Coffee Solutions is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Howell to its consulting, training, and laboratory services teams. Howell joins Coffee Solutions as Director of Laboratory Operations. He will be responsible for management of Coffee Solutions' rapidly expanding full-service laboratory business, which includes all aspects of quality assurance testing, product development, and sensory evaluation for coffee companies all over the world. Howell will also play a key role in Coffee Solutions' growing training business.

Howell comes to Coffee Solutions with 15 years experience in the coffee industry, beginning in Honduras where he worked in all areas of production and quality control. Howell also owned and operated a successful coffee roasting company for several years in the Northeast. "I can't emphasize how important my time working at origin has been for my coffee education," says Howell. "Significant first-hand experience in a coffee producing country played a large part in my success as a roaster."

Coffee Solutions President, Rob Stephen, said "Mark has experienced the challenge of quality assurance from both ends of the coffee supply chain. This unique combination of experience, when combined with his extensive skills as a coffee professional, will deliver great value to our clients and help us continue to grow."

Howell is based in Hopedale, MA and can be reached at mark@coffeesolutions.net.