Team

The People Behind the Platform

23

Nationalities

21

Languages

2100

Coffees cupped by the Lab team

Two men and a woman standing in front of a laptop.

A group of people standing around a coffee machine.

Algrano HQ is in Zurich, Switzerland, and the team is spread around the world.

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We have staff in the USA, Africa, Latin America and Europe all working to create change with technology to enable independent producers and roasters to thrive.

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While our platform is online, we are here in person.

Meet the team

You’ll find very diverse skills in the team including Q Graders, trainers, competition judges, developers, software engineers, ‘retired’ coffee roasters, coffee agronomy, coffee processing, design, barista champions, marketing geeks, business startup, gaming, gigging and growing under one virtual roof

Join the Team

Raphael Studer

CEO

Kat Melheim

Roaster Ambassador

Gilles Brunner

Co-Founder

Eli Elisa Blaich

COO

Christian Dünner

CCO

Emma Haines

Senior Sales Manager UK

Vanessa Heringer

Producer Success Manager

Yannick Lauber

Head of Sales USA

Rachel Apple

Relationship Manager USA East Coast

David Palazuelos

Sales Manager USA West Coast

Winnie Goede

Sales Manager Germany

Pablo García Jimenez

Head of Quality

Franca Rast

Full Stack Engineer

Kees Olthof

Head of Product

Jon Kyte

Front-End Designer

Ignacio Fernandez

Operations Manager

Giovanna Rocha

Head of Sourcing

Gert-Jan Eling

Head of Operations

Moureen Gitu

Customer Support Specialist

Christoph Krenn

Senior Product Manager

Camila Lamilla

Product Manager

Alex Georgiou

Head of Marketing

Veronika Kečkéšová

Sales Manager Central Europe

Eugenia Bertoni

UX/UI Designer & Developer

Sabine Studer

HR & Accounting

Addisu Dulacha Gobana

Producer Success Manager

Natalia Grisales

Brand Marketing Manager

Iara Noronha

Content Team Lead

Zmago Devetak

Head of Engineering

Trevor Clark

Relationship Manager USA Central

Aldo Gulizia

Senior Accountant

Ana Sofia Narvaez

Customer Support Specialist

Juan Agustin Giner

Sourcing Administrative Assistant

Hassan El Ashram

Technical Product Manager

Sammy Keter

Support Specialist

Henrik Möller

Sales Manager Northern Europe

Amauri Aguirre

Producer Engagement Manager Latam

Ivan Svjetlicic

Accountant

Thais Cerqueira

Operations Manager

Jodie Dewberry

Content Manager

Lorenz Schobinger

Sales Manager Switzerland, Austria and France

Alison Streacker

Producer Engagement Manager

Kamil Milewski

Software Engineer

Agostina Ferro

Product Design

Brittney Gross

Roaster Engagement Manager

Rob Paskin

Software Engineer

Pamela Bogantes

Destination Logistics

Federica Ricci

Quality Coordinator

Caitlín Hulse

Data & Insights Lead

Nerea Pages

Senior Financial Analyst

Xavier Steenhaut

Marketplace & Producer Success Manager LATAM

Muffin

Chief Happiness Officer

Meet the Board

Thomas Rauber

Thomas is the very first investor in Algrano and joined our board in 2023. He founded TR Invest AG in 2010 and is active as SME entrepreneur and startup investor. Thomas serves on various boards in banking, logistics and technology.

Sara Morrocchi

A political scientist with a drive for social impact, Sara is the founder and CEO of Vuna Coffee Consulting. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, she has proven success in innovative design and delivery of supply and value chain solutions.

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Adriaan Nühn

Adriaan is chairman of the supervisory board of JustEatTakeaway.com. Until 2008, he was CEO of Sara Lee International and chairperson of the executive board of Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts.

Thomas Uibel

Thomas is the Investment Director of Verium, an independent multi-family office in Zurich and an investor in Algrano. He brings a wealth of experience and is a board member of several Swiss startups, as well as an investment management background.

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Fabio Magagna

Fabio has 15+ years expertise in the ICT industry in various roles such as entrepreneur, researcher, consultant or manager in a large corporate. At the moment Fabio is Global Senior Product Manager at YouTube/Google and active as a business angel with his company BetaFarm.

News & Resources

Cómo investigar a un tostador antes de enviar un mensaje

Su página web, LinkedIn e Instagram le dicen quién compra, de dónde compran y qué les importa. Esto es lo que debe mirar antes de escribir.

Premie a sus compradores fieles con ofertas privadas

Su costo por vender a los mismos tostadores disminuye después del tercer año, lo que les brinda flexibilidad para recompensarlos. Identifiquen qué tostadores pueden recibir una oferta sin la tarifa de Matchmaking. Ellos obtienen un mejor precio y su FOB se mantiene igual.

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Cómo usar su CRM para vender otra vez a los mismos compradores

Seis ideas para usar la información que ya tiene sobre los tostadores, mejorar la retención, venderles más a los mismos compradores y volver a calentar los leads que se enfriaron.