Mark Doherty Email & Phone Number

Denver, CO, US

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

As a leader in service, project management, and solution-driven strategies, I oversee operations across four cultivation facilities, three extraction and processing sites, and 16 dispensaries. My role spans routine maintenance to emergency responses for equipment failures, leveraging 15 years of experience in controlled environment agriculture to manage.

Denver, Colorado, US

Lafayette, CO, US

• Promoted to align interdepartmental goals with global strategy of the organization to ensure profitability, growth, efficiency and customer satisfaction. Managing day-to-day business across all operational departments.
• Development and maintenance of crisis management response due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic and overall global turbulence realized in 2020 across operational divisions ensuring seamless delivery of services to.
• Focus on development, implementation and maintenance of initiatives to realize operational maturity and ensure successful execution trough explosive revenue growth periods, 30%+ quarter over quarter, while reducing.
• Leading c-suite directed corporate initiatives to develop and deploy high growth, high margin new-market offerings.
• Facilitating collaboration with VP Information Technology and cross-functional teams to drive development and companywide adoption of automated systems such as Zendesk, E-commerce Platform (built on Shopify), Customer.

Lafayette, CO, US

• Promoted to provide strategic leadership to a team of 20 in the design, systems integration, procurement, delivery, and commissioning of custom agricultural systems for medical and adult use cannabis cultivation.
• As a member of the Executive Management team, partner with corporate leadership to define company vision, business plans, and go-to-market strategy; currently helping the company in the process of going public.
• Manage the design, engineering, customer service, and procurement teams.
• As a technical expert on urban-gro’s equipment and services, regularly present at trade shows, speaking engagements, and on promotional videos.
• Support sales professionals in driving top-line revenue by building customer relationships, establishing trust, and providing education on products.

Lafayette, CO, US

• Advocated for the development of this new position based on the company’s need for a full-time project manager. Directed engineering and design processes, from project kickoff to system commissioning.
• Developed and led the implementation of custom fertigation and environmental control systems, lighting control systems, and other large-scale cultivation systems for clients in the US and Canada.
• Managed the project design and engineering departments through a period of significant growth.
• Created standard operating procedures (SOPs) for operations and CAD design for project to ensure streamlined, repeatable work.

Lafayette, CO, US

• Established urban-gro in legal states in the Eastern US and Canada, building $4M in business in the first year and growing sales to $6.7M in 2017.
• Discussed customer needs and provided expertise on equipment, environmental control systems, and project design.
• Sold new lighting and construction jobs for cultivation facilities exceeding 200,000-sf of canopy.
• Increased revenue from project design by 250% in one year by streamlining and standardizing processes.
• Managed installation projects and up to $4M in budgets using every type of growing modality for customers in the US, Canada, Jamaica, Australia, and Israel.
• Hired, trained, and developed new sales representatives as the market continued to expand.

Denver, Colorado, US

• Consulted with numerous businesses in the cannabis and aquaponic industries on facility and system design, business development plans, financial modeling, and marketing.
• Developed commercial-scale controlled environment warehouse and greenhouse facilities for non-profit and for-profit organizations.
• Led project management efforts for a client’s application for a medical marijuana license, including business and operations planning, management of a $2M budget, public relations, lobbying stakeholders, and.
• Designed and executed social media campaigns using Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Google AdWords to promote client businesses and drive revenue.
• Performed extensive market research and financial analysis for a Canadian cannabis company seeking a license.
• Led a cross-functional team of 50 in preparing and submitting an 800+ page application for New York State’s Medical Marijuana Program.

• Developed the business plan, performed market research, and launched this 13,000-sf controlled environment aquaponics facility. Produced and sold “better than organic” lettuce, basil, culinary herbs, tomatoes, and.
• Hired subcontractors, supervised the construction of the facility, and procured all materials and equipment.
• Managed day-to-day operations, including agriculture, aquaculture, system maintenance, and management of a specialized team of four.
• Drove new business development and promoted the AVF brand through outside sales, social media marketing, earned media opportunities, and community outreach.
• Established relationships and negotiated agreements with regional and state-wide distributors to reach clients across a 100-mile radius.
• Wrote SOPs for germination, harvesting, crop rotation, sanitary processing, storage, and shipping.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Accounting And Finance

Bs, Business Administration

Aas, Hotel Restaurant Management