John Fessler Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Sebastopol, California, United States

• Working on crew in native landscape implementation and construction under a foreman.• Leading a crew on landscaping, restoration, and monitoring projects. • Planting, irrigating, and monitoring of native vegetation, ranging from grasses to trees. • Assisting on field survey crews as both a rodman and instrumentman. • Digitally mapping with GPS based software for tracking of planting regions and mortalities.• Working individually outside of the county without direct support from a crew, requiring a strong work ethic, careful planning, and the ability to solve problems faced in the field. • Operating heavy equipment, vehicles, and gear, including excavators, loaders, water pumps, trucks, and trailers.

Petaluma And Santa Rosa, Ca

• Worked independently and in teams on maintenance and ranch work, including fence repair, property clean up, and tree control.• Worked on construction and light mechanical projects under partial supervision.• Assisted with the Patch while it was open September through October, work included teller and security.

Santa Rosa, California, United States

• Worked in a close knit group as one of the assistants to the general contractor on ground up building of a custom home lost in the 2017 Tubbs Fire• Learned and gained experience in construction skills ranging from foundation building and wall framing to roofing and insulating.• This allowed me to return to the Santa Rosa Junior College, for the spring and fall semesters of 2019, completing courses in second semester general chemistry and microbiology. The position also supported me through the pandemic.

Cotati, Ca

• Work in small groups and individually to manage active mosquito sources and answer service requests from the public.• Survey and sample water sources for larvae and pupae, roughly identifying the species present in the samples. These samples are later identified definitely in the lab and checked for the presence of common vector borne diseases.• Treat water sources that are producing mosquitoes with products specific for each situation. These products include certified organic, biochemical, and microbial options for the lowest environmental impact, while not affecting surrounding flora and fauna and eliminating the infestation. • Operate a wide variety of equipment from computers and mapping software to All Terrain Vehicles and Solo Broadcast Spreaders.

Bodega, Ca

• Observed, monitored, and sampled salmon vessels operating out of Bodega Bay for the Ocean Salmon Project.• Built relationships with the boat captains, working alongside them and their crew to smoothly execute the interview and sampling process.• Worked in a laboratory setting on multiple data processing jobs, including CWT retrieval and reading and scale mounting and imaging.• Worked with a variety of equipment including knives, measuring boards, electronic and manual microscopes, and computers.

Petaluma, Ca

• Worked on a wide variety of projects to keep this ranch operating. These projects included basic veterinary procedures, cleaning and feeding, and tree removal.• Learned to manage time and resources available to keep an operation running, while working by myself or with minimal help.

Santa Rosa, Ca

• Worked alongside other student tutors and faculty in a drop-in, campus mathematics tutoring center, covering algebra through differential equations.• Tutored students in one-on-one and group settings.• Strived to bring the students to understand the topics through presenting their lecture materials alongside applicable practice problems.

Bachelor’S Degree, Marine Sciences

Activities and Societies: Geologic Association at Berkeley (GAB)

Associate’S Degree, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: SRJC Math Club