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Middleton Wi

• Advanced my plant growth resource management responsibilities in the greenhouse to both greenhouse and controlled growth chambers following ISO practices.• Acquired knowledge of company’s Argus greenhouse controls software to be able to provide state of the art environmental control and monitoring for all crops.• Researched and implemented Biological Control Agents for greenhouses and growth chambers to provide an Integrated Pest Management program that uses both biological and pesticide control for common greenhouse insect pests.• Improved greenhouse plant handling through LEAN thinking to design and developed of proprietary equipment to handle plants that makes the processes twice as efficient while improving ergonomics.• As one of the top plant growth experts, transitioned sites technology and knowledge to the St. Louis Headquarters during the Middleton facility closure.

Middleton Wi

• Continued performing plant growth resource management responsibilities in the greenhouse while acquiring new technical skills in the transformation lab producing transgenic events in soybean and cotton. • Ensured all quality parameters of plant production were met using Sterile Laboratory Techniques and Good Laboratory Practices to supported the ISO program.• Coordinated and trained new team members on the responsibilities of proper greenhouse plant management. • Became a critical team member on the Trait Field Solutions Breeding program acquiring and improving skills in plant breeding in soybean, cotton, wheat and corn.• Managed day-to-day tasks, workflow prioritization, and training with breeding contract workers.

Middleton Wi

• Supported the Plant Production Pipeline in a team setting via the production of quality transgenic events in the Middleton greenhouses. • Worked and communicated effectively in a highly functionalized high-throughput environment. • Received WI Pesticide Application Certification to apply pesticides and plant growth regulators in the greenhouses. With this certification, provided Worker Protection Standard training to all employees at the site to maintain a safe culture and practices. • Performed procedures which include: greenhouse maintenance, plant care, plant sampling, crop harvest, irrigation/fertigation management, greenhouse pest inspections, plant growth regulator applications, autoclave operation, and data entry into corporate databases and scientific notebooks.

Middleton Wi

• Worked in team environment to inventory and manage crop seeds to support the Plant Production Pipeline. • Responsible for maintaining seed management system for entire Middleton site including: seed storage, seed allocation, data management, and shipping and receiving regulated seed in accordance with USDA and other Regulatory Agency policies.• Implemented RFID tracking to improve efficiency and accuracy.

Greater St. Louis Area

Madison, Wi

• Performed tests to determine genetic variations in sweet corn population. Gained knowledge of laboratory equipment necessary to map genetic differences in the corn genome. Assisted agronomy graduate student with laboratory research.

Madison, Wi

• Worked to improve corn characteristics through recurrent selection. Maintained, pollinated and harvested sweet corn breeding fields. Collected and recorded scientific plant data to determine statistical variations. Packaged seed for planting for following nurseries. Responsible for training new individuals.

Plover, Wi

• Responsible for maintaining and collecting data on 1/6th of the sweet corn nursery. Procedures included: stand counts, weeding, thinning fields, pollinations, data collection, and harvests. Managed employees working in this section of the nursery.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Agronomy And Crop Science

Studied Agronomy with an emphasis on Plant Breeding and Genetics.

Bachelor'S Degree, Agronomy And Crop Science