AARON MATTHEWS

Responsible for the day to day operations of the Hydrocarbon Extraction side of the business. In charge of 2-3 Extraction Techs and 2-3 Extraction Assistants working 2-3 shifts per day. Scheduled daily workloads for both Techs and Assistants. Extractions were done on a custom designed and built, by myself, Bizzy Bee extraction machine, utilizing liquid co2 to freeze jacketed columns down to -60 degrees Celsius. Machine was capable of extracting 100lbs of dry material per shift and 200lbs of FF material per shift. Distilled N-Butane was used on all extractions. Nitrogen was used to pressurize and push solution through system. Nitrogen was also used to power the Venturi Pumps used to vacuum system down before an extraction. System used a 4" sock filter and also a 6" CRC filter using different medias to clean up the end product produced depending on quality of material being extracted. Maintained a consistent 3-6% return on all FF material and a 10-25% return on all dry material depending on quality of starting material using a 4:1 (FF material) up to a 8:1 (dry material) solvent:material ratio. Multiple consistencies were made according to work orders and customer needs/wants including shatter, sugar, badder, crumble, "diamonds", sauce (Live and Cured), FSE/HTE for carts/pods (Live and Cured). I also processed THC distillate on KD-6 and KD-30 distillation machines. Processed from BHO crude and also ETHO crude. Working knowledge RotoVap machines and Falling Film machines for solvent recovery. In charge of all post processing.

Responsible for the day to day operations of the BHO Extraction Lab in a heavy production Type 7 Licensed facility. Process on average 350lbs of Live Resin biomass per day. In charge of 5 Extract Techs and 5 Extract Assistants. Scheduling material to be processed. Intake and inventory of raw material using the CA state METRC inventory control program. Assigning batch numbers to raw material and finished end product. Operation of a Precision Extraction PXP and X10 Closed Loop Systems. Systems ran as Active systems converted to Passive systems utilizing a custom designed boiler system for heat exchange and Huber chillers for cooling of solvents/columns. Use of Nitrogen to pressurize system and push extracts through system and filters. I custom designed a jacketed CRC Filter used on a daily basis and am proficient in CRC filtering techniques. Knowledge of all pre and post processing procedures. Made all types of consistency of oil, including shatter, badder (cured and Live), cured resin sugar (wet or dry), Live Resin sugar (wet or dry), Live Resin Sauce, THCa crystals/terps (Diamond Sauce), FSE Carts, HTE Carts . Maintained an average return of 12%-25% on Dry biomass material after CRC depending on quality of starting material. Maintain an average return of 3%-7% on Fresh Frozen biomass material after CRC depending on quality of starting material. During my time at this facility I worked my way up from Extract Tech to Lead Extract Tech. I worked my way into the BHO Manager position and also the Head of Product Development. I was able to clean up and improve our extracts in color and potency with different filtering techniques which brings with it higher profit margins. In charge of all oven work and post processing. Responsible for transfer of product from manufacturing to packaging.

Responsible for the day to day operations of the extraction lab. Kept detailed logs. Packed/unpacked columns. Used dry ice to freeze columns and also in the operation of the CLS. Operated a non-racked non-pressure/nitrogen assisted modified BHOGart 1lb system with multiple columns being run per single run. Distilled nButane from 120lb holding tank to smaller 50lb recovery tank. Made oil consistencies of shatter, pull n snap, batter, sugar, "sauce", honeycomb depending on client's request. Operated multiple Vacuum ovens. Kept records for weights of incoming raw material, material going into columns pre process, material coming out of the column post process, oil weight pre vacuum purge, oil weight post vacuum purge, material waste weight. Kept detailed records of temperature and times for oils in vacuum oven. Performed single solvent dewaxing techniques utilizing Buchner funnels and filtering flasks. Winterized crude oil using Ethanol for preparation for RotoVap. Operated 5L RotoVap. Trained 2 people on the operation of the 5L RotoVap. Packaged oils according to consistency. Maintained a 15-20% return ratio of oil from material on dry material and a 5-10% return ratio of oil from material on Fresh Frozen or Live Resin material. Responsible for daily, weekly, monthly maintenance of CLS, all equipment in the lab, and the lab area.

Responsible for the day to day operations of the extraction lab. Kept detailed logs. Packed/unpacked columns. Used dry ice to freeze columns and also in the operation of the CLS. Operated a non-racked non-pressure/nitrogen assisted modified BHOGart 5lb (2014-2015) 1lb (2015-Present) system with multiple columns being run per single run. Distilled nButane from 120lb holding tank to smaller 50lb recovery tank. Made oil consistencies of shatter, pull n snap, batter, sugar, honeycomb depending on client's request. Operated multiple Vacuum ovens. Kept records for weights of incoming raw material, material going into columns pre process, material coming out of the column post process, oil weight pre vacuum purge, oil weight post vacuum purge, material waste weight. Kept detailed records of temperature and times for oils in vacuum oven. Performed single solvent dewaxing techniques utilizing Buchner funnels and filtering flasks. Packaged oils according to consistency. Maintained a 15-20% return ratio of oil from material on dry material and a 5-10% return ratio of oil from material on Fresh Frozen or Live Resin material. Responsible for daily, weekly, monthly maintenance of CLS, all equipment in the lab, and the lab area.