to cloud services, resulting in no disruption to business despite facing numerous emergency situations.

Spearheaded cross department process and policy for on boarding and off boarding employees, creating an environment that empowered Office and HR staff to work independently to achieve shared goals.

Created an office environment that was listed on Crain's Best Places to Work in 2015 in NYC.

Implemented ticketing and priority process for Facilities management and IT, offering clear visibility into KPIs of each department.

Lead the transition from one accounting system to a new system. Provided training and support to other senior staff.

Created new lines of revenue within the company by establishing a DevOps department to compliment our technology offerings.

Project management of $2.6mm new office construction. Saved ~$150k by value engineering and right-sizing infrastructure during construction. Maintained a seamless transition between two spaces while physically moving IT infrastructure. 

Lead RFP process for sourcing DevOps partners.

The Barbarian Group

Director of IT and Office Management

Responsibilities
•	Provide system administration and high-level technical support to developers or other technical staff on client work
•	Establish and implement sound technology policy guided by senior management requirements
•	Assist in writing proposals to outline the costs & benefits of major improvements, where applicable
•	Ensure that technical documentation is up to date
•	Design/implement/maintain complex local and wide area networks
•	Ensure network security and stability by maintaining firewall and switch configurations
•	Assist in auditing TBG infrastructure to verify security and data integrity
•	Set up/maintain VoIP networking and SIP phones
•	Set up/maintain video conference capabilities and interface with client IT departments for external calls
•	Evaluate, implement improvements to collaboration tools (file storage, document management, version control)
•	Evaluate, implement and maintain new technologies as warranted, including
o	virtualized server environments
o	iSCSI-based data storage networks
o	data storage solutions (RAID, SAN)
•	Maintain Open Directory server and LDAP
•	Commission and decommission accounts for employees and contractors in a timely fashion
•	Manage user accounts on internal websites as well as in OD servers
•	Ensure directory integrity/security
•	Setup and maintain server hardware and software
•	Ensure server security
•	Constantly monitor server uptime and connectivity
•	Automate maintenance tasks where possible
•	Maintain e-mail and collaboration servers
•	Maintain internal/external web servers/websites
•	Make IT purchases as necessary
•	Assist in 24/7 on call rotation
•	Respond in a timely manner to tech help requests
•	Troubleshoot end user hardware/software/network/server problems and respond accordingly

Senior Systems Administrator

Appointed by the town Board of Selectmen the committee. Oversaw and contributed to the following town projects: city wide wifi installation, electronic parking meters, VOIP installation in all town offices and schools including the police department, mobile app to report conditions to the DOT and parks department, and a Brookline specific emergency contact system.

Town of Brookline, MA

IT Advisory Commitee Member

Maintain day to day IT operations of the Barbarian Group Boston office. 
Managed and serviced local mail server.
Built inventory management and retention system.

IT Manager Boston

•	Mac/PC end user support 
•	Lab build development, deployment, and QA lead to ~300 workstations 
•	Windows 2003, Mac OS, and Pharos print server administration 
•	Software workshop curriculum and teaching workshops 
•	Hiring and training technical student staff along with 2 software developers 
•	Internal site development (php) 
•	Budget planning for $200k+ hardware/software budget 
•	Purchasing and project management

IT Analyst

Mac/PC end user support, student staff training, leading software workshops, tracking support tickets and escalation, telephone support, hardware repair, and performing onsite hardware and software installation.

Nick Bonadies