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Providence, Ri, Us

West Warwick, Ri, Us

West Warwick, Ri, Us

West Warwick, Ri, Us

Rutland, Vt, Us

Manage customer relationships for all strategic western division and other key accounts, totaling more than $17,700,000 in annual value.• Cultivate long-term relationships with new and existing clients including introducing new products, advertising promotions, industry education, and cold calling. • Negotiate new contracts/renewals with current and perspective accounts• Forecast sales based on historical data, current market trends, and promotional modeling with the CRM, Agware to achieve weekly and monthly sales goals, which were exceeded in 9 out of 10 months of 2015• Act as a daily intermediary between sales, the client, internal operations, and international partners to ensure product are delivered correctly, efficiently, and profitably• Direct the importation, sales, and distribution of product from 8 different countries, to 74 national and international accounts in 20 states/provinces

Directed the design and construction of an integrated ecologically sustainable aquaculture installation within a coconut plantation. Collaborated with other product leads to develop and implement an integration system to increase production by utilizing the bi-products of the coconut plantation. Responsible for the daily management of the aquaculture project and experimental farming plots.• Designed and managed the construction of over 14,200m² of fish ponds with a carrying capacity of $120,000 worth of tilapia and freshwater prawns• Constructed a 7,200m² water reservoir to be used as an auxiliary water source for crops and aquaculture activities during the dry seasono Installed a 900m water distribution system from the reservoir • Modelled and built an experimental bio-char reactor based on a closed energy loop. This design included the inoculation of the bio-char with fish pond effluent to increase nitrogen and potassium levels which was then tilled back into the fields to increase soil productivity as an organic fertilizer • Developed several experimental feed treatments utilizing farm waste and organic processes to reduce production costs and environmental impact

Cordova, Alaska, Us

Led a team of 18 aquaculture technicians and 2 fish culturists, managing hatchery operations and providing oversight of fisheries enhancement projects• Oversaw the release of 740 million salmon for fishery enhancement program• Functioned as the hatchery-to-fleet liaison during a $10 million cost recovery harvest• Directed Otolith Mark; thermal marking 920 million salmon with a unique internal signature for origin tracing; directly reporting to Alaska Department of Fish and Game• Facilitated new staff training and orientation • Led aquaculture assessment and improvement programs, conducting quarterly reviews of current practices and designed process improvements critical to the continued success of the Alaskan salmon fishery• Performed project planning activities including budgeting, assembling project teams, and setting activity schedule• Head technical diver for the dive team• Oversee and implement various fish culture techniques; non-volitional out-migration, fingerling monitoring, net pen rearing, plankton capture/ identification, re-circulation/flow-through system operation, incubation system rebuild, monitoring water quality, and day to day hatchery maintenance • Project supervisor for seasonal staff during the execution of various hatchery projects• Heavy equipment operator

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Served in a rural Zambian village as a first generation volunteer, primarily engaged in food security development initiatives, aqua/ecological mapping, pond design and construction and business development/marketing education• Set the standard for high potential zones and was the most successful Rural Aquaculture Promotion (RAP) project by total pond construction in Peace Corps Zambia history, encouraging the construction of over 80 fishponds collectively generating 12,000 m2 pond space• Also, engineered 2 dams with retention pools, and a 2 field irrigation systems• Served as a liaison between 6 local villages, 3 NGOs, and 5 Government Ministry’s to help support regional aquaculture projects which yielded massive outside support and the selection of my project site to become a nationally designated fingerling production zone for the district of Mwinilunga• Lead facilitator for In Service Training (IST), head technical trainer for Pre-Service Training (PST), responsible for editing, republishing, and writing the aquaculture training compendium• Collaborated with the World Vision, and the Department of Agriculture on training subsistence farmers in conservation techniques, integrated agriculture, entrepreneurship, and animal husbandry• Taught sexual health to Kasangeji School HIV/AIDS Club, 8th grade Science and English• Promoted and implemented biannual mass avian vaccinations for New Castles Disease eradicating the virus from the catchment• Started a pig proliferation project

Taught 1st-12th Grade

Boat hauling/launching/piloting/maintenance

Installed/Inspected/Search and Recover/Serviced: re-enforced cement blocks, mushroom/helix anchors and elastic mooring systemsOperational knowledge of high volume lift bagsDock maintenance, boat piloting, welding frames for cement mooring blocks

Kingston, Ri, Us

Maintenance/operation/installation of salt/freshwater experimental tanksWater quality measurements/chemical/biological status reportsCare of experimental salmon, trout, cobia, koi, sea bass, shark, flounder, transgenics, and tropicalsAssisted in the design/construction of a twenty tank flow through system for transgenic salmonAssisted in the renovation of the East Farm Demo lab

Master Of Business Administration - Ie Brown Mba

Master Of Business Administration - Ie Brown Mba

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Aquaculture And Pathology