Dan CoxDan Cox is a leading authority on the Specialty Coffee Industry and brings more than 37 years of practical experience in management, roasting, cupping, product development, and marketing. He is president and owner of Coffee Enterprises and its subsidaries, Coffee Analysts, and Tea Analysts. The companies maintain extensive physical and sensorial testing labs and are the largest privately held coffee and tea analytical labs in the US. Cox has earned industry recognition for his extensive knowledge and lifetime of work: three-term president of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) and chairman of both the Coffee Development Group and Coffee Quality Institute. He was honored as the SCAA's Man of the Year and later earned the organization's Lifetime Achievement Award. Cox co-founded Grounds for Health (GFH), a nonprofit organization that brings health care services to more than 100,000 women in five coffee-producing countries. He was also appointed president of the Coffee Kids Advisory committee, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping children of coffee-producing countries. Cox has traveled to twenty-two coffee producing countries and toured more than 170 coffee roasting facilities worldwide. He has been a guest consultant for the media, including Good Morning America, Good Morning Guatemala, FOX News, National Public Radio, CNN, China Global Television Network. He has also written many trade journal articles: Business Week, the Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Boston Herald, USA TODAY, Eating Well magazine, among others. Dan continues to offer senior tasting expertise as a licensed Q Grader and is a consultant for strategic management and expert witness in coffee litigation cases involving beverage temperatures. Read More Read Less