Manager Plant
Resume:
Mojtaba Zaifnejad
Cedar City, UT
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• Logistics manager - 3 years
• Manager and trainer of 5 to 30 people- 17 years
• Statistical analyst - 2 years
• Crop production and crop protection specialist - 13 years
• Agricultural researcher - 10 years
• Production planner and manager in a greenhouse - 4 years
• Agricultural consultant to strawberry and organic farmers - 3 years
• Lab technician in soil and plant laboratories - 4 years
• Formulated fertilizers for various plants - 5 years
• Evaluator and inspector of business- 3.5 years
• Extensive experience in using word processing and spreadsheet computer software
WORK EXPERIENCE
Business Evaluator
Mojtaba Zaifnejad - Cedar City, UT - October 2009 to Present
part time)
• evaluated various types of business and merchandisers.
• inspected various types of business such as banks, real state agencies.
Logistics Manager
- September 2010 to June 2013
managed shipping department.
• coordinated sales orders, packing, and trucking of products to customers.
• processed required federal and state documents for transporting of products to Canada and other states.
• negotiated and purchased high volume of shipping materials from various vendors.
Production Manager and Planner
Mum Cuttings Division - January 2006 to August 2010
managed plant production & harvest and shipping departments.
• managed IPM program and pest management.
• planned weekly and monthly production of mum cuttings for sales in the U.S.A. and various countries.
Manager and Grower
Grolink - Oxnard, CA - August 2005 to December 2005
managed plant production and protection departments.
• supervised and trained staff in chemical handling and plant health assessment.
• collected plant, water, and rooting media material for nutrient and disease diagnostics.
Private Ag Consultant and Researcher
Ventura county, California - March 2002 to August 2005
assessed and monitored the physiological and health of plants.
• recommended corrective measures to improve the health and yield of crops.
• advised growers on how to prevent and/or eliminate plant diseases.
• helped plant growers to develop an effective fertilizing program for maximum production.
• established and performed research experiments to test the efficacy of chemicals.
Manager, Field Agronomist & Plant Pest Control Adviser
Hiji Bros. Inc. - Oxnard, CA - May 1996 to February 2002
supervised and managed crops (lettuce, cabbage, peppers, celery, etc.) protection department of the
company.
• formulated various fertilizer and chemical blends, managed chemical storage units.
• conducted numerous chemical and physiological research experiments on many plants in fields and
greenhouses.
• implemented Good Manufacturing (GMP) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP).
• trained associates and field workers on safety, and proper handling of various chemicals.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Virginia Tech - Blacksburg, VA - October 1993 to May 1996
designed and conducted scientific experiments, organized data, and analyzed results.
• published scientific manuscripts in professional journals.
• presented and reported research findings in scientific, and professional meetings.
• performed chemical tests on plant tissue and leachate solution.
Technician and Graduate Research Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE - June 1989 to October 1993
studied physiological and chemical-nutrient characteristics of sorghum under Aluminum toxicity and drought
stress conditions.
• performed routine protein and organic acids tests on plants using HPLC, spectrophotometer, CO2 analyzer,
SPAD meter, etc.
• analyzed data using SAS (Statistical Analysis System) on mainframe.
• presented research findings in scientific and professional meetings.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Agronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Lincoln, NE
October 1993
M.S. in Agronomy
Brigham Young University - Provo, UT
December 1988
B.S. in Agronomy
Brigham Young University - Provo, UT
August 1984
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