Stephen Goldmann

Vice President, Food R&D, Starbucks; San Francisco, CA

Stephen Goldmann is the vice president, food R&D at Starbucks. Stephen is a business leader with deep food industry experience focused in innovation, strategy design, product development, positioning and brand creation. Prior to his position at Starbucks, Stephen founded multiple companies in the sustainable food space and for 15 years was general manager and partner at The Culinary Edge. There he was leading product strategy and development as a consultant for a range of businesses from startups to global food companies. He began his career in restaurants, working as a fine dining chef in San Francisco, Paris, Sydney, Shanghai and Beijing. (San Francisco, CA)