another intro

Good morning to planet Earth and thanks for tuning in to the early days of portafilter.net. You are the lucky few (or many?) who can say in the future "I was there at the beginning, before pf.net became all huge and corporate."
My contribution is and will be as the resident "trainer" and as a "current USBC participant" in the world of professional specialty coffee. A little bit about me: I live in Chicago and spend a handful of days each month in various other localities training my customers (new or existing retailers) and attending industry events such as Barista Guild of America jams and USBC competitions with my team of 5 and others from my crew. When I'm on my home turf my time is split between helping the continued education of the staff of our two fabulous retail stores and our Roasting Works, and training customers (local retailers), and of course, training for the next USBC along with whatever other varias cosas come my way.

Looking forward to it all-
-Ellie