Experience

California Berry Cultivars, LLC

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Research and Development

  • Dec 2018 - Present

• Project Leader

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Watsonville, CA o Manage the development of superior strawberry cultivars for the California, U.S., and international market place.



North Carolina State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

  Raleigh, NC o Studying the inheritance and genetics of downy mildew in cucumber.



HM.CLAUSE

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • 2013 - 2013

  Davis, CA



DNASTAR, Inc.

• United States
• Think Tanks

• Consultant

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  o Consulting on test script automation and quality assurance of bioinformatics software.



Monsanto Company

• United States
• Farming
• 700 & Above Employee

• Temporary Research Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Dec 2011

  Fort Myers, Florida Area o Assist in the daily activities of a plant breeding program. o This included pollinating, organizing seed for sowing, label creation, and data entry. o I also assisted the breeder in phenotyping and selection of material.



University of Wisconsin-Madison

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2011

  o Field plots techniques, greenhouse seed production, pollination, grafting, and selection. o Worked with a variety of crops, including, snap beans, peas, tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, and cucurbits. o Molecular marker linkage map construction and quantitative trait loci discovery in a recombinant inbred line population of snap bean. o Statistical analysis using R and JMP, including experiment design, multiple-regression, ANOVA, and QTL mapping.

• Student Government Chair

  • May 2010 - Apr 2011

  o Day-to-day management of a shared governance committee consisting of 100 students that participate in policy development and financial decisions at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Under Wisconsin State Law, students have an equal voice in the operations of the University System.

• Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2009 - Jan 2010

  o Lectured on theories and techniques involved in plant biotechnology. o Instructed twice-weekly laboratory learning sessions to apply lecture material.



DNASTAR

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bioinformatics Quality Assurance

  • Jan 2007 - Jul 2009

  o Worked as a team to test bioinformatics software in order to assist with development roadmaps and timelines for the products.



The REM Group - Healthcare Staffing

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Aug 2006 - Feb 2009

  o Assisted elderly and handicapped patients in their homes with daily care routines. o Overcame communication barriers that often presented themselves because of cultural and age difference, or disease prevalence.