Beverage Manufacturing & Co-Packing | Business as a Force for Good @ Circle Beverage

I help teams to achieve unreasonable outcomes by serving and coaching them with relentless dedication.  

I am grateful for each of the world-class teams that I have had the opportunity to serve.

Manufacturing is my home. I love the daily collision of workmanship, engineering, and old-fashioned work ethic that is necessary to succeed in this industry.

My entire career has been spent in highly regulated sectors (healthcare, aerospace, food/bev manufacturing). I enjoy the chaos that these industries offer and to have the opportunity to bring clarity to that chaos.

I’m the father of 4 young children. Type 1 Diabetic since 1991. Lifelong health and wellness fanatic. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competitor.

LinkedIn is a place where I speak about the topics that I love. Manufacturing, leadership, and business as a force for good.  I hope you find my content of benefit.

I value hustle and integrity over any other human traits.

Matt Whiteside

Kombucha Kamp

Consultants. Authors. Wholesale SCOBY & starter liquid. Homebrewer kits & cultures. Kombucha Kamp is your one stop shop to take control of your health and invite the healthy bacteria and yeast into your own ecosystem.  Learn about the health benefits of Kombucha and how to make it at Kombucha Kamp.  See firsthand why Whole Life Times calls Hannah the "Kombucha Mamma" (May 2007)

Founder & Master Brewer

Workman Publishing

Co-Author of the Amazon Bestseller & Nautilus Silver Award wining book "The Big Book of Kombucha" - over 400,000 copies in print!

Author

Kombucha Brewers International

Continuing to support the culture I love and the industry I've helped to build through servant leadership on the KBI Board of Directors.

Founding Board Member & President Emeritus

Kombucha Brewers International is the first non-profit trade association dedicated to promoting the Kombucha beverage industry worldwide. We engage in class education and marketing strategies to bring Kombucha to a broader audience.

President & Founder

Strommen Inc.

Translation work from English to Spanish.  Tutor professionals and students in Mandarin Chinese, Spanish and ESL.

ESL/Spanish/Mandarin Tutor

BTC Elements

Store Manager

Population Research Systems

Work independently on a project to project basis collecting data for a variety of social and market research studies.

Field Researcher

Fierce Backbone

Sign in members and guests at Workshop and meetings.  Capture contact information and upload it to our database.  Friendly greeter at Workshop.

Membership Coordinator

ViroPop

I stir the social pot and add spice!  Blog about current environmental and social issues in the forums.  Blog about current environmental videos for main ViroPop page.  Select winners for weekly blog contest based on original content and creativity.  First line of contact for all 2000+ members of our growing network.  Maintain friend requests and respond to comments left on our YouTube and MySpace sites.

Community Administrator

Nili Nathan Productions

Co-produced and starred in video for ExpertVillage.com about Kombucha.

Co-Producer

UCLA Extension

In classroom liaison for group of government officials from China that took at 3 month course in American government and business principles..

I was the primary contact between the participants, instructors, and program supervisors. I accompanied the participants in the classroom as well as on field trips and wrote a weekly report for Extension.

Made extensive use of my Chinese language skills and cultural background to ensure everyone had an enjoyable experience.

Program Rep I-II

Since 2004, Master Brewer & Educator known as The Kombucha Mamma. Founder of Kombucha Kamp & Kombucha Brewers International. Co-Author of "The Big Book of Kombucha"

EXPERTISE
- Kombucha /JUN /Kefir Brewing Supplies - Home or Commercial
- Commercial Kombucha Consulting
- Lobbying
- Education
- Non-Profit Administration
- Engaging Public Speaker

What is Kombucha? An ancient homemade elixir from the Far East, consumed by people all over the world for over 2,000 years. Fermented tea that requires a SCOBY culture to brew. 

I consult in person and via skype worldwide. Expertise in Traditional/Batch Brew, Continuous Brew, Small Scale Restaurant Brewing & Large Scale Commercial Brewing Operations.

My EHow Video series is the most popular Kombucha Video series on the net. I am passionate about my belief that Kombucha offers a means for reconnecting to process in our lives. 

The Big Book of Kombucha 
- Over 100K copies in print
- Nearly 1000 positive reviews on Amazon
- Winner of Silver Nautilus Award (2016)

Fluent in Mandarin Chinese & Spanish. Passable French. Few phrases in German, Russian & Romanian.

Current passport/world traveler (Europe, Asia, Middle East). People person.  Committed to sustainability.

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Matt Whiteside

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