A pair of high-level veterans at Pacific Beach-based Karl Strauss Brewing have departed the company. Last month, former vice president of beer, Marc Martin, resigned from San Diego’s longest-operating post-Prohibition Era brewing company to accept a CEO position at smallbatch, an organic pet food producer. And more recently, Karl Strauss let go of its brewmaster of brewery operations, Matt Johnson, as part of a larger organizational restructuring.
“Karl Strauss has had the luxury of having two brewmasters working together within the company for the past several years,” says vice president of sales and marketing Chad Heath. “Under new leadership, the company has made the decision to consolidate the brewmaster duties under Paul Segura. As brewmaster for 13 of his 20 years at Karl Strauss, Paul has led us in brewing innovation and collaboration. Under this new leadership structure, we look forward to continued success and growth.”
In addition to Segura assuming sole ownership of the brewmaster role, adjustments in the executive management structure have been made following Martin’s departure. As stated above, Heath is responsible for all sales and marketing responsibilities, while director of engineering Bill McAvoy has taken over operations.