Name: Paul Thornton Title: Coffee Buyer/Roastmaster Company: Coffee Bean International How long have you been volunteering for the SCAA? Since about 1991 What was the first SCAA event you volunteered for and what were your duties? It was the first Seattle conference…. Perhaps …
Name: Brian Aliffi Title: Coffee Sourcing Manager Company: Caribou Coffee How long have you been volunteering for the SCAA? Since 2004. What was the first SCAA event you volunteered for and what were your duties? I had just “joined” the specialty coffee community …
Name: Jason Dominy Title: Community Support & Outreach Company: Batdorf & Bronson Coffee How long have you been volunteering for the SCAA? 5 years. What was the first SCAA event you volunteered for and what were your duties? It was a Skill Building Workshop in Atlanta, …
Name: Rob Stephen Title: Senior Trader Company: InterAmerican Coffee How long have you been volunteering for the SCAA? About 13 years. What was the first SCAA event you volunteered for and what were your duties? To be honest it’s hard to remember – It’s been a long journey, but …
Shanna Germain, with Liza Hausman, vice-president of marketing from Gigya, Inc. Social media moves fast. Remember AOL? Yahoo Groups? How about MySpace? All once business builders and now, just things of the past. And while almost everyone in the business world knows that today’s hot social networking sites are LinkedIn, Twitter and the ubiquitous Facebook, fewer …
By Tara Shenson Ever wonder how some social media pages manage to make success look so easy? It’s often the case that you find yourself on a coffee company‘s Facebook or Twitter page, where they have thousands of fans and “likes” and comments in upwards of 50–100 a day and you think to yourself “How …
Q: Who are you and what do you do in coffee? A: Let’s reverse the order of that question–what I do in coffee is hard enough to answer! I’m actively involved in a number of businesses as well as serving as president of the SCAA. I’m based in Santa Cruz, California and most of my …
If you’ve ever met Mike Ebert, sales representative for Alterra Coffee, then you know why he’s the man to talk to when it comes to meeting and greeting customers. Whether he’s working the farmers’ markets, giving consumers a bit of talk-education, or creating long-term partnerships, Ebert understands the importance of making connections on a person-to-person …
Thanksgiving Coffee Company’s Ben Corey-Moran, a member of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), looks at traceability in the global coffee market. Corey-Moran is the president and director of coffee at Thanksgiving Coffee, based in Fort Bragg, Calif., and a past member of SCAA’s Sustainability Committee. The Chronicle chats with Corey-Moran to learn more. …