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Welcome to the Espresso Parts team bios. If you frequent EP's site regularly you'll know that this page has been years in the making. We have grown from 4-5 full time employees to the current number you see below. We've been through 3 or 4 different site designs and about 3 different hosts and service providers. Finally threats were made and personal bios were all turned in a timely manner by EVERYONE. So enjoy reading up about our diverse crowd of employees that are dedicated to serving you and keeping EP running smoothly.

For your convenience contact information is available for each of our personnel and departments.

Thanks for browsing our website and being an Espresso Parts customer.

Melissa Myer
Owner/CEO

(800) 459-5594
melissa@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Melissa loves farmer's markets, music, craft beer, coffee, cupcakes and Rocky Balboa. She's got mad spreadsheets and a rubber finger that takes no prisoners. On cold days she secretly imagines stealing her roommates woobie.

Matt Myer
Owner/COO

(800) 459-5594
matt@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Matt's primary responsiblity is to follow through.. His favorite thing about working at EP is that we can all be authentic, have fun, and still provide an amazing experience for our customers. Right now Matt has a crush on pulling doppios from the Linea... in his spare time you'll find Matt foraging his next meal in the wild, tending his chickens, and spending quality time with his wife Melissa.. someday when he grows up Matt hopes to become president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society.

Michael Elvin
Sales/Customer Service & Accounts Payable

(800) 459-5594
elvin@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Michael has a passion for all things coffee. As the head resident coffee nerd at Espresso Parts Michael is an important part of our customer service and sales team and is also in charge of accounts payable. Elvin as we affectionately refer to him, is a returning veteran to Espresso Parts. One that we are happy to have back! This ex-USBC Judge, is also a former top tier barista competitor. If we are all lucky we may get to see him compete once again very soon. Keep an eye on this guy cuz he is watching you!

Robbie Britt
Equipment Sales & Support

(800) 459-5594
robbieb@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Robbie is a member of the EP sales team, with emphasis on equipment and wholesale distribution. He considers himself an advocate and steward of coffee, and enjoys the continual learning process that is required in being a coffee professional. Robbie has a beautiful wife, Katie, a son, Asher, and a daughter, Elliana. They are a constant source of joy in his life. He tries to pursue all things in life with humility and excellence, motivated by a life-changing encounter with a loving God.

When he's not answering calls or emails, you can find him helping out at trade shows, entering barista competitions, and facilitating product demonstrations. If you need to find him at any of these events, just look for the beard and mustache, or variation thereof.

about.me/robbiebritt
twitter.com/dynamitecoffee

Erin Griffin
Sales & Accounts Receivable

(800) 459-5594
erin@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Erin makes sure our shelves are stocked with plenty of items to sell. Usually has her butt glued to her chair wondering if it will be warm enough to not use her woobie. Hoping that a cappuccino is a part of the day. When not at work, loves being a mom to Darian, Kennedy & Jesse.

Michael "Panda" Fernandez
Customer Service & Events Coordinator

(800) 459-5594
panda@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Panda loves coffee, beer and bamboo. You can find him in the lab on the regular pullin' tasty shots and brewing with the Clever. NEVER SAY NO TO PANDA!

Panda's Blog: thoughtsofclouds.wordpress.com
Panda on Twitter: @pandaman73

Devon Woolett
Purchasing & Inventory Manager/Jedi

(800) 459-5594
devon@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

The Purchasing & Inventory Jedi — He is a whiz with the numbers and parts. Devon has to be he has about 1,600 of them floating around his head at any given time. He's been with the company for going on 9 years and knows the ins and outs of the parts bins.

When he's not working, he's hanging out with his wife Tian and his son Colin, reciting lines from Star Wars, Lord of the Rings or Office Space, studying our natural history.

Van Stevens
Customer Service

(800) 459-5594
vans@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Customer Service Representitive.

Van likes coffee, cookies, guitars, surfing and the wild birds of the Puget Sound Region.

Darin Heinemann
Order Fulfillment & Warehousing

(800) 459-5594
darin@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Darin works is the EP warehouse as the chief box-monkey. When this Mid-West transplant is not at work you will most likely find D-Ron in the mountains shredding some bammer pow on his snowboard or out camping with his family.

Darin's Snowboard Community Website: SnowJunkeez.com

Mike Smith
Order Fulfillment

(800) 459-5594
mikes@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Mike Smith is two hundered and sixty five pounds of pizza and beer, stuffed into a man-suit. Each morning he waits in the darkness for the sun to rise. He then eats a stack of 1970's Savage Sword of Conan back issues, punches a hole in the wall, and goes to work at EP. Before he hands your packages to the delivery man, he gives them a delicate soul-kiss.

James Kelly
Production

(800) 459-5594
james@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

James (Jimmtron) is the Espressoparts Live-in Robot. Fueled by scrap metal and denatured alcohol he is constantly producing. Functioning fully as stamp-bot, production-bot, maintenance-bot and mor,e he is part of the next generation of robot-human relations. In his spare time he enjoys running system diagnostics and defrags, hoverboards and ro-bicycles.

Mike Longmire
Programming & Database Specialist

(800) 459-5594
mike@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

Born from a pool of alien mucus, Mike grew from a tri-segmented larva squid into the man he is today. Raised on copious amounts of music, books, movies, coffee and cheese, he continues to this very day to subsist on these very ingredients.

Whether playing his guitar, reading a tome of well written prose, record shopping with his wife Erika, or trying to get his son Liam to understand and accept the fuzz pedal, he's made himself at home here at Espresso Parts, much like a rude party guest that doesn't know when to leave.

Blog: Farg Me
Twitter: @duckie715

David Ringwood
Equipment Customization & Design

(800) 459-5594
daver@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

David loves to help espresso machines and grinders unlock and achieve their full potential with mind numbing modifications and expert craftsmanship. He enjoys hanging out with his son Colton and dog Dizzy and hopes to one day jump the Grand Canyon on a motorcycle... or at least a small creek. David also likes to keep it as funky as possible.

David White
Pixel Master - The Art Department

(800) 459-5594
davew@espressoparts[REMOVE - THIS].com

A born and raised native Washingtonian/Seattleite (Ballard) Dave White now resides in Olympia Washington where he has been working for Espresso Parts for 9+ years. A victim of Seattle's dot.com explosion/implosion in the early 2000's, Dave settled back down in Olympia where he previously attended The Evergreen State College and now acts as the creative director and art department for Espresso Parts.

When he is not at work pushing pixels he spends his spare time hangin' with his coffee lady, playing fetch with a ball obsessed dog, dreaming of orchards, pickin' apples, pressing them and fermenting/drinking traditional craft ciders. Dave also maintains a blog about traditional style North American craft ciders and is a founding board member of the Northwest Cider Association.

Blog: Old Time Cider
Twitter: @oldtimeydave
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_timey_dave/