Chris Hallien

About Chris Hallien

Versatile coffee professional possessing a high-level of technical proficiency in several key functional areas of the coffee industry. Experience working in a wide range of environments; small to large-scale specialty roasting companies through to multinational commercial operations and utilizing complex networks of manufacturing and co-manufacturing facilities. Proportional experience in the capacities of Research and Development, Quality and Procurement/ Supply Chain. Experience in North American, Latin American, European and Asian consumer markets. Collaboration on initiatives in several coffee growing countries throughout Central and South America, East Africa and Indonesia focusing on process and green coffee quality improvement. Summary of activities- Procurement: forecasting, demand planning, consumption analysis, contract negotiation, market analysis, supplier approval and performance tracking and relationship development, coverage strategy, position analysis, risk management, supply chain management and logistics- Quality: green coffee evaluation; offer, pre-ship, lot builds. Inbound, on-hand, in-process and finished product analytical and sensory conformance testing and reporting. Quality hold and release, reclassification and rework management. HACCP, SQF, CAPA, FSMA, GFSI- Research and Development: new product development, ideation, commercialization, product maintenance, specification creation, nutrition, regulatory and labeling compliance, IP and patent reviews. Design scope for facility build-outs, equipment scope, qualification and modifications. Process improvements and auditing, Six Sigma, capability analysis, capacity analysis, lean manufacturing, value-stream mapping, OEE- Roasting Competencies: drum (Neptune), centrifugal (Saturn), tangential (Jupiter), continuous and fluidized bed roasting experience. Roast batch size Neotec, Thermalo, Gothot, Lilla, Petroncini, Scolari, Diedrich, Ambex, Loring, Giesen

Experience

1. Coffee Grader Licensed Coffee C Grader

   ICE

   Apr 2004 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Licensed Coffee \"C\" Grader

Education

• University of California, Davis

  Certificate Program, Sensory Science

  2010 — 2012

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physical & Biological Anthropology

  1990 — 1998