Marketing
Awards
- 2014 // Wine Enthusiast "40 Under 40"
- 2014 // The Daily Meal "The 60 (Plus) Coolest People in Food & Drink"
- 2013 // Pierce College, "Distinguished Alumni"
- 2013 // The Daily Meal "Coolest People in Drink for 2013"
- 2012 // Zagat "30 Under 30" San Francisco
- 2011 // Folio Magazine "Top 13 Under 30"
- 2011 // Forbes "Top 30 Under 30"
- 2011 // Wine & Spirits Magazine "30 Under 30"
- 2010 // MinOnline "15-to-Watch" Award Recipient
Appearances & Marketing Projects
- 2010 - 2013 // Wine Blog Awards Host
Produced and hosted multimedia experience in conjunction with Mutineer Magazine during the Wine Bloggers Conference.
- 2009 - 2011 // Mutineer Red Carpet Tasting Events
Media and celebrity driven highly attended annual tasting events in Hollywood, California.
- 2009 - 2011 // Global Water Relief Campaign
Advocating and fundraising for children in urban areas working closely with 'A Child's Right'.
- 2010 // Mutineer Comedy Festival for Water Relief
Conceptualized and launched a wine and food truck tasting with performance by eight highly acclaimed Los Angeles comedians at the Jacuzzi Family Vineyards in Sonoma, California.
- 2010 - 2011 // Camp Mutineer
Innovative and ongoing, regionally focused marketing project combining print, new-media, social networks and events. Mutineer staff relocates for the duration of the project to derive content production.
- 2010 - 2011 // Innovative Marketing Partnerships
Innovative national level partnerships including: on-premise wine contest in the Texas market using social media; national print and social media partner for millennial focused wine tasting targeting over 12,000 millennial wine drinkers in five U.S. markets; on-location video marketing production and consulting; print and online partner for "Le Wine Buff" live online tasting campaign; and the promoting and marketing of the Wine Blog Awards across multiple mediums.
Highlighted Speaking Experience
- 2009 & 2010
- 5.2009 // Mutineer Magazine National Launch Party, Emcee, Hollywood, CA
- 1.2010 // Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, Guest Speaker, Sacramento, CA
- 2.2010 // Food Writers' Conference, Wine Writing Guest Speaker, New York, NY
- 3.2010 // International Wine & Spirit Competition, Wine Judge, St. Helena, CA
- 4.2010 // MusExpo Wine Tasting at the London West Hollywood, Guest Speaker, Hollywood, CA
- 4.2010 // Social Media Workshop, Guest Speaker, Murphys, CA
- 4.2010 // Hospice du Rhone, Rhone 'n Bowl Emcee, Paso Robles, CA
- 5.2010 // Hospice du Rhone, Seminar Moderator, Paso Robles, CA
- 5.2010 // Toma Tequila Mixology Competition, Mixology Judge, Redondo Beach, CA
- 5.2010 // Rose Avengers & Producers "Pink Out" Tasting, TasteLive Broadcast Host, San Francisco, CA
- 5.2010 // 2nd Annual Mutineer Red Carpet Tasting, Co-Host, Hollywood, CA
- 6.2010 // Wine Bloggers' Conference, Wine Blog Awards Ceremony Host, Walla Walla, WA
- 7.2010 // The Amarula Experiment Throwdown Competition, Emcee, New Orleans, LA
- 7.2010 // Tales of the Cocktail, Catdaddy Bar Chef Challenge Mixology Judge, New Orleans, LA
- 8.2010 // SF Chef Week, "Tales From the Still" Guest Speaker & Panel Moderator, San Francisco, CA
- 8.2010 // Lake County People's Choice Awards, Wine Judge, Lake County, CA
- 10.2010 // Wines of Argentina Tasting, TasteLive Broadcast Host, Hollywood, CA
- 12.2010 // Mutineer Blue Carpet Dinner for Water Relief, Co-Host, Sonoma, CA
- 2011
