Todd Azevedo joined the Ciatti Company in 2005 after completing his Agricultural Finance degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Although brokering wine, grapes, and wine products through the state of California, Todd focus is on the California Central Coast industry.  Todd appreciates the people and places his work allows him to come in contact with while serving as a source of real time information.

Jon has 18 years of Beverage Alcohol industry experience with broad segment specialization, while working for MillerCoors, Bacardi USA and Moet Hennessy.  His roles were focused on commercial insights development, category management, shopper research, and retail pricing design.  Jon’s investigative work has taken him to all the major US and Canadian markets, as well as global projects in Europe.  Jon has been creating primary research projects in the industry for several years.  This has provided his focus on forward leaning actionable insights, while constantly seeking the opportunity to create fact-based positioning for his stakeholders.

Jason Steffens is a Training Manager for Deutsch Family Wine and Spirits who works with state and regional leadership and their distributors across the eastern United States, embedding core sales and management capabilities needed to excel within their roles.  After spending 10 years owning restaurants in central Illinois and 18 years holding key sales and management positions on the distributor and supplier sides of the Alcoholic Beverage Industry, Jason knows how to build successful sales teams through effective onboarding, capability enhancement, and performance development. 

Panel moderated by Sid Patel will have three panelists :

1. Kimberly Shannon : Beer, Wine and Liquor Specialist at Giant Eagle, Inc

2. Steve McGinty : Director - Beer, Wine and Liquor Specialist at Giant Eagle, Inc

3. Jeff Feist : Divisional Manager - Alcohol, wine, beer & spirits. Save Mart

Panel of restaurants chain buyers will be moderated by Sid patel. Following are the panelists:

1. Maurice DiMarino : Wine and Beverage Manager at Cohn Restaurant Group

2. Cami Lehmann : Director of Marketing, Maggiano’s Little Italy at Brinker International

3. Jim Bube MS : Wine Director at Hogsalt

4. Rachel Lowe : Director of Beverage Operations at Levy Restaurants

Jeff Kozak, CEO of WhistlePig Whiskey will speak on fast growth and leadership this July at the IBWSS Show in San Francisco. IBWSS is pleased to announce that Jeff will have a keynote at the 2023 IBWSS Show. Founded in 2008, WhistlePig is now the most awarded Rye Whiskey maker in the world.

Kryss is a US-based winemaker, educator, and sales professional. She has an MS in food science/oenology from U.C. Davis and a WSET Diploma. Her winemaking experience includes harvests in Napa Valley, Germany and New Zealand and extensive work in California's coastal and interior regions.

President at Cutwater Spirits