EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SouthWestern Ag. Services - Yuma, AZ January 2008 – Present

History: Principle / Licensed real estate agent / appraisal assistant - Specializing in investment & agricultural real estate, including: brokerage, management, appraisals, site selection / development, and business plan review.

Taylor Fresh Foods -Salinas, Ca / Yuma, AZ December 1998 – January 2008

I held many P&L responsible positions in their rise of becoming the largest provider of fresh vegetables to the North America, including:

• VP of transportation and national logistics, 10 North American facilities
• VP of West Coast Operations $200,000,000+ annual operating budget, along with overseeing construction projects totaling $20,000,000
• Operations Manager 1,500 employee’s in food processing facility
• Raw Product Procurement Manager 7,000 acres annually
  

S.A.P.I.V. Company -Shanghai China December 1997 - December 1998

Managing Director – Advised local farmers and started up of fresh vegetable processing facility for international investors.

Get Fresh - Las Vegas, NV June 1996 - December 1997

Plant Manager- Started up fresh vegetable processing plant from the ground up for regional food Distribution Company.

Fresh Express Farms - Salinas, Ca / Yuma AZ August 1993 – June 1996

Field Representative / Plant supervisor- Started in the fields and worked up to team leader for several teams (departments) in processing facility. Fresh Express was the largest provider of value added vegetables at the time.

EDUCATION

• University of Arizona Tucson, AZ December 1992
• Bachelor of Science Agriculture Economics
  

SUMMARY

Honest and Ethical family man with a family history in agriculture, proficient with computers, working knowledge of Spanish, real estate investing and development.

CONTACT

928-317-0630W 928-304-3149C
340 W. 32nd Street # 372
Yuma, AZ 85364