- 2.2011 // Calaveras Visitors Bureau Tourism Promotion Workshop, Social Media Speaker, Angels Camp, CA
- 2.2011 // Oregon Wine Industry Symposium, Guest Speaker on Engaging Millennials, Eugene, OR
- 3.2011 // International Wine & Spirit Competition, Wine Judge, St. Helena, CA
- 3.2011 // St. Supery Divine Wine Encounter, Guest Speaker on Engaging Millennials, Rutherford, CA
- 6.2011 // 140 Characters Conference, Guest Speaker on Regional Marketing Strategies, Sonora, CA
- 8.2011 // World of Wine Festival, Wine Judge, Jacksonville, OR
- 10.2011 // King's Ginger Holiday Cocktail Competition, Guest Speaker, San Francisco, CA
- 10.2011 // Napa Valley Vintners Member Educational Workshop, Guest Speaker, Napa, CA
- 11.2011 // Mutineer Magazine Red Carpet Party, Host, Napa, CA
- 11.2011 // Napa Valley Film Festival TasteLive Broadcast (shown on Virgin America flights), Host, Napa, CA
- 2012
- 3.2012 // University of California Berkeley MBA Program, Guest Speaker, Berkeley, CA
- 5.2012 // Mutineer Magazine Marvelous Millennial Wine Marketing Circus, Featured Speaker, Vallecito, CA
- 5.2012 // Mutineer Magazine Marvelous Millennial Wine Marketing Circus, Featured Speaker, Solvang, CA
- 5.2012 // Mutineer Magazine Marvelous Millennial Wine Marketing Circus, Featured Speaker, Paso Robles, CA
- 5.2012 // Mutineer Magazine Marvelous Millennial Wine Marketing Circus, Featured Speaker, Sonoma, CA
- 5.2012 // Mutineer Magazine Marvelous Millennial Wine Marketing Circus, Featured Speaker, St. Helena, CA
- 6.2012 // NextGen Wine Competition, Judge, Santa Rosa, CA 6.2012 // North Central Washington Wine Awards, Judge, Wenatchee, WA
- 7.2012 // Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Emerging Leadership Conference, Panel Moderator, San Diego, CA
- 7.2012 // Wine Bloggers' Conference, Wine Blog Awards Ceremony Host, Portland, OR
- 10.2012 // Luxardo Cocktail Cup, Competition Director & Emcee, San Francisco, CA
- 12.2012 // TEDx, Featured Speaker, Napa, CA
- 2013
- 1.2013 // Unified Wine & Grape Symposium, Guest Speaker, Sacramento, CA
- 2.2013 // The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, Featured Speaker, Napa, CA
- 5.2013 // Wine Blog Awards, Host & Producer, Wine Bloggers Conference, British Columbia, Canada
- 7.2013 // Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America Emerging Leadership Conference, Panelist, Winning with Non-traditional Media, New Orleans, LA
- 7.2013 // Friends of Ardent Mixology, Guest Educational Presenter, Napa, CA
- 2014
- 2.2014 // The Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, Featured Speaker, Napa, CA
- 3.2014 // iBev Digital and Social Media Conference for the Beverage Industry, San Francisco, CA
- 6.2014 // Wine Blog Awards, Host & Producer, Wine Bloggers Conference, Santa Barbara, CA
- 8.2014 // Beer Bloggers Conference, Beer Blog Photography Educational Session, San Diego, CA
- 8.2014 // Beer Bloggers Conference, Beer Blog Videography Educational Session, San Diego, CA
- 8.2014 // Anchor Distilling Co. Podcast (Regular Appearances), Host, San Francisco, CA
- 4.2014 // World Whiskies Conference, Featured Panelist, Traditional Marketing in a Social Media World, New York, NY
- 10.2014 // WhiskyFest, Panel Moderator, San Francisco, CA
- 11.2014 // Wine Tourism Conference, Keynote Speaker, Paso Robles, CA
- 12.2014 // Nomura European West Coast Consumer Conference, San Francisco, CA
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