Warren Wood

I am a Business Marketing Student at the University of Northern Colorado. Since completing the first two years of college and moving on to my business core classes, I found a strong passion for marketing, advertising, promoting and selling. This was further reinforced after studying global marketing in Lithuania.

My experiences abroad helped shape me into who I am today. I became more passionate about marketing and what I would like to accomplish in life. I've grown to appreciate and enjoy statistical analysis, different buying behaviors, the way products are positioned and many other marketing strategies.

When it comes to how I am as a person, I always like to analyze and think things through before acting. Every situation comes with multitudes of ways to react, solve and take action. This is a direct correlation to how I would describe myself. The way I describe myself is very dependent on who you are, your interests and many other things.

With that said, I enjoy a good challenge and find it benefiting to put myself in positions that I've never been in before. This contributes to how I go about life and business. In order for me to succeed, I believe it is important to put myself in tough or new situations. This is how my experience is earned and self-progress is made. Once I get through my first hurdles, I look for ways to improve and make myself more efficient.

Along with that, I am self-motivated with a desire to be successful. I pride myself in my hard work to accomplish my goals and aspirations. I am great with teams and for the most part, rise up as a natural leader. I pride myself on my intuitive actions and how I react on the spot.

I have always been a part of and passionate about the craft beer industry. To me, it is one of the most enjoyable things in my life along with what I would like to pursue. Everyone is happy and there are rarely any problems with other organizations because this industry is composed of people that love what they do.

Since my family opened Grand Lake Brewing in 2002, I have been a part of every operation starting with building the bar from scratch, working every position in our restaurants, packaging, bottling, selling and distributing our products. As of right now I sell and distribute our beer in Northern Colorado including: Fort Collins, Loveland, Greeley, Windsor, Eaton and Longmont. Since last year I have tripled our sales in this region and don't plan to slow down.

A