Customer Service Career Change
Resume:
Brian Brodie
Martinez, CA *****
*****.********@*****.***
Professional Summary
Ambitious professional grower who is seeking to work with a responsible company who takes pride in the integrity of growing cannabis for recreational use and medical care. Career Highlights:
• Created and stabilized F2 and back crossed "Crash Berry" that is sought after and is being grown in a licensed grow room.
• Created and stabilized "Patronus" which tested with high CBD and Low THC, creating a true medical strain.
• Created and practice goal-oriented breeding. Promoting responsible breeding and cannabis cultivation.
• Consistently averaging 2lbs+ per light in flower room over a 6-year period with results that tested high in both THC and high terpene levels.
• Sourcing a full new menu of highly exotic and impressive genetics as the Lead Plant Technician for Roots of Cali Inc. Results of new menu showed an immediate boost in their returning clientele and provided a large sales increase over the time I was there.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
VP of cultivation
Unrivaled Brands Inc.-Oakland, CA
February 2023 to Present
Promoted to VP of cultivation in February.
I am trained in Whipple effect crop steering. Proficient with Aroya software. Proficient in Metrc. Trained with all trolmaster products. As the head grower for Unrivaled I am in charge of all aspects of the day to day operations. Scheduling staff. Maintaining timely harvest cycles. Managing irrigation techniques. IPM. Scheduling plant maintenance. I perform all metrc tasks related to cultivation. All purchasing for necessary supplies. Payroll. As well as handling bulk sales for the operation. Since taking over in February I have added unique cultivars to our menu which have raised our average price per unit from $800 to
$1200 already and have a plan of action to push that average to $1400 by the end of the year. All while maintaining an average of 2.5 lbs per light or better. Owner/Head Cultivator-Breeder
Kraken Genetix Breeding and Flower Room
September 2013 to Present
• Breed selection projects and pollinations
• Daily growing responsibilities, i.e., watering, spraying, plucking leaves
• Maintaining and preserve an extensive cannabis library. Flower Lead
Korova/Unrivaled-Oakland, CA
August 2021 to February 2023
As the flower lead here I am in charge of room checks, scheduling tasks, and completing them. Trellis work, plant work, assessing plant health, monitoring for intersex traits etc... I am trained in metrc, and aroya io
Cultivation Manager
Grizzly Peak Farms
October 2019 to January 2020
• Opening Operations: Room temperature and humidity checks, moisture and pH levels in potted plants.
• Mixing and adjusting feeds as needed.
• Applying Integrated Pest Management protocol.
• Training/Supervising entry level gardeners.
• Maintaining protocol for data for Track and Trace systems during harvest.
• Sourcing new genetics.
• Garden maintenance - transplanting, keeping plant health with diagnosis of deficiencies and toxicities, harvesting and running sanitation protocols post-harvest. Customer Service Representative
Emerald City Garden Supply
December 2018 to September 2019
• Opening Shift Lead - Key for customer service special orders.
• Main floor consultant for walk-in customers - new growers.
• Cashiering, customer service, and distributor returns. Pheno Hunter, Lead Plant Technician
Roots of Cali Inc
March 2017 to June 2018
• Genetics sourcing
• Caring for 500+ mother plants
• Pheno hunting and testing of cultivars.
Education
High school diploma
Skills
• Ambition
• Crop pest management
• Chemical pest and disease control
• Vertical gardening
• Swimming
• Plant disease identification
• Communication skills
• Integrated pest management
• Soaker hoses
• Biological pest and disease control
• Pruning (plant care)
• Irrigation management
• Data analysis skills
• Sourcing
• Management
• Time management
• Deal closing
• Irrigation
• Horticultural irrigation recordkeeping
• Objection handling (sales technique)
• Horticultural pest and disease recordkeeping
• Growing area management - Largest growing area managed (Less than 1 acre)
• Customer service
• Container gardening
• Micronutrient fertilization
• Agriculture
• Leadership
• Cannabis breeding
• Aroya
• Plant nutrient deficiency diagnosis
• Outdoor work
• Growing Experience
• Seed propagation
• Strategic management
• Supervising experience
• Shift management
• Gardening
• Shift Management
• Fertigation systems
• Water-soluble fertilization
• Operations management
• Plant propagation
• Consulting experience - Consulting experience (1-5 years)
• Greenhouse cultivation
• Horticulture
• Soil testing (gardening technique)
• Drip tape irrigation
• Plant tissue testing
• Vegetable crops
• Transplanting (gardening technique)
• Flower crops
• Hydroponics
• Production planning
• Plant quarantine for pest and disease control
• Growing experience
• Negotiation
• Horticultural crop recordkeeping
• Raised bed gardening
• Plant stress assessment
• Budgeting
• Cost control
• Computer skills
• Data collection
• Trolmaster
• Outside sales
• Regulatory compliance
• Crop scouting
• Granular fertilization
• Van driving
• Cutting propagation
• Insecticides
• Plant fertilization
• NPK fertilization
• English
• Sales
• Door-to-door
• Agricultural environmental control systems
• Plant harvesting
• Budding propagation
• Greenhouse experience
• B2B sales
• Closing sales
• Water testing for plant health
• Pest identification
• Outbound calling
• Fungicides
• Slow-release fertilizers
• Liquid fertilization
• Door hanging
• Fertilizer recordkeeping
• Managing horticultural teams - Largest horticultural team managed (6-10 team members)
• Organizational skills
• Basic math
• Procurement
• Payroll
• Presentation skills
• Whipple Effect crop steering
Certifications and Licenses
Driver's License
CDL
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