Coffee and Technology Podcast Cropster

Join Kelsey and Norbert for today's episode with Miranda Caldwell the founder of Coffee MBA. From her roles as COO and green buyer to her impactful public speaking, including a notable presentation at the Re:co Symposium in 2023, Miranda is a powerhouse of knowledge and innovation. Her work spans strategic planning, product innovation, and marketing, underpinned by a passion for design and architecture, courtesy of her art history background. Leading The Coffee MBA, she provides critical busi...

Today we have a behind the scenes episode about building our latest product, Commerce, which was released in January 2024. Last month, Norbert and Kelsey sat down with Cropsterians Leo Cimoch, who is the Product Manager for Commerce and has extensive work experience in both the hospitality and tech industries, and Cassidy Nova, who is our Inside Sales Manager for Commerce and has had many roles in the coffee industry from learning at his family farm in Colombia to roasting to being “the...

In this episode, we chat with Connie Blumhardt, who is the founder and publisher of the award-winning Roast magazine. Connie has spent over 30 years in magazine publishing and has worked in the coffee industry for the past 25 years. She possesses a wealth of knowledge regarding magazine publishing, marketing, design and photography. On a daily basis, Connie serves 1000’s of roasters creating an amazing bird’s eye view of the roasting community.Learn more about Cropster: https://www.crop...

This episode we chat with Doug Graf and Liz Bishop from Vintage Coffee. Vintage Coffee provides consulting, training, repair and maintenance, plant design, and start up for coffee roasters of every size. Doug Graf has been in the coffee industry for over three decades in his family business whether it’s roasting coffee or helping fix the machines. Liz's coffee career has including being a barista, trainer, roaster, cafe manager, green coffee buyer, and director of coffee. Liz recently became ...

Matt Brown, Senior Manager of Coffee Operations from Coffee Bar is joining this month's leading coffee industry podcast to chat about his international career in coffee, building out educational programs in cafes and communities, as well as sustainability programs he's implementing in California and Nevada.Learn more about Cropster: https://www.cropster.com/solutions/We're social!Follow Cropster on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/cropster/Follow Cropster on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin...

Nick Castellano is the Creative Projects Manager at Ally Coffee and is based in Medellín, Colombia. Nick was previously the co-host of the Coffee & Technology podcast and now co-hosts a Spanish podcasts called Cafe Se Escribe En Español. Throughout his 5 years in coffee, he’s managed his own projects, worked as part of the marketing team Cropster, and has visited various origins speaking various topics related to technology and data collection. Aside from coffee, Nick enjoys boxing, golfi...