Marcus Young Email & Phone Number

United States

San Rafael, CA

I direct the training and education programs at Boot Coffee Campus, combining my experience as a professional educator and trainer with my acumen as a coffee professional and entrepreneur. The success of my students and positive reviews is the measure of my success - whether they are learning independently by video, in interactive and collaborative.

Volunteer member of competition committee and lecture commitee.

Santa Cruz, CA

Portland, OR & Kigali, Rwanda

Successfully developed direct trade relationships between coffee producers and coffee roasters. A deep commitment to developing sustainable business relationships for coffee farmers and coffee roasters and helping roasters to identify and build innovative coffee lineups by coordinating product development efforts with producers in Africa and Latin America..

Portland, Oregon Area

RELATIONSHIP COFFEEAn Inclusive Supply ChainWe invest into our supply chain at every step, bringing innovative technology, training, and infrastructure to our partners. We link coffee growers to markets while building systems that bring high quality coffee to roasters. We operate with ultimate transparency, making sure all stakeholders are included in the.

Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area

During the launch of Wayfinding Academy I led workshops and classes geared towards Wayfinding Academy students and community members on topics including Social Enterprise, B-Corporations, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

Portland, Oregon Area

Pivotal to the launching of Central City Coffee, a social enterprise coffee company providing on-the-job training for formerly homeless employees. As Social Enterprise Project Manager at Central City Concern (CCC), I oversaw the development, execution, and operations of a job training program housed in a wholesale coffee roasting business. This enterprise.

Portland, Oregon Area

Volunteer Consultant from May 2011 - October 2012 where I developed a business plan, financial models, and successfully secured funding to launch the enterprise.

Portland, OR

Consultant, trainer, and technical sales support. Developed and delivered training programs for and assisting coffee retailers to operate more efficiently, improve COGS, reduce waste and lower expenses, increase quality, and develop menus and new beverages. Coaching barista competitors and selecting coffees for competition. Coordination of community.

Operational and staff management of exceptionally high-volume café. I continually exceeded sales and cash-flow goals, increasing the revenue of one store by over 25%, largely through driving whole-bean sales (a high-profit and low labor sale). Responsibilities included developing staff, maintaining inventory, hiring, beating sales and budget goals, and.

Managed the daily operations of the ticketing and retail departments, including scheduling, budgeting, hiring, sales, forecasting and planning, and customer service and retention. I represented Skibowl at trade shows and other regional sales events. Developed, managed the design team, and maintained Skibowl.com. Initiated successful email campaigns..

Developed and managed client relationships, directed the web development projects, and managed the development team. Maintained customer satisfaction, sought and leveraged opportunities to increase sales, conducted client creative interviews, defined business processes for web applications. My projects were on-time and within budget. During my tenure.

Member of the leadership team that determined and implemented the direction of the company. Managed the development of Internet based tools for the contract furnishings industry. I developed the user-interface through testing and interviews with current and potential clients, supervised programming staff, and developed end-user architecture. I orchestrated.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Secondary special education teacher for students with drug and alcohol addiction, psychiatric issues, and delinquency problems. Transitioned students to employment or their home school. Managed and mentored teaching assistants. Co-developed partnership with and taught snowboarding through the Snowboard Outreach Society to provide students new opportunities.

Bachelor'S Degree, English Language And Literature/Letters

Activities and Societies: LBGCA President

Graduate Study, Education, Special Education, Learning Technologies

Certificate - Social Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Impact EntrepreunersSchool of Business, Impact Entrepreneurs, Social Innovation Incubator, Vector Program member.

Post Baccalaureate Studies, Sculpture And New Genres