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Meet Brian

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Brian Staffa is a practiced cannabis industry executive operator, devoted to lean efficiency in scaled, controlled environments.  His unique footprint can be seen & felt inside dozens of operations, including many of North America’s largest and most competitive commercial ops to date.  Brian maintains a successful track record of strategically positioning lean companies and optimizing operations for long-term profitability, and his results show it:

  • Turned a $400,000/month operational loss into a
    $200,000/month operational profit in 8 months without adding capital expenditures.
  • Increased revenue by 35% in 1 year at a publicly traded MSO
  • Reduced cultivation production costs 70%; from $1,100/lb to $327/lb
  • Increased cultivation yield 67%; from 44 grams/SF to 77 grams/SF consistently with no capital expenditures.
  • Increased extraction output by 600%; from 2 liters of distillate/month to 12 liters/month.
  • Increased vape output by 775%; from 8,000 cartridges/month to 70,000 cartridges/month.
  • Improved cultivation testing pass rates 200%; from 31% pass rate to 91% pass rate.
  • Pre-sold 50% of all flower grown in a 40,000 SF facility by securing supply agreements.
  • Reduced a construction budget for a climate-controlled greenhouse by 5.8MM or 29% by reducing complexity and simplifying designs.
  • Designed & built 177,000 SF cultivation & manufacturing facility from concept to harvest in 13 months at a cost of $170/SF.

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Operations / Facility Audit
Brian’s comprehensive 98-point on-site operations audit provides clear, comprehensive insight into the core of an operation and the building itself. It exposes its current and future strengths and weaknesses, and provides a report with actionable information and strategy so that options can be considered to steer the operation toward its desired potential.
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Improvement & Expansion
Brian’s operational expertise makes him an ideal resource for those looking to grow and expand their operations, or troubleshoot and reorganize to solve systemic and/or operational issues that are stifling growth or profitability.
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Operational Dev for New Businesses
Enabling access to high level executive leadership and operational strategy for new or expanding cannabis operators. Click for details.
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Owner's Rep
Providing strategic leadership and crucial oversight between executive teams and general contractors / vendors to ensure the profitability of new cannabis builds and expansion projects. Click for details.
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Operations Consulting
Hourly or packaged arrangement designed to accommodate short term operational consulting needs, advisory relationships, undetermined scopes, or long term sporadic needs. Click for details.

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