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Expert in Coffee: Retail, Wholesale, Roasting, Sourcing
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has been in the Specialty Coffee Business for over 16 years. Within this time, Expert has trained numerous clients in both the Retail and Wholesale side of the coffee business. Expert's primary expertise is in the following areas: Coffee roasting, roasting plant design, green coffee buying, coffee blending, roaster training, roast quality assessment and control
*Founder of Specialty Coffee Roaster in Southern California
*Journeyman coffee roaster with numerous accolades for quality achievement and member of the Roasters Guild
*Green coffee buyer with numerous industry contacts
*Experience worldwide establishing coffee roasting facilities and roasting protocols
* Ready to drink and powder drink development Expert currently consults and handles the daily Quality Control of a wholesale business which roasts 750,000/lb per year. Daily duties include: cupping, roasting QC, blending, sourcing and custom development. Expert has been involved with Roaster & Roaster/Retailer start-ups. Most recently Expert handled the complete operations overhaul of Turkey's largest specialty coffee roaster. This work incorporated full review and implementation of cupping, blending & profile roasting protocol. He also set up overseas green coffee sources for the client, and helped secure their largest account. Expert will also be in charge of overseeing Romania's largest specialty roasting facility, to be built late fall of 2009. Other clients assisted have been located in Jamaica and in the U.K.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Los Angeles, California;
San Diego, California;
Long Beach, California;
Santa Ana, California;
Anaheim, California;
Riverside, California;
Bakersfield, California;
Glendale, California;
Huntington Beach, California;
and San Bernardino, California.
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Degree |
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Institution |
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1989
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B.A.
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Political Science / Sociology
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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2005 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Consultant
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Expert currently consults and handles the daily Quality Control of a wholesale business which roasts 750,000/lb per year. Daily duties include: cupping, roasting QC, blending, sourcing and custom development.
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1993 to 2005
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Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters
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Partner / Sales / Roasting QC
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His primary responsibilities were: Sales, support, service, training, coffee roasting, green coffee buying, coffee blending, roaster QC, Coffee assessment and control.
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Associations/Societies
Roasters Guild of America
Barista Guild of America
Specialty Coffee Association of America
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Awards/Recognition
Numerous high scores for Coffee submitted to: www.coffeereview.com
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Recent Client Requests:
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Coffee expert for consulting on coffee selection for large chain.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your expert consulting needs.
Expert is available for consulting to corporate, legal and government clients.
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Expert is free.
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert legal coffee roasting for consulting on Coffee Roasting.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding expert testimony,
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A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
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2008 to 2008
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United Kingdom
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Created Espresso and coffee profiles for specialty coffee retail chain.
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2007 to 2007
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Turkey
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Complete overhaul of roasting operations. Review and implementation of roasting profiles and protocol, cupping, blending, sourcing, flavoring, packaging.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Throughout his 16 years of experience, Expert has secured numerous sources for equipment, parts, ancillary retail products (powders, sauces, syrups) & green coffee.
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