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Our Victoria crew.

In both our bay-side roastery and our city based Academy, these fine people are making the magic happen.

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Adrian Dart Sales & Customer Support Manager Adrian has a love for coffee dating back to the first time he sprinkled it on ice cream as a wide eyed 6 year old. Since then he has seen coffee take him on the glorious journey of fanatic barista, passionate café operator and certified Q grader. Strengths: Pour over, cooking pancakes, 26ft jump shots. Weaknesses: Kenyan coffee, Pinot, saying ‘no’ to his daughters.
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Leo Kavanagh Sales & Account Manager In 2007 Leo Kavanagh moved to Melbourne to study Contemporary Music Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts. This proved to be an excellent segue into a career in hospitality and Leo quickly found himself in the depths of the specialty coffee scene. He has spent the last 10 years managing, training and consulting throughout Melbourne and will finish his symphony one day, when he gets some spare time.
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Mark Knapp Sales & Account Manager Mark is an industry veteran with over 20 years’ experience in the specialty coffee industry. He has owned and operated businesses, is a qualified Q Grader, coffee roaster and green buyer. The only thing that gets Mark out of bed faster than a great cup of coffee are his two mischievous sons... or decent offshore winds.
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Lauren Stokes Barista Trainer Fuelled by cheese, wine and baked goods, Lauren can run rings around most baristas – all while showing you pictures of her cat, Amigo. Having done stints at La Marzocco Australia and Café Imports, and acing a Q Grader course, she is a skipping encyclopedia of all things coffee.
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Helena Raison Barista Trainer
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Damien Steponavicius Head Roaster Damo has been putting his Bachelor of arts, advanced diploma in screenwriting and post grad in literature to good use roasting coffee for the past 8 years! No only can he discuss all things roasting with you, he’ll do it with perfect grammar and vivid analogies. He might seem a little shy, but just bring up Europe, specifically the little Swiss town of Lauterbrunnen, and watch him gush!
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Caleb Heinselman Field Service Supervisor One of the best things we’ve imported from USA, Caleb left Synesso in Seattle over 10 years ago to join our tech department. The mumma bear of the tech team, this former US Marine is just as likely to fix your grinder as he is to give you a big bear hug.
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David Velic Field Service Technician
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Justin Bianchi Field Service Technician From his love of motorbikes to his many years working at Holden, Justin has always been immersed in the mechanical world. When not saving the day in a cafe, you’ll find him carving the waves at Bells on his longboard or coaching his son’s soccer team.
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Western Australia
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New South Wales
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