Faculty and Extended Faculty

William is a Senior Yeast and Fermentation Scientist with MillerCoors LLC. based in Milwaukee WI. His brewing career has spanned 32 years, starting in Quality Control at Miller’s Albany, Georgia brewery. He has worked in various brewery and corporate functions, over that time period including new product development. Bill’s primary interests lie in the areas of yeast propagation and yeast management, rapid methods for the detection of beer spoilage organisms, and troubleshooting microbiological and fermentation related issues in the breweries.

He attended the University of Georgia where he received his M.S. degree in Microbiology. He also holds a M.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

He is a member of the ASBC, the Master Brewers Association of the Americas and the Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.