Albert

albert.ciuksza@portabeer.com

Albert is 1/2 German, 1/4 Irish, and 1/4 Polish. Somehow, he hated beer.

"I'll never forget when he came over to my dorm room to watch a football game in college," Doug recounted, "and came with a six pack of IBC Root Beer. I couldn't let him live like that."

Starting Albert on a regimen of Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat, Doug saw to it that Albert became a beer lover. Moving on to Yuengling, Samuel Adams Boston Lager and several other old standbys, Albert became a beer fan in no time.

"It's all Doug's fault, really," Albert said when asked how it all happened. "He didn't want to get me drunk, he just felt like I couldn't be a respectable man and hate beer."

In addition to being a beer-lover, Albert has been able to pursue his other goals with equal passion. His career experience includes roles in business analysis, marketing, sales, and operations at organizations ranging from a Fortune 500 company to a successful start-up. Currently, he works in economic development in the Pittsburgh region and attends the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.