Christopher Rosier Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, North Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

• Participate as a member of the company’s sales team to develop, implement and review sales strategies
• Attend scientific and sales meetings to keep current on technology/research and maintain customer relations
• Develop annual production plans for the tree improvement program and nursery operations
• Work with customers to develop, maintain and analyze data on operational field studies
• Evaluate planting concerns and failures with customers to determine the cause and then develop recommendations moving forward
• Develop various sources of genetically improved seed for production either through seed orchard leases or cone/seed sales agreements

Savannah, Georgia

• Trained new nursery operations staff
• Developed cost models and prepared budgets for starting new Quality Control/Quality Assurance (QC/QA) and Development programs
• Developed and implemented a QC/QA system for the finished seedling program
• Assisted in the development of a QC/QA system for the mini-plug program
• Captured QC/QA processes in standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Participated in negotiations and relationship management with contract partners

Savannah, Georgia

• Prepared and monitored annual expense budgets and identified cost reduction initiatives
• Captured bare root and container processes in standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Participated in negotiations and relationship management with contract partners
• Monitored crop progress and distributed bi-weekly reports on crop development
• Monitored contract partners with regards to compliance, quality, yield and costs
• Conducted crop inventories at all stages of production

Fernadina Beach, Florida

• Prepared and monitored annual budgets and identified cost reduction initiatives
• Managed company seed assets and developed annual seed allocation plans to company nurseries
• Developed and oversaw annual seed orchard management activities and cone harvest plans
• Advised and oversaw control-pollinations, progeny test establishment and measurement, selection, and other activities as required by the university-based tree improvement cooperatives
• Developed and implemented an internal breeding program
• Provided technology transfer to internal and external customers. This included, but was not limited to, presentations/short courses, website development, and newsletter editor

Raliegh, North Carolina

• Designed and implemented a multiple year project to develop, pilot, refine and disseminate a model for better integrating inquiry-guided instruction into the undergraduate curriculum in Natural Resources
• Developed a First Year Inquiry seminar program for undergraduates in the Natural Resources curriculum

Raleigh, North Carolina

• Designed and implemented several rooted cutting experiments focusing on maturation, auxin concentration, age, and hedging treatments in Fraser fir (Abies fraseri) and Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana)
• Collected and rooted cuttings for an alternative Christmas tree species project
• Greenhouse maintenance for the Christmas Tree Genetics program. Responsibilities included monitoring temperature and humidity levels, programming and maintaining boom mist system, programming and maintaining overhead.

Summerville, South Carolina

• Developed, established, and analyzed a clonal rooted cutting trial designed to study the effects of various nitrogen and potassium fertilizer rates on stock plant production
• Conducted sampling and inventories of pine hedge production for research needs
• Installed overhead mist system and assisted in greenhouse maintenance
• Assisted in the installation, data collection, and data analyses of numerous rooted cutting trials
• Maintained stock plant material for use in various rooted cutting experiments
• Completed embryo extraction for use in the development of somatic seedlings

Master Of Science, Forest Genetics/Horticulture

Tree Improvement/Christmas Tree Genetics: Designed and implemented several rooted cutting experiments focusing on Fraser fir (Abies.

Bachelor Of Science, Ecosystem Assessment

Bachelor Of Science, Forest Hydrology