Experience

Seymour Golf and Country Club

• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Assistant Superintendent

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Demonstrate the ability to passionately lead, inspire and motivate a team of 20-30 employees. Working alongside the Superintendent, we strive to promote a well-organized, impeccably detailed and safe working environment for our employees.Passionate about personnel management including employee evaluation, training and overseeing the scheduling of daily maintenance and improvement activities, as well as carefully implementing the scheduling of all employees under the awareness of budgetary limitations and golf course demands. Show less

• Second Assistant Superintendent

  • Nov 2014 - Dec 2018

  Accurately maintain records of all department activities including pesticide and IPM recordkeeping, irrigation documentation, monthly safety meetings, and inventory monitoring concluding with fiscal year-end organization.Apply working knowledge of daily maintenance and cultural practices, including mowing programs, fertilizer/spraying application and calibration and assistance in leading aerification programs. Irrigation experience (Rainbird) including sprinkler head installation, software manipulation and execution, minor repairs, auditing, satellite control/installation/diagnostics and extensive hand watering experience Significant management experience in 2016, during our multi-million dollar back nine renovation. My main role during the renovation included responsibility for the sole supervision of the front nine and practice areas that remained open during the renovation. I was also involved in the project when possible, gaining valuable experience in drainage and irrigation installation. I gained immense grow-in experience during the Fall of 2016, assisting with the delicate procedures of preparing an entirely new back nine (8 newly sodded greens, sodded fairways and some roughs, seeded tees, new “Better Billy Bunkers” across all nine holes) for a June 2017 re-opening. Show less

• Turf Care Intern

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2014

  -Heavily involved in all cultural fertility practices including aerification (needle tining, hollow coring), fertilizer application with push spreader, seeding/sodding/pre-germination seeding, topdressing, brushing and verticutting-Significant spraying experience with both pesticides and fertilizers -Irrigation experience (Rainbird) including sprinkler head installation, minor repairs under supervision, auditing, satellite control/installation/diagnostics and extensive hand watering experience -Able to execute all golf course mowing practices with experience on older and newer machinery, as well as golf course set up, bunker maintenance, rolling and various grooming detailing work (string trimming, hedging) and tree maintenance -Involved in various programs including divot bottles, driving range maintenance and recycling-Experience with a Bobcat and front-end loaders-Basic knowledge of equipment maintenance, reel assembly and reel setup under supervision-Worked closely/communicated with our leadership team and gained knowledge in supervision of employees, scheduling and team meeting execution as well as problem solving skills and tournament preparation -Mentoring, motivating and training fellow employees safely and properly-Always committed and willing to acquire skills and knowledge which I may not currently possess that will assist me in becoming a better professional and leader Show less



Fairmont Banff Springs

• Canada
• Hospitality
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Seasonal Greenskeeper

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2013

  -Involved in daily routine maintenance practices (golf course set-up, walk mowing greens, trimming, bunker detailing, greens rolling and hand watering) -Engaged in cultural fertility practices (fertilizing, aeration, topdressing, seeding, sodding) -Applying my knowledge obtained at Olds College, taking my personal and technical skill sets to the next level -Leading by example in a team-first atmosphere under strict corporate guidelines -Fluent communicator by means of using radios and one-on-one interactions -Treating our golf course and guests with incomparable care under first-class Fairmont standards while demonstrating integrity and leadership Show less



Olds College of Agriculture & Technology

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Turf Club President

  • Sep 2012 - Apr 2013

  My responsibility during my second year at Olds College. Demonstrating over-the-top leadership skills and responsible for handling all operations of the Turf Club including delegating executive board positions, planning and executing club meetings and organizing all club activities including involvement in Regional, Provincial and National Turfgrass Conferences. Hosted major events across campus, raising significant funds. We won the 2012/2013 OCSA Club of the Year voted as the best club at Olds College. Show less

• Student

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2013

  Turfgrass Management DiplomaOlds CollegeFall 2011- Spring 2013Alberta Pesticide Applicator License (Landscape)Olds CollegeSpring 2013St. Johns Ambulance Level 1 First Aid CertificateObtained March 2014Chainsaw Safety & Cutting Techniques- Arboriculture CanadaObtained May 2014High School DiplomaSt. Paul Regional High School (2010 Graduate)



St. Paul Golf Club

• St. Paul, Alberta

• Greenskeeper

  • Mar 2006 - Sep 2012

  -Learn about the challenges of a small budget golf course operation -Grooming (greens, tees, collars, rough, fairways, surrounds), rake bunkers, change pins, aeration, basic irrigation control, irrigation repairs under supervision -Responsible for training staff on all of the above routine practices -Demonstrate responsibility for: Performing routine tasks in various conditions, showing a strong work ethic, demonstrating detail-orientation and providing great treatment towards both the golf course and golfers Show less