Catoctin Creek Distilling Company
Desmond Whelan has a diverse work experience spanning over two decades. Desmond started their career at Quantum as a Sales Engineer in 1999 and later worked at Snap Appliance as a Sales Engineer, providing outside sales support for the Snap Server NAS product line. In 2004, they joined ADPT Corporation as a Sales Engineer and then moved to NetApp in 2006 as a Technical Partner Manager, where they created and delivered product and sales training to channel partners. In 2009, they joined NETGEAR as a Sales Engineer East, supporting a team of 20 channel account managers and architecting network solutions for the small to medium enterprise market. Since 2017, they have been working at Catoctin Creek Distilling Company as the Head Distiller.
Desmond Whelan holds a Diploma in Electronics from the Waterford Institute of Technology. Desmond also completed their Leaving Certificate at Good Counsel College in Ireland. No specific start or end years were provided for either educational experience.
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Catoctin Creek Distilling Company
Catoctin Creek® was founded by Becky and Scott Harris in 2009 as the first legal distillery in Loudoun County since before Prohibition. We are located in Purcellville, Virginia, in the heart of the Loudoun Valley. Virginia is the birthplace of American whiskey, and at Catoctin Creek, we faithfully dedicate ourselves to that tradition, producing Virginia's most awarded whisky—Roundstone Rye! The name "Catoctin" is a regional name. Pronounced Ka-TOCK-tin, the name derives from the Indian tribal name "Kittocton" which, legend has it, meant "place of many deer". Catoctin describes a range of mountains and the eponymous creek which flows picturesquely past the distillery and into the Potomac River and Chesapeake Watershed. At Catoctin Creek, we believe in high quality food and spirits. We source our grain and fruit from local sources, free of pesticides and chemical additives that would come through in the spirits we produce. The results are the finest, cleanest spirits possible, with the greatest attention to detail in every single bottle we produce. The Virginia Rye Whisky℠