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• <br /> • JOHN BISHOP DANIELS, JR. <br /> 308 East Nishna Road <br /> Shenandoah, Iowa 51601 <br /> 712/246-3778 <br /> JOB OBJECTIVE: To apply work experience, management skills and educational <br /> background to a general management position. <br /> EDUCATION: M.S. FOREST RESOURCES, University of Minnesota, 1981 <br /> Specialization: Urban Forestry <br /> Related Fields: Soils, Horticulture <br /> B.S., FOREST RESOURCES, University of Minnesota, 1979 <br /> Honors: Graduation with Distinction <br /> Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honor Society <br /> Gamma Sigma Delta National Honor Society <br /> 198`- Preu,t (Antoci-irk( of M,n(1. De.PPRTMe,bT IoknOtLTu,e . <br /> (}Ss'srriAsr Sciterisr <br /> WORK EXPERIENCE: iehewhN4, RaSe.A,ecif, xreus.o•o rerpc»c,'d,','-MMs ,n i-AA <br /> wy nad,cepNeni / ' ' ui. <br /> • 1981 -•II,scnt Vac Mount Arbor Nurseries, Inc., Shenandoah, Iowa <br /> The Company: Quality minded wholesale grower of perennials and <br /> woody ornamental plant materials, I984 sales of $12 million. 300 <br /> employees. <br /> Position: Farm Manager, reporting to Operations Manager. <br /> Responsibilities: After being initially hired to manage a 70 acre <br /> seedling production area, my responsibilities have been increased to <br /> include the following: <br /> - Over 500 acres of field grown nursery stock production. <br /> - Propagation Department, producing over 2 million liners <br /> annually. <br /> - Product Processing and Shipping Departments, shipping over I <br /> million units annually. <br /> - 150,000 unit container growing facility. <br /> Have successfully carried out management duties including budget <br /> preparation, quality control, personnel management, safety <br /> management, as well as all cultural aspects of nursery plant <br /> production involving a budget in excess of $1 million and a work <br /> force of from 25 to 130 people depending on the season. <br /> Special Assignments: <br /> - Successfully revised seedling production techniques which <br /> reduced labor costs by approximately 70% in two years. <br /> - Successfully developed and implemented a plan which put an <br /> 1111 <br /> unused farm into efficient production of nursery stock. The plan <br /> included development of roadways, surface drainage patterns, an <br /> irrigation system, and a soil management program. <br />