Brian Byrd Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Litchfield, Illinois, United States

▪ Engaged in all aspects of the horticultural production of quality Cannabis flowers, such as propagation, fertigation, canopy manipulation, plant health care, trimming, & harvest.▪ Effectively & diligently cleaned & sanitized tools, equipment, & workspace to comply with high-quality standards.▪ Grew, harvested, & tracked cannabis flower precisely & efficiently; monitored & documented plant health & growth, along with physical & biological environmental conditions (water, light, CO2, nutrients, pH, pests, & beneficial organisms).▪ Safely & effectively assembled, disassembled, used, operated, cleaned, & maintained equipment, tools, materials, production systems & facilities, & followed hygiene protocols.▪ Communicated issues to the management team to ensure smooth operations within the department & company; demonstrated reliability, integrity, courtesy, & a positive attitude.▪ Documented, assessed, evaluated & enhanced personal work performance & horticultural professionalism to ensure contribution to the strong team atmosphere, culture, & high standards.▪ Completed other assigned tasks as needed for leadership within the horticulture department; adhered to policies & procedures including governmental rules & regulations & those of the company.▪ Maintained positive & strong relationship with the management/leadership team; received training in preparation to be promoted to the fertigation side of the grow operation.▪ Hired to help establish a team mentality in the Flower department; helped retain employees & reduce turnover by leveraging leadership, teamwork, collaboration, employee relations, relationship building, & interpersonal skills.▪ Acted as team coach & helped boost team morale by effectively listening to & encouraging team members & working with a positive & uplifting attitude; mentored & trained new hires & acted as liaison between leadership & Flower team.▪ Maintained a 95% rooting rate for all clones.

▪ Authorized Cultivator by the State of Missouri; utilized horticulture knowledge & conducted research for 5 months to design, launch, manage, & maintain a medical cannabis cultivation operation consisting of 12 plants & a 3-tent system.▪ Manage the time schedule for the successful greenhouse flowering of cannabis year-round using ‘blackout’ tarps & supplemental lighting; gained intimate understanding of a variety of cannabis genetics & phenotypes.▪ Manage 3 indoor grow tents (propagation & cloning tent, vegetative tent, & flowering tent); maintain documentation of weekly/daily/monthly notes on progress, failures, adjustments, calculations, & observations.▪ Designed & setup lighting system after calculating the light is needed to fuel the plants; installed a ventilation system & arranged each grow tent to have the ideal cultivation temperatures, humidity, & overall air quality.▪ Use organic soil & organic amendments as a grow medium; create, monitor, & document ideal mixtures for transitioning & flowering.▪ Manage the cultivation process of sativa & hybrid plants; produce a .25 pounds or more of flower per plant on average with some plants producing .5 pounds; ensure government compliance is maintained.▪ Catalog & analyze each individual strain from clone to flower to harvesting; utilize Excel to establish a matrix for grow tents, plant activity, & nutrition.▪ Responsible for cloning, transplanting, feeding plants, defoliation, super cropping, topping, flushing, foliar & preventative spraying, trimming, waste disposal, & inventory management.▪ Eradicate & avoid harmful pests, mildews, & molds; maintain knowledge of plant diseases, insects & fungi, & treatment options.▪ Setup ideal circumstances for drying & curing flower; maintain knowledge of strains & the medical administration of different strains.▪ Research techniques & educational material to expand knowledge of individual strains, high yield recipes, & controlled stress environments.

St Louis, Missouri, United States

▪ Utilize customer service and sales techniques to turn 85% of leads into long-term clients; consistently generate new leads through various methods of marketing techniques.▪ Design and implement business development and branding strategies through social media, motivational speaking, and networking.▪ Maintained positive customer satisfaction ratings and results through effective customer service, listening, relationship building, communication, organization, and documentation; 80% of clients achieved desired goals within defined timeline.▪ Develop individualized training plans based upon client goals and challenges; balance multiple client schedules, requests, and goals by creating and maintaining detailed Excel spreadsheets.▪ Conduct frequent online research to address client needs and develop specialized programming to reach client goals.

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

▪ Promoted and sold personal training programs and services; received Alpha Award (August 2019) for generating the most new business; received Hard Hat Award (May 2019) for achieving highest sales and new business.▪ Developed safe, professional, and comprehensive client programs that drove client goal achievement and retention rates.▪ Specialized in strength training and injury rehab; maintained expert level knowledge of all aspects of fitness and how that fits into a client’s entire program for complete wellness; remains current on certifications and new trends in the industry.▪ Conducted fitness consultations for new clients to assess and recommend personal training programs; utilized interpersonal skills and fitness expertise to upsell clients on programs and services.▪ Applied notable experience, knowledge, and motivation to set realistic personal goals for clients; 80% of clients obtained goals within a defined period.