Project Manager Customer Service

Pedro J Alava

*** ******* ***, ******, ** *****

Mobile: 954-***-****. Home: 786-***-****

E-mail: ************@*****.***

Project Agricultural Management and Experienced Farm Manager with a proven track record for working effectively with team members. Highly qualified professional with over 15 years of Agriculture Production, well organized with good time management skills. Strong level of competence to reduce any environmental impact improving ways to manage pests along with pesticides (IPM), soil and water conservation principles and Best management practice. Experience in cultural diversity and changing environments, as well as fluent in English and Spanish. Computer literate. US Citizen.

Outstanding professional attitude and committed to yields excellence. Experienced in all farming activities. High Level of competence in coordinating program activities, trimming fulfillment cost and able to exceed expectation to identify problems and implement solutions. Strong Organizational, analytical, problem solving and interdisciplinary coordination. Strong sense of loyalty with a team member mentality.

CORE STRENGTHS:

• Project Management.

• Skilled Communicator.

• Team Leadership.

• Supervising Contractors.

• Scheduling and resources delivery.

• Tracking Equipment & Labor Cost.

• Customer Service.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SOUTHERN GARDEN CITRUS, Clewiston, Florida.

Irrigation & Drainage Supervisor – (2004 to 2012)

Responsible for all Division concerns pertaining to reduce any environmental impact improving soil and water conservation principles and Best management practice. Switch old empirically water management to modern and technically supported principles and practices. Implemented full Irrigation & Drainage systems evaluation resulting in significant saving operational cost and increasing yields in quality and quantity. Technical and practical knowledge of all function of the grove (Farming) operation.

Created and initiated a solid educational process of transference of technology to all employees responsible in these works.

Collaborated with other Supervisor to develop a reliable field safety program to protect employees from field work accidents.

Developed and implemented the use of soil moisture sensors with remote monitoring for Irrigation and \Drainage to improve water uses efficiency and reduce any potential Groundwater contamination.

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE: External Funds Assessor. Ecuador. (2002 to 2004).

Provided a single point of contact to develop a multiple extension services of government agencies to help low incomes farmers to improve all farming practices on different type of crops in order to overcome limiting production factors in rural areas. Recruited, trained, mentored and developed technical staff. Investigated and implemented new green methods to reduce excessive uses of pesticides avoiding water contamination and improve production and quality of live.

Project analysis resulted in approximately 10,000 families helped.

Introduced successfully technological solutions to increase yields.

Proactively participated in all projects to ensure total farmer’s families prosperity.

Worked on the potential importance of potential roles of sustainable agriculture.

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PROJECT MANAGER - CONTRACTOR: San Juan Farm. La Mana, Ecuador. (1999 to 2002)

Developed and Implemented successful Ground water exploration engineering works, looking for a reliable source of water, drilling 8 wells, designing, planning, timeline management, scheduling, irrigation team formation to irrigate up to 1,200 hectares (2,965.2 Acres) of wrapping tobacco.

Each completed well was tested at 600 gpm.

Conducted water analysis test determined the water quality met the agricultural standards.

Reduced irrigation labor cost by 50%.

BANALIGHT GENERAL MANAGER: Guayaquil, Ecuador. (1995 to 1999).

Managed The Banana puree processing plant from the construction phase until the hand in of it. Demonstrated excellence in the creating and maintaining key company organization. Analyzed potential areas of market penetration and joint ventures opportunities. Maximized revenues within existing condition, exceeding expectations in level of client satisfaction due to the high quality of our aseptically banana puree.

Implemented quality tracking system that reduce error – rate.

Developed annual budget and conducted monthly review.

Proactively participated in all accounts overseas to ensure total customer satisfaction.

EDUCATION:

Ingeniero Agrónomo / Agronomy Engineer.

Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Master of Soil and Water Science.

University of California, Davis.

REFERENCES:

At.USA:

1. - University of California at Davis. (Phone): 530-***-****

2. – Donald Sutton. Southern G. Citrus. Manager. Phone: 863-***-****.

3. - Pepe Lopez. U.S. Sugar. Phone: 863- 228 4703.

4. – Raphael Terra (863) 233 – 1829.

5.- Jose Tomas: 305-***-****.

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