After earning an MBA at the University of Virginia (Darden) in the Virginia heartland of food and beverage, I embarked on a somewhat non-traditional entrepreneurial journey throughout the beverage industry. Starting from the ground up, I built my expertise in a small craft brewery before advancing to lead operations at a startup cold-pressed juice company.

To explore my own entrepreneurial passion a few years later, I co-founded with two CPG brand experts a cold-brewed coffee company called Snowing in Space. Over the first four years, we built-out our own cold brew manufacturing facility, acquired a coffee roasting business, established cold-chain self-distribution throughout Virginia, DC and Maryland and scaled our retail-package business into several natural and conventional grocery chains, including Whole Foods, the Fresh Market and Giant.

In 2021 after successfully exiting Snowing in Space, I joined the beverage brand, Reed’s Inc. to work within the industry on a national scale. My initial efforts focused on enhancing sales processes and decision-making with advanced data analytics, but I later transitioned into leading Reed’s operations team. Recently, in the spirit of growth and to extend myself beyond beverages, I moved to a snack and wellness bar brand called Munk Pack to lead operations.