Mark Wain

Mark Wain is the co-founder and President of Caffe Luxxe, a pioneer in the specialty coffee inudstry for the last two decades.

Mark has worked every job at the company - barista, trainer, roaster, green coffee buyer, technician, as well as running caffe operations, roasting operations, real estate and construction, and leading the strategy and direction of the company since its founding.

Prior to founding Caffe Luxxe with his best friend, Gary Chau, Mark worked in the software industry as a Programmer, Program Manager, Product Manager, and business unit leader, in charge of Strategy, Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Technical integration for industry leaders such as Microsoft and Symantec.  Before that, Mark was a Business Strategy Consultant, and worked in the Financial Services and Technology industry for Citibank during the emergence of Home Banking.

Mark earned his MBA with an emphasis in Corporate Strategy from the Marshall School at the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.