Brandon Smith joined Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in 2013 and currently serves as engineering manager at the Chico, Calif. brewery. He oversees projects involving production, utility systems, and infrastructure. He also chairs the newly formed Engineering subcommittee under the BA Technical Committee. Brandon is a chemical engineering graduate of Georgia Tech and worked as project engineer in the environmental and industrial wastewater business before starting a career in craft brewing with Alaskan Brewing Company in 2007.