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Wildlife research is full of constant challenges and new experiences. Every species and every project is different. We do not believe in "one collar for all customers". Instead, we design each collar exclusively for your needs, to get you the best available product with the sensors you need and no additional weight or costs for equipment you don't.

Ames, Iowa, US

Duties: Worked independently and as part of a team to collect standardized data on birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, mussels, odonates, and butterflies using a variety of techniques including standardized bird point counts, Sherman traps, trail cameras, minnow and other aquatic traps, coverboards, backpack electroshocking, transect surveys and.

• International wildlife telemetry manufacture specializing in the manufacturing of GPS, VHF, UHF, GSM Cellular, Iridium Satellite, Global Star Satellite, and Proximity radio transmitters for wildlife research.
• Manage U.S. accounts and developed partnerships with key Federal, State and University researchers.
• Consults on research study design related to ecology, physiological, habitat, behavior, and environment factors and technology application.
• Collaborate and communicate with a diverse group of team members in Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States.

Havelock North, Hawkes Bay, NZ

• International wildlife telemetry manufacture providing state-of-the-art radio telemetry equipment to monitor fish and wildlife population. Collaborate with engineers on new technological developments.
• Setup North American office as point contact for the NZ based company and represent all aspects of NZ operations in North America.
• Maintained on-going business relationships with key clients, stake-holders and vendors; explore and initiate new business opportunities.
• Responsible for supervising staff, budgets, expense reports, payroll, inventory, pipe-line material, new product development, new market development and logistics.
• Complete understanding of the matrix of natural resource agency structure and functionality as well as Federal, State and University procurement systems including SAM, FedBiz and ORCA.

• Consulted with Federal, State and University researchers on assessing the technological needs for monitoring fish and wildlife species through radio telemetry equipment.
• Supervised production team and less senior project consultants.
• Provided technical support on remote satellite information systems.
• Fostered research partnerships to develop new technologies and animal attachment techniques.
• Capture, handled and trained biologist on proper animal handling techniques.
• Provided professional technical consulting services, study design, and data analysis on a variety of fish and wildlife species.

• Implemented research protocols and collected biological data for analysis and report writing.
• Responsible for data collection, entry, analysis and preparation for Principal Investigator.
• Supervised field and laboratory crews.
• Collaborated with Federal, State and NGO research partners and stake-holders.
• Wrote SOG and SOP’s on good laboratory practices and lab safety.
• Worked independently without direct supervision from remote locations.

• Assessed aquatic macroinvertebrate populations in the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
• Evaluate organochlorine concentrations in Calumet River; Gary, IN as part of documentation for remedial litigation on point-source pollutants by US Steel and others.
• Conducted research on various species of waterbirds within the Upper Mississippi River Basin.
• Cooperated in fisheries research project which assessed the fish population and aquatic system of five small lakes pre and post-installment of culverts by Army Corps of Engineers.
• Cooperated in ichthyoplankton sampling of passive paddlefish drift larvae.

79409, TX, US

• Collected population, survival, behavioral and environmental data on desert mule deer research project.
• Captured, collared and took biological data on deer using helicopter net-gun techniques and drop nets.
• Worked long hours in remote locations under primitive living conditions in the Sonoran Desert Ecosystem.
• Collected and entered biological data into data base systems.
• Conduct surveys, behavioral observations and monitored radio telemetry signals for location information and mortality events.
• Assisted in the trapping and removal of predators.

• Worked closely with natural resource manager in collecting hydrological data and natural resource inventory.
• Conducted contractor and safety inspections.
• Inspected recreation facilities and provided natural resources interpretation to general public.
• Operated water patrol vessels on federal recreation areas and enforce Federal Code of Regulations.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Fisheries, Wildlife And Conservation Biology

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Fisheries And Wildlife Biology