Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

Stay tuned for more updates on how this acquisition will benefit our clients and experts.

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Expert Details

Coffee: Retail, Wholesale, Roasting, Sourcing

ID: 726585 California, USA

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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.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1989 Degree: B.A. Subject: Political Science / Sociology Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
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.

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1993 to 2005 Employer: Supreme Bean Coffee Roasters Title: Partner / Sales / Roasting QC Department:
Responsibilities:
His primary responsibilities were: Sales, support, service, training, coffee roasting, green coffee buying, coffee blending, roaster QC, Coffee assessment and control.

International Experience

Years Country / Region Summary
Years: 2008 to 2008 Country / Region: United Kingdom Summary: Created Espresso and coffee profiles for specialty coffee retail chain.
Years: 2007 to 2007 Country / Region: Turkey Summary: Complete overhaul of roasting operations. Review and implementation of roasting profiles and protocol, cupping, blending, sourcing, flavoring, packaging.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Roasters Guild of America
Barista Guild of America
Specialty Coffee Association of America
Awards / Recognition
Numerous high scores for Coffee submitted to: www.coffeereview.com

Fields of Expertise

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