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Thomas Neir is currently CEO of TorrX, Inc. and a partner in Cow Hollow Associates, LLCCow Hollow Associates
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of the Pacific Coffee Company from the time of the company's founding until May 2005.Chevalier sale agreement
Neir had also been a hi-tech company executive and senior

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.Neir biography at Darden

Personal

Neir is married with two sons. In 2012 Thomas Neir was on the board of Seattle Tilth from 2012 to 2017, and was appointed to

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's Transportation Commission in 2009, termed out after role as chairman.

Educational background

In 1979, he graduated with a

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from the

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. In 1988, he received an MBA from the

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Working experience

Since 1988, Neir had worked for a

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-based hi-tech company, Tandem Computers, as senior

and

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analyst. In late 1990, Neir was transferred to

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as area finance manager.

Foundation of the Pacific Coffee Company

, Neir discovered that there was a lack of European-style coffee houses. He set up the Pacific Coffee Company, targeted at top business persons and senior executive-level customers in Hong Kong. The first retail outlet was located in the Bank of America Tower, Central, Hong Kong. The number of Pacific Coffee Company stores and outlets is over 135 in Hong Kong and over 400 locations in Asia, primarily China.List of Pacific Coffee Company locations (in English)
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