Ryan Costello Email & Phone Number

Olympia, WA, US

Carpinteria, CA, US

• Assuring new client/renewal applications, compliance plans and supporting documents contain required descriptions, protocols, procedures and records to demonstrate compliance with applicable standards.
• Contacting clients to review findings, non-compliances and outstanding issues; provide technical support by clarifying any technical and regulatory requirements and issues.
• Managing client relations software.
• Maintaining record keeping systems in compliance with internal procedures.
• Reviewing and approving site additions, seed stock compliance, product formulations, product labels and material/input substances as applicable.
• Supporting new business development efforts through program, quality system and certification documentation development.

Seattle, WA, US

• Compost Research - Leading both in-house and paid compost research efforts in the fields of compost process optimization and measurement and control of compost air emissions.
• Compost Process Consulting - Traveling to client facilities to conduct audits that include assembling and analyzing a broad range of process data. Using this data to develop strategies to best meet client goals..
• Technical Support of Facility Permitting - Supporting client permitting consultants in the effort to negotiate reasonable, science-based permits that seek to combine both better optimized process and reduce.

L’Isle-Jourdain, Occitanie, FR

• Responsible for assessing crop and livestock operations for compliance to organic standards and making final decisions on organic certification.
• Duties include: Communication with certified operation; Application Review; Evaluation of the inspection report; Management of the certification dossiers; Issuing certificates
• Training, proposal of initial qualification and evaluation of inspectors
• External relations (trainings, meetings, fairs…)
• Mentoring and oversight of junior staff as Senior Certification Officer

Corvallis, OR, US

• Responsible for assessing farms for compliance to organic standards and making final decisions on organic certification.
• Conducting on-site inspections of organic farms.
• Providing resources and educating growers about organic compliance and production.
• Maintaining and tracking data on organic farm production.
• Assisting in streamlining Organic System Plan and certification protocol.
• Point person for aquaponic / hydroponic certification

• Provided data analyses and graphical representation of data for the Soil Quality Project.

Corvallis, OR, US

• Managed agricultural experiments and analyzed data.
• Wrote scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Corvallis, OR, US

• Studied with Dr. Dan Sullivan (soil fertility) and Dr. Bernadine Strik (horticulture)
• Designed and managed collaborative research with USDA-ARS in composting and nutrient management for horticultural production.
• Directed and supervised OSU field technicians and assistants on research assignments.
• Assisted with research in wheat and corn fertilizer use and cover crop nutrient availability.
• Presented research findings at the Soil Science Society of America 2010-2011; Western Nutrient Mngmt Conf 2010; OSU Nursery Field Day and OSU Blueberry Field Day, summer 2009 - 2011.
• Laboratory Instructor for CSS 205 Soils:Sustainable Ecosystems and CSS 366 Ecosystem of Wildland SoilsRelevant Graduate Classes:Grape and Berry Physiology and Culture | Plant Environmental Physiology | Agroforestry |.

Orlando, Florida, US

• Designed creative data analysis to analyze social worker efficiency and excellence in meeting contractual requirements.
• Created, implemented and oversaw incentive-based quality management programs.
• Worked to provide safety and well-being for children who had been abused, neglected or abandoned; assisted families in providing safety and stability for children.
• Wrote in-depth reports for and testified before the Juvenile and Dependency Courts, in consortment with government attorneys.

Orlando, Florida, US

• Liaisoned between the Afghanistan team and the Geneva, Switzerland and Orlando, Fl office teams.
• Created donor reports and promotional campaigns; gave presentations to raise awareness and funds for international projects.
• Assisted in re-designing the GHNI website.

Orlando, Florida, US

• Conducted surveys in the central and north regions of Afghanistan to determine community needs.
• Worked with grape growers to introduce trellising and drip irrigation methods.
• Directed vegetable seed distribution projects for villages in the central mountain region.
• Introduced alternatives to poppy crops at participatory research farms including saffron, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and apple trees.
• Co-founded the Hope Center for Agriculture and Nutrition Development (HCAND), supervising 3-5 direct reporting staff. At HCAND trained Afghan extension agents recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture for the central.
• Managed finances for the HCAND center and co-created donor reports.

• Input home loans and worked to ensure governmental compliance of loans.

Tampa, FL, US

• Evaluated energy usage of homes and educated the public on energy saving techniques (summer job while finishing degree.)

Dual Masters Of Science, Soil Science And Horticulture

Bachelors Of Arts, Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences-Biology (Inb)

Undergraduate Study, Biology