Misc. Notes
OCCUPATIONSTesting and Opeerations Manager
Monsanto CompanyFebruary 2013 – October 2014 (1 year 9 months)Conchal
• Managed a team of ten research associates and assistants as well as thirty seasonal employees.
• Managed site running commercial breeding tests for sugarcane gaining experience in budget planning and control, infrastructure development and implementation, agronomic operation, seasonal planning, labor management, security programs, and QMS (Quality Management System).
• Offered technical support to the CQB (biosecurity quality certification) in the Conchal experimental station.
• Responsible for the whole process of the seedlings.
• Responsible for the NIR (Near Infrared) lab, and the accuracy of the analysis results
Field Research Assistant
Monsanto Company2011 – December 2012 (1 year)Casa Grande - AZ
• Led security programs.
• Trained and managed team on the collection of tissue samples.
• Interacted with growers to obtain needed land, coordinate irrigation, pesticide and fertilizer applications, and field work.
• Designed, and worked on the printing of planting packages, stake labels, plant tags, and harvest tags.
• Organized the seed germplasm stock room, by program phase.
• Planted, collected data (using hand held), and led team harvesting cotton fields.
• Operated cotton pickers for seed increase and yield trial plots.
• Managed team on the pickers platform and on the ground performing clean outs between varieties to maintain purity.
Research Assistant
The University of ArizonaJanuary 2010 – December 2010 (1 year)Maricopa-AZ
• Researched cotton performing field sampling using a sweepnet, visual inspections and collected plant tissue samples.
• Processed research samples using microscope and other equipment.
• Bred transgenic cotton using cross-pollination, collecting tissue samples and checking gene expression and insect efficacy.
• Harvested and gened cotton using special equipment.
Admissions Counselor
Thunderbird School of Global Management
January 2009 – December 2009 (1 year)Glendale AZ
• Worked in Thunderbird’s Program Information Center making and receiving calls from a diverse group of potential applicants from around the world.
•Solicits gifts through telephone solicitations at the major gift level and coordinates personal direct mailing in order to obtain and/or increase donor contributions for the School.263Employed as a charter school teachers aid in Mesa, AZ 2008-2010.
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EDUCATION
Michigan State University
Master of Science (MS), Plant Pathology
2015 – 2018
Mesa Community College
English as a Second Language, Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Lamguage Instructor
2007 – 2009
Universidade Estadual do Piauì
Agricultural Engineering
2002 – 2006
Universidade Federal do Piauì
Early Childhood Education
2002 – 2006263