Brad Berg

Technical leader with 30 years in beverage manufacturing across beer, flavored malt beverages (FMBs), RTDs, bottled water, CSDs, and hemp/cannabis beverages. For the past decade, led quality, food safety, and new-product commercialization across external co-manufacturing partners for Pabst Brewing Company, including 20+ FMB SKUs taken through stage-gate to full-scale production. Known for rapid gap analyses, practical quality roadmaps, and building stronger teams from existing in-house talent.

Calm under pressure in fast-moving, high-risk environments, with clear communication across plants, suppliers, and executives.

Founder / Lead Consultant at DTDB Solutions LLC (2025-08 – Present)

• Provide beverage quality, formulation, and commercialization consulting to emerging and established brands, covering quality-system gap analyses, co-packer readiness, and new-product scale-up.
• Engage in fractional quality leadership and interim or project-based engagements.

Production / Quality Analyst, Hemp and D9 Beverages (Contract) at Pabst Labs (2025-08 – 2026-01)

• Served as technical expert on production lines for hemp/D9 beverages, identifying bottlenecks and implementing optimizations that improved yield, infusion efficiency, emulsion stability, and equipment performance across 2 contract manufacturer partners.
• Led quality analysis, flavor profiling, stability testing, and microbial troubleshooting to maintain product consistency.
• Partnered with R&D, supply chain, and operations on new-product scale-up and commissioning, delivering KPI-driven insights while maintaining full regulatory compliance and traceability.

Technical Program Manager, Brewing & Beverage Operations at Pabst Brewing Company (2015-07 – 2025-06)

• Led Liquid R&D and commercialization of 20+ fermented/flavored malt beverage SKUs through the stage-gate process into full-scale production at six external co-manufacturing partners.
• Served as primary quality and food safety contact for co-packing partners, enforcing HACCP, GMP, SSOPs, critical control points, sanitation, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
• Managed scale-up and launch of new products, including hazard analysis, risk mitigation, process validation, mock recalls, and preventive controls.
• Delivered food safety training covering GMP, SSOPs, and compliance to stakeholders and co-packer teams while collaborating on process improvements and product trials.
• Applied data analytics, master records, and traceability systems to resolve issues quickly, support regulatory audits, and sustain brewing and packaging operations at partner sites.

Multi-Site Quality Assurance Manager at Premium Waters, Inc. (2010-01 – 2015-06)

• Provided technical leadership in water treatment, wastewater management, package testing, and supplier quality across multiple plants, maintaining SQF Level III site certification.
• Managed final commissioning and start-up of a 1,000 bottles-per-minute Krones Dynafill lightweight bottle line, including set-up and start-up of the water processing equipment supplying the line.
• Led plant QA teams in developing and continuously improving procedures for raw materials and finished products, diagnosing problems and recommending optimization solutions.
• Served as primary liaison with corporate quality, external laboratories, and regulators including FDA, IBWA, and EPA.

Earlier Quality & Technical Leadership Roles at Pepsi Bottling Group | The Stroh Brewery Company

• Held quality and technical roles in carbonated soft drink bottling and brewing operations.

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting – St. John's University