Jeffrey Iniguez
Senior Manager, Agronomy at Wonderful Orchards- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Limited working proficiency
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Credentials
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Qualified Applicator License
California Department of Pesticide RegulationJan, 2015- Nov, 2024 -
Certified Crop Adviser (CCA)
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Experience
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Wonderful Orchards
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United States
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Farming
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Manager, Agronomy
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Dec 2015 - Present
Designed and managed a wide variety of agronomic field trials involving almonds, pistachios and pomegranates. Crop nutrition: Initiated studies looking at foliar and ground based fertilizer programs for maximizing yield. Soil fertility: Expanded soil management programs in exploring amendment strategies and soil health. Water quality: Optimization of water amendments for improved crop performance and water use efficiency. Project Management: Managed multiple projects with internal and external collaborators that directly benefited production practices. Analyzed, prepared and presented research results to numerous stakeholders, moving projects to production practices, or stopping projects due to limited potential for implementation. Supported numerous business functions as active member of multi-functional team, including serving as key member of Research and Development Team, Agronomic Services, and supervising field and lab seasonal staff. Made annual recommendations on fertilizer and soil amendment programs for over 40,000 acres. Created new initiatives for cross functional research of: irrigation systems, crop physiology, entomology, plant pathology and rootstock/variety development. Realized no reportable accidents with seasonal staff and improved accuracy of agronomic field sampling by developing and leading training sessions. Helped create and implement laboratory standard operating procedures for the in-house agronomic laboratory.
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AgroFresh
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United States
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Biotechnology Research
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300 - 400 Employee
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New Business Development Research Biologist
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Aug 2011 - Sep 2015
Designed and managed wide variety of in vitro and in vivo experiments focused on maintaining postharvest quality of horticultural fruits, vegetables and flowers. Supported numerous business functions as active member of multi-functional team, including serving as an integral member of Integrated Decay Control Team, Regional Biology Leader of New Business Development field trials and managing lab work and daily activities of 5 – 10 technical staff. Realized no accidents on customer sites and improved accuracy of tests by developing and leading training sessions for lab and field technicians, as well as seasonal staff that resulted in 100% successful technician field application of commercial sales. Analyzed, prepared and presented research results to numerous stakeholders, moving projects to next steps that were allocated more resources, or stopping projects due to limited potential for company's need. Assisted with making recommendations to leadership team, determining which projects and external partners to continue with. Provided quarterly updates to global R&D community that led to sharing research results with larger R&D community and incorporating other branches to induce conversation and new research ideas. Assisted numerous 3rd-party companies in association with confidential testing, helping move projects forward by obtaining new leads on technologies as well as maintaining relationships with industry. Oversaw External Contract Research Organizations, maintaining high standards of research with cooperators, ensuring reliable data. Acted as internal device manager and saved costs on working with external companies by using and maintaining of autoclaves, biosafety cabinets, growth chambers, centrifuge, ultralow freezers, fume hoods, compound and dissecting microscopes, incubators, pipettes, analytical balances as well as fogging and thermal delivery devices.
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Education
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2006 - 2010
UC Davis
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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