Christopher Wilson Email & Phone Number

Life has taught me to work my hardest, be my best, learn from mistakes, and stay true to myself as well as those around me. These simple goals have helped me excel at every job endeavored. From lab technician, data analyst, team leader, and business owner, to earlier jobs in grocery and retail, my experience has created a diverse set of skills that can be applied to many different vocations. My dream job would be to have a leading role in a laboratory once again, potentially one that also employs my customer service skills and business acumen, and I am willing to start in entry level if that's what it takes to succeed.When I was a kid I was great in math and science, graduated at the top of my class in high school, and was a natural to pursue science and engineering. Not being content to do just any old course I decided on Nuclear Engineering.While in school I worked as a laboratory technician processing samples for neutron activation analysis. Later I was promoted to primary laboratory data analyst and quality assurance engineer. Time was spent working between the office and lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as well as with the team at the labs in Toronto, Canada. Clients brought us research projects from around the world and I enjoyed the customer service aspect as well as the data analyst role.While I loved the work at the lab I eventually decided to seek out a new opportunity and found a position as a team leader for a serial book distribution company. Here I was a supervisor, problem solver, customer service expert, computer geek, and mentor.A few years later the company liquidated its operations around the globe and, with a generous severance package and a paid consultant to help me start a new business, I branched out once again. My main hobby was gardening and the consultant encouraged me to go into a green industry profession.At this point Hallson Gardens was born. My partner, Brian Hall, was the plant guy and I was the business guy. We started a gardening service, plant growing operation, and local nursery. In 1998 the internet was poised to be the next big thing so I taught myself web programming and started perennialnursery.com. E-commerce became 80% of the business, leading to expansion, additional employees, and a rise to being one of the highest rated mail order plant businesses in the US.In 2019, after 25 fantastic seasons, the nursery was closed to pursue the next dream - a move back to Ireland and my Irish roots. And this is where the story continues...

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