Harland is a manufacturing operations leader with a background in Molecular Biology and 10 years of experience in the cannabis industry, specializing in overseeing the production of a wide range of cannabis products in a large-scale facility.
Relevant Skills
Automation and Production Process Optimization
Expertise Summary
With a formal education in Molecular Biology, Harland has 10 years of experience in the cannabis industry overseeing manufacturing operations, including cultivation, extraction, packaged flower and concentrates, pre-rolls, vapes, edibles, and water-soluble powders.
Harland was Director of Manufacturing with a contract manufacturer for leading brands in California.
He was responsible for building the on-site manufacturing operation from the ground up.
After the build-out, he continued to oversee all production and operation of the 30K sq. ft. facility with a team of 60+ people.
Harland has strong experience with automated flower packaging and pre-roll / infused pre-role manufacturing machines, including Accelerant, Rolls Pros, Semi-auto Futurola Knock Box, and Actionpak system.
Harland has developed a great compliance understanding and has extensive experience with METRC, and ERP (Distru, Flourish, Seed and Beyond), as well as working with Excel, Google Sheets/Drive.
