Coffee Fest PNW 2022

Marcus Young
Vice President of Coffee
goodboybob coffee roasters


Marcus Young is a coffee professional with over twenty years experience. Currently he leads the coffee program at goodboybob coffee roasters as an Executive Vice President of Coffee. Previously he led the marketing team for Cropster, a software company providing quality, inventory, and traceability solutions for coffee producers, roasters, and retailers. He is an authorized trainer for the Specialty Coffee Association and holds their Coffee Skills Diploma with a focus on sustainability, roaster, sensory analysis, and barista skills. He is a certified Coffee Quality Institute Q-Grader. He has trained thousands of coffee roasters and tasters during his career, and works as a quality advisor on behalf of several award winning coffee producers. Previously he worked as a quality advisor, professional educator, trader, buyer, roaster, and barista. He helped to build a successful roasting business in Rwanda and worked on behalf of farmers and cooperatives on quality control and market access initiatives. Marcus co-founded Central City Coffee, a social enterprise coffee company providing employment and on-the-job training for employees who were previously homeless.

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