Starbucks
Ricky C. is a seasoned engineering professional with extensive experience in product design and mechanical engineering across various industries. Currently serving as a Senior Product Design Engineer at Starbucks and a New Ventures Advisor for CoMotion at the University of Washington, Ricky C. provides strategic guidance to medical device start-ups. Previous roles include Hardware Engineering Lead at Boeing, where responsibilities included developing advanced hardware solutions for the E-7A Program, and Senior Mechanical Engineer at Pivotal Commware®, focusing on 5G mmWave telecommunication systems. Ricky C. also held key positions at notable companies such as Amazon Web Services, FUJIFILM Sonosite, L'Oréal, Pensar Development, and HaloSource, showcasing expertise in product development, mechanical architecture, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Ricky C. holds a Master of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University at Buffalo and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Automation Engineering from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Starbucks
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Starbucks ethically sources and roasts high-quality arabica coffee. They are known as the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffee globally. Starbucks purchases, roasts, and serves award-winning coffee to its millions of customers. Their food and beverage offerings include Italian-style espresso beverages, cold blended beverages, seasonal drinks, hot breakfast, lunch, snacks, a bakery, and premium teas. Additionally, they sell merchandise like tumblrs and mugs as well as gift cards for special occasions. In some stores around the world, they sell alcoholic drinks. In everything they do, they always live by their mission: to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. Founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, Starbucks began as a single store front in Pike Place Market. Originally, they sourced their beans from Peet's Coffee & Tea. Eventually, Alfred Peet stopped supplying his own beans and began to train a new Roastmaster for the company. Following this transition, they sold the company in the 1980's to Howard Schultz who had Italian Coffeehouse aspirations. Originally a coffee bean store, Howard set out to make Starbucks an espresso-based coffeeshop and led much of the expansion of the franchise. With shifts in leadership over time, a decade was spent growing market share and defining corporate social responsibility. Starbucks went on acquire several operations as part of their strategy such as Seattle's Best Coffee, Torrefazione Italia, and The Coffee Connection. Today, Starbucks operates in the US, Canada, UK, Europe, and Asia with about 32,000 stores worldwide.