Kimberly Yer
Born in Singapore in mid December 1977, Kimberly Yer has spent most of her time in the food and beverage industry since graduating. She started in the coffee industry as a part-time barista in a global coffee chain and discovered her passion for coffee and how it connects people. Having worked her way up from a part-time barista to a managerial position, she decided to take the leap into the larger world and into different global companies related to coffee, which allowed her to widen her horizons—meeting people of different cultures and drinking habits.
She started judging in the National Barista Championship with the Singapore Coffee Association in 2006 and has been involved in the annual organizing of National Barista Championship since 2008. Acting as a Vice President for the Singapore Coffee Association since 2011, the Singapore Coffee Association started to organize more competitions, from a single Barista Championship to five competitions; Barista, Latte Art, Coffee in Good Spirits, Brewers, Cup Tasters.
She is also very hands-on in coaching and guiding the younger group of coffee lovers to contribute in a myriad of ways towards the organizing of national championships and other related coffee events in the ASEAN region. Forming various committees from marketing, pre-competition committees, to competition operation, she has guided the team on how to successfully run the competitions from planning to execution.
Encouraged by World Coffee Championships Representatives, she decided to become a WCC Certified Judge for the World Barista Championship Championship to better understand how competition can drive community awareness for baristas and consumers. Kimberly has judged at the 2015 WBC in Seattle, 2016 WBC in Dublin 2016, 2017 WBC in Seoul, and more.
Kimberly is currently working with BUNN-O-MATIC as a Regional Sales Manager for South East Asia and Oceania while still passionately driving the local coffee industry to elevate and create awareness of the quality of coffee through various events.
