Experience

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  TOM SCHUSTER LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS, INC.

  • Reno, Nevada Area

  • PRESIDENT - TOM SCHUSTER LANDSCAPE CONCEPTS, INC.

    • Nov 2017 - Present
    • Reno, Nevada Area

    Business affiliation with LandArtServices:Designing and managing design-build construction projects with focus on larger, "one-stop-shop" high-end residential and commercial applications.Essential landscaping scope includes outdoor living rooms, pool and hot tub settings, water features and fountains, outdoor kitchens, fire places/pits, paver and natural stone hardscapes, plantings, natural and synthetic sod, irrigation, dry creeks, retaining and freestanding walls, outdoor lighting, boulder and mounding scenes, shade structures and trellises, fencing, erosion control, drainage systems, grading.Suggested "Low-Water-Use" Landscaping Ideas:Wildlife Supporting Butterfly Gardens and Birdscapes, Pollinator Gardens, Native High Sierra Themes and "All Seasons Flowers and Ornamental Grasses" Settings. Edible Gardens.

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  Moana Nursery - Reno, NV

  • German Engineer in Landscape Architecture - Landscape Designer / Project Manager

    • May 2016 - Aug 2017

    Responsibility:Selling, designing and managing design-build construction projects with focus on larger, "one-stop-shop" high-end residential applications.Essential landscaping scope includes grading, paver and natural stone hardscapes, plantings, natural and synthetic sod, irrigation, water features and fountains, dry creeks, retaining and freestanding walls, outdoor lighting/nightscaping, boulder and mounding scenes, fencing, fire places/pits, erosion control, drainage systems, shade structures and trellises.Suggested "Low-Water-Use" Landscaping Ideas in Trend:Wildlife Supporting Butterfly Gardens and Birdscapes, High Sierra Scenes and "All Seasons Flowers and Ornamental Grasses" Settings and Edible Gardens.

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  Gail Willey Landscaping, Inc. - Reno, NV

  • German Engineer in Landscape Architecture - Landscape Designer / Project Manager

    • Oct 2003 - Apr 2016

    Primary responsibility: Selling, designing and managing landscape installation projects especially large high-end residential and commercial projects with detailed construction knowledge of paver and stone hardscapes, plantings, natural and synthetic sod, irrigation, water features, retaining and freestanding walls, low voltage outdoor lighting, boulder and mounding settings, fencing, fire places/pits, erosion control, drainage systems.Special experience in:- company development, management and accounting- marketing and advertising design and strategies, conceptual website design and related photography- sales, design, estimation, supervision and management of commercial and residential projects- contract writing- plan rendering and presentation- procurement, maintenance and management of snow removal accounts- organizing municipal permit processes- managing subcontractors or other trade-related/interdisciplinary partners

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  Dream Garden Design - Kemah, TX

  • Kemah, TX

  • Owner

    • Jan 2001 - Oct 2003
    • Kemah, TX

    Freelance landscape designer for local landscape contractors providing them with drawings and renderings as graphic visualization services to their clients.

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  Grenade Artists - Kemah, TX

  • Kemah, TX

  • Co Owner

    • Jan 2001 - Jun 2003
    • Kemah, TX

    Metal art design for 2- and 3-dimensional interior wall and ceiling art.

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  Miscellaneous

  • Houston, TX

  • Landscape Designer / Drafter

    • Feb 2000 - Dec 2000
    • Houston, TX

    Assisting a landscape architecture firm in surveying, landscape plan preparation and manual color renderings for client presentations and construction documents.

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  Private Projects

  • Deutschland (Germany) and Italia (Italy)

  • Design and Build Landscaping Contractor

    • Oct 1993 - Jan 2000
    • Deutschland (Germany) and Italia (Italy)

    Designing and installing residential landscapes.