Piper Halpin Email & Phone Number

United States

Irvington, New York, US

Irvington, New York, US

Aiding the commissioning, training, and launch of BrightFarms new mobile gutter greenhouse network - Illinois, Texas, Georgia, New Hampshire, and beyond!

Irvington, New York, US

New York, New York, US

• Manage day-to-day aspects of site level Operations: Post Harvest, Lab/Extraction, Processing, Packaging, and Analytics (85 Team Members)
• Ensure the cost-effective, timely manufacturing of goods meeting all GMP / GAP / Compliance standards and budgetary goals.
• Effectively coach, provide goals, and support all Department Heads, Supervisors, Leads, and associated team members.
• Accomplishments to Date: Facilitated launch of seven lab and flower products to the local market via collaboration with commercialization, regional, and site level teams; Successfully increased productivity by 18% via.

New York, New York, US

• Led Cultivation Department (40 Team Members) in all stages of growth operations including genetic selection, fertigation, IPM, vegetative, flowering, harvest, and post-harvest functions.
• Accomplishments: Created and implemented new organizational chart and hiring/onboarding/training program, scaled department from 16,000 – 37,000 canopy square feet, increased flower yields from 65 to 85 grams per.

• Create, implement, and revise standard operations procedures (SOPs), guidelines, and continuous improvement strategies for cultivation, harvest, and post-harvest processing of CBD hemp seedlings, clones, juveniles, and.
• Hire, train and supervise cultivation and production teams and ensure adherence to quality control standards
• Create and implement a seed to sale tracking and tracing program.
• Expand relationships with vendors and support services to aide in company scale-up
• Work with HR to create job descriptions, hire competent personnel and oversee employee training programs / staff evaluations
• Oversee farmer/customer support services

Portage, Indiana, US

• Define, implement and revise operational policies, guidelines, and continuous improvement strategies for vertical farms, greenhouses, and combined controlled environment agriculture facilities at Green Sense Farms.
• Oversee cultivation operation, and aide in expansion of Sales & Marketing Team, Research Team, Engineering & Development Team, and Back Office
• Establish communication between growing technologies (vertical farm, greenhouse, and field farm) to streamline movement of bio-material from seed to harvest.
• Expand relationships with vendors and support services to aide in company scale-up
• Work with HR to create job descriptions, hire competent personnel and oversee employee training programs / staff evaluations
• Liaise with departmental heads to develop financial plans and ensure company-wide compliance

Portage, Indiana, US

• Collaborate with C-suite in strategy and implementation of corporate expansion, business development, research opportunities, and financial planning.
• Develop relationships with potential R&D clients, design & build clients, and new operating partners
• Align with technology providers to expand technical capabilities of growing operation.
• Hired, trained, and manage the Green Sense Farms Research & Development Team
• Successful doubled germination rates of a non-commercialized seed for a Fortune 500 company. Optimized growth recipes, created operations procedures, and worked with client to design and construct, and operate a.

Portage, Indiana, US

• Increased sales by over 50% in a six-month period through establishing relationships with new and existing customers: chefs, produce managers, and regional grocery retail buyers.
• Provided technical sales expertise at industry conferences and community events.

Portage, Indiana, US

• Managed herb grow room after four months of employment. Implemented new quality control standards and post-harvest practices that extended herb shelf life from seven to fourteen days
• Responsible for seed-harvest care, integrated pest management, farm sanitation, and reporting

Dallas, Texas, US

• Logistics provider routing national freight shipments via flatbeds, dry vans, and refrigerated vans
• Compiled personal book of business through soliciting 3rd party logistics services via cold calls, emails, and miscellaneous outreach processes.
• Second highest performer on the sales team in monthly revenue and margin.
• Exhibited exceptional customer service and quick conflict-resolution.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Ecology And Evolutionary Biology

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