Experience

International Hemp

• United States
• Farming
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Production & Operations

  • Aug 2020 - Present

  Striving to provide the growing hemp industry with high quality Certified Hemp Seed through domestic production of high yielding, hemp varieties. Striving to provide the growing hemp industry with high quality Certified Hemp Seed through domestic production of high yielding, hemp varieties.



Moran Hemp Seeds and Ag Consulting

• Consultant Hemp Seed Ag-Regulatory environment

  • Feb 2020 - Present



Colorado Department of Agriculture

• Broomfield, CO

• Industrial Hemp Certified Seed Specialist

  • Dec 2015 - Sep 2021



Bija Hemp

• United States
• Strategic Management Services

• Director Of Operations

  • Apr 2019 - Feb 2020

• Director Of Operations

  • Apr 2019 - Feb 2020



H M Clause

• Florida

• Sweet Corn Breeder 111

  • Aug 2012 - 2015

  Responsiblities included: Breeding for the sugary enhanced synergistic roadside and fresh market shipping markets. Resurrected and converted high quality se inbreds to sh2se and sush2se. Identified high quality inbreds and made hybrid and source population crosses for hybrid product and inbred development. Managed two sweet corn breeding cycles per year and all aspects of nursery management at the Florida station. Planted and evaluated hybrid trials in the Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Midwest. Organized and collected data for Provisional Patents. Organized Mesa Maize material, educated supervisor and team about germplasm, heterotic groups, product line, and production traits. Show less



Driscoll's

• United States
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Strawberry Breeder

  • 2008 - 2012

  Assisted Breeding Manager with all aspects of breeding for the Southern district winter and summer planted seasons. Responsible for: selection, data analysis, fruit evaluation data collection, planning crosses, grower extension and test plot management. Assisted Breeding Manager with all aspects of breeding for the Southern district winter and summer planted seasons. Responsible for: selection, data analysis, fruit evaluation data collection, planning crosses, grower extension and test plot management.



Centest Inc

• United States
• Farming

• Product Manager/ Sweet Corn Breeder

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

  Responsible for breeding for the US markets. Place and evaluate breeders’ trials across locations to identify hybrids for advancement. Contact dealer salesmen for placing dealer trials. Responsible for sales contacts for Europe and the Western US. Involved with sales forecasting, off-season production reporting, selection and advancement of nurseries and setting up new hybrid and breeding crosses. Represent Centest at the ASTA and regional vegetable grower meetings. Show less



Mesa Maize

• Olathe, CO

• Sweet Corn Breeder

  • Mar 1996 - Jul 2005

  Managed sugary enhanced sweet corn breeding project. Managed nurseries and hybrid trials. Developed breeding populations, selected nursery material. Set up crosses, evaluated and selected hybrids for advancement. Contacted distributors to place breeder trials. Conducted field day tours. Managed, evaluated and selected winter nursery. Maintained computer files for all breeding records using Quattro Pro and Paradox software. Hired and supervised summer labor crews and seed processing technicians. Attended vegetable and seed trade shows to promote hybrids and provide technical support for distributors. Show less



Busch Ag

• Ft. Collins, CO

• Assistant Plant Breeder III

  • Mar 1995 - Mar 1996

  Managed purity and Multiplication Program. Responsible for maintaining and multiplying pure seed for Anheuser Busch malting barley varieties. Duties included all data collection associated with applications for Plant Variety Protection and submitting PVP applications. Responsible for genetic purity and seed quality of breeder seed provided to seed operations. Modified purity and multiplication seed flow through the program to meet projected needs economically. Characterized heads for morphological characteristics and maintained head rows. Produced, rogued, harvested, milled and packaged all experimental varieties. Supervised two technicians. Show less



Sunseeds

• Assistant Breeder

  • 1988 - 1995

  Responsible for project planning and efficiency. Duties included maintenance of computer files and physical seed inventory, organization and planting of nurseries, trials and hybrid sampling. Managed greenhouse tomatoes for hybrid seed production. Conducted electrophoresis screening for nematode resistance. Supervised seed processing and pollinating crew, evaluated hybrids, rogued inbreds, selected and harvested nursery. Planted, detassled, and harvested hybrids produced in isolation fields. Produced foundation seed in stock seed fields. Show less



University of California, Riverside

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Laboratory Assistant III

  • May 1986 - Aug 1986

  Assisted with citrus growth regulator research. Collaborated with cooperative researchers to schedule pack-outs, harvest, and collections. Supervised research group in absence of Staff Research Associate. Responsible for data collection, processing, and laboratory evaluation of fruit quality factors. Assisted with citrus growth regulator research. Collaborated with cooperative researchers to schedule pack-outs, harvest, and collections. Supervised research group in absence of Staff Research Associate. Responsible for data collection, processing, and laboratory evaluation of fruit quality factors.



AgriPro

• Berthoud, CO

• Assistant to a Plant Breeder

  • May 1982 - Dec 1985

  Worked wheat plot maintenance and anchored harvesting crew. Assisted with rogueing, chemical hybridization, herbicide spraying, harvesting and parent evaluation. Collected data on height, heading, foliar disease, lodging, anther extrusion and seed set. Selected plants for preliminary yield trials. Worked wheat plot maintenance and anchored harvesting crew. Assisted with rogueing, chemical hybridization, herbicide spraying, harvesting and parent evaluation. Collected data on height, heading, foliar disease, lodging, anther extrusion and seed set. Selected plants for preliminary yield trials.