Last August, we moved our headquarters to the waterfront in Hoboken, N.J., with the goals of creating new efficiencies and better consolidating our business intelligence—both within InterAmerican Coffee and the larger Neumann Gruppe U.S., which includes InterAmerican, Rothfos Corporation and Atlas Coffee Importers. Despite the stresses and strangeness of the current moment, we’ve been able to use this time to make progress toward those goals.
One exciting change is that Josh Burdett has moved from Houston to Hoboken, to lead the Hoboken Trade desk (if only virtually for now). Josh came to InterAmerican as a summer intern in 2010, joined us full time in 2012, and began managing the Houston Trade desk in 2016. We’re thrilled that he’s now part of our headquarters team!
In Houston, Crystal Reyes has been a pillar of that team since its earliest days, and fittingly and deservedly, she’s now head of Houston Trading. Crystal’s a fantastic trader and manager, and we know the team there will thrive under her leadership.
Finally, following on the relocation of our headquarters to the East Coast, our Providence colleagues have joined our Hoboken team, further fortifying our new headquarters lineup! Gerra, Helen and Tânia are now part of the Hoboken Trade desk, and Amanda is taking on new responsibilities within Neumann Gruppe U.S. They’ll all continue to work remotely (though we hope to eventually see much more of them). These changes will meaningfully strengthen and streamline our group in the Northeast, and we’re excited for this opportunity for greater team collaboration.
That said, we still miss seeing each other every day, and seeing you, and visiting our colleagues and partners at origin. And we’re eager to move forward toward a happier new normal. But most of all, we’re hoping you and your teams and loved ones are healthy and safe, and that soon we’ll be able to let coffee do its natural work of bringing us together again. •
