PCA and farm manager
Resume:
Kamran Pirouzi
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**** ******** ** #*** *****, CA 95618
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Agronomy/Crop Science- June 1998
Licensing:
PCA license: License number 124919
Private applicator license: License number PA-57-00439
Employment:
06/2013-10/2013 – Triple Farm
Work as a team member to manage 70 acres of young walnut orchard.
• Pruning the trees (two year old walnut orchard)
• Control suckers by mechanical and chemical ways (cutting and spray un-32)
• Mechanical and chemical weed control (spray herbicide)
• Recognize and treat Crown Gall on the trees
• Recognize mites and caterpillars on the trees and inform owner to spray insecticide
• Recognize rodent activity in ranch and inform owner to use wire traps and rodenticide
• Fertilizing orchard
• Control the trees in windy season and tie 9000 trees.
09/2012-11/2012 – Shiraz ranch LLC
Work as a team member in 480 Acres almond orchard
• Involvement in harvesting almonds
• Involvement in pruning almond trees
2010-2013 – California Walnut
Working on marketing and sale of almonds and walnuts
Marketing walnuts, and generating estimates for the opportunity to export the walnuts to Middle East
01/2008-08/2010 – Zamora Organic Farms- Zamora, CA
• Establish 50 acres of Super High Density (SHD) olives.
• Land Preparation including
o Deep ripping, land leveling, orchard design and marking using GPS.
o Installation of drip irrigation system
o Installation of trellis system
o Soil Amendment at plating
o Weed control prior to planting
• Supervised all activities, entered into contracts with different service providers and suppliers.
• Manage and maintain the orchard
o Pruning for training of trees
o Fertilization
o Weed and rodent control including application of materials
o Equipment purchase and maintenance
o Herbicide and other pesticide applications
04/07-01/08 – Shiraz Ranch LLC – Newman, CA
Worked as a team member, to manage all aspects of farming activities on a 750-acre citrus, pomegranate, and almond
production orchard, in Newman, CA. Responsibilities included:
• Supervision of and hands-on experience with citrus pruning crew
• Application of insecticides for citrus thrips, and red scale control
• Irrigation management including repair and maintenance of a micro irrigation system, use of crop ET values using
CIMIS data base and published UC information.
• Application of weed control products for managing weeds in citrus almonds and newly established Pomegranates,
making sure all label directions, and
• Establishing an outdoors pomegranate nursery, managing, maintaining and harvesting of trees.
• Managing Satsuma mandarin, Pummelo, and lemon harvest, including daily and close supervision of picking
crews, and coordination of harvest activities with packing house to improve fruit quality.
01-06- 03/07 – Fars Development Corporation – Shiraz, Iran
Fars Development Corporation is a privately owned corporation operated with self generated income and supplemented
with government grants, with the mission to improve agricultural production in the country through implementation of
advanced farming techniques.
• Design and construction of greenhouses for production of small fruit and vegetables
o Designed greenhouses for a 30 hectare operation
o Contracted and supervised construction activities
• Planted, produced, and marketed tomatoes, bell pepper, cucumbers, and strawberries.
• Supervised four full time technicians and all the planting and harvesting crews
01/99- 01/06 – Golden Greenhouses – Shiraz, Iran
Golden Greenhouse was a privately owned company that I started. Our business was to provide consulting services to
growers and entrepreneurs for greenhouse as well as outdoors production of fruits and vegetables. My wife and I were co-
owners and joint operators of this company
• Provide design and construction consulting to growers.
o Designed greenhouses for several small and medium size operations
o Contracted and supervised construction activities for selected clients
• Provided consulting services, to pomegranate growers in the region, including rootstock selection, nutrition, pest
control, irrigation, pruning, harvesting, and marketing
• Published a pomegranate production for the growers and Ag student use. This was a compilation of information
from published references as well as personal experience.
• Operated a greenhouse strawberry production facility
• Hired, managed, and supervised technicians and greenhouse workers
• Managed all the financial aspect of the business.
Professional Objectives:
• Working as a field consultant (PCA) with special interest on permanent crops including almonds, walnuts,
pistachios, pomegranates, SHD olives.
• Involvement in research and Development of solution for agriculture, especially trees and vines.
• Direct and hands-on involvement in production Agriculture as a farm manager, or as a part of a production team,
especially tree and vine crops.
• Working in an experiment station while utilizing my production agriculture training, experience and expertise
Experience on marketing and sale of nuts (walnuts, almonds, pistachios)
References:
Triple Farm
Jeff Dyer
Russell Michel
Farm Advisor
Shiraz Ranch LLC.
Dr. Barat Bisabri
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Fred Ezazi
Zamora Organic Farms
Mr. Sean Fard, PE.
Owner
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Fard Development Corporation
Mr. Mohamed Shadaie
General Manager
011-98-711-***-****
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