Christopher Sands
Tucson,AZ
Summary
United States Marine Corps veteran with honorable service. Top national lawn care salesman. Calm under pressure with superior time management and conflict resolution skills.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Operations Manager
Mosquito Squad Of Tucson
Tucson, AZ
07.2025 - Current
- Managed scheduling and logistics for pest control services, ensuring timely execution.
- Developed training programs for team members on service protocols and safety standards.
- Implemented quality control measures to maintain high customer satisfaction rates.
- Led team meetings to promote communication and foster a collaborative work environment.
- Optimized inventory management practices to reduce costs and minimize waste.
- Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action plans to address them.
- Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
Supervisor/Lawn Technician
Weedman Lawncare
Iowa City, IA
07.2024 - 05.2025
- Lead salesman nationwide for the company with the most amount of sales, leads and revenue towards the company.
- Trained new hires on daily tasks.
- Communicated with clients on services and needs to provide effective and needed lawn care.
- Talked with 150-200 individuals to gain additional leads and promote company sales on a daily basis.
- Held a supervisor role, while also holding a lawn technician certification.
- Solo operated a work truck with necessary equipment and chemicals to complete 20-40 costumers a day.
COO of Company
NexGen Clean Solutions Pressure Washing
Marion, IA
12.2023 - 09.2024
- Maintained all commercial and residential clients properties on schedule.
- Ensured all vehicles were up to standard for proper use.
- Traveled throughout Iowa and across the Midwest to provide services to clients.
- Trained new hires on the crucial tasks of the job.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Martin Marietta Quarry
Cedar Rapids, IA
08.2023 - 12.2023
- Completed miner certification training.
- Operated and maintained all PMCS on a primary crusher and 793 haul truck.
Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Repairer-Technician / HAZMAT NCO / MOD NCO
United States Marine Corps
Twentynine Palms, CA
01.2019 - 12.2023
- Managed logistics, organization, and installation of $9.2M worth of modification kits being applied to 35 vehicles over a 3 week period.
- Controlled and maintained records for parts requisition totaling over $7M for 70 vehicles.
- Reorganized parts storage, and maintained maintenance management for all of the battalion maintenance section resulting in a 99% readiness in the fiscal year 15 inspections.
- Assisted in a group of 5 maintaining 4 remotely located vehicles boosting overall vehicle readiness.
- Served as floor mechanic / head platoon mechanic, promoted to vehicle commander of an M88A2.
- Supervised 15 junior marines.
- Performed basic automotive duties incident to inspection, maintenance, and repair of the Marine Corps MBT, Tank Retriever (M88A2), and Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB).
- Completed basic shop administrative forms and records utilizing technical manuals.
- Prepared, maintained, and supervised shop maintenance and management programs, and coordinated maintenance and recovery operations according to grade.
- Responsible for the maintenance and repair of government / military vehicles worth over $100M.
- Qualified distinguished and superior on two tank gunneries as the loader of the tank crew.
- Performed inventory and quality control on a weekly basis, ensuring all materials were available and operational at all times.
- Troubleshot vehicles on daily basis, working as a team member to diagnose issues and perform repairs when needed.
- Reported to supervisors on a regular basis, updating them on any issues, concerns and other information.
- Consulted technical manuals, both electronic and print versions on a daily basis, ensuring all repairs were done properly and on-time.
- Ordered tools and parts on a weekly basis, using government databases.
- Packed and certified over 50 hazardous shipments for ground transportation; skillful preparation resulted in zero leakage or safety mishaps.
- Responded to chemical spill in warehouse and isolated contamination, prevented seepage into ground water.
- Volunteered for Hazardous Cargo Inspector course, became first certified inspector, increased capability to store and move hazardous cargo.
- Coordinated with the base environmental office to develop and implement a waste disposal program; reduced stored waste by 90%.
- Certified all hazardous materials and directed the loading and staging of equipment airlifted from two trans-Pacific airfields, provided vital support to isolated camp.
- Recycled over 1,000 pounds of equipment and materials and over 100 hazardous items, saving the USMC over $10,000.00.
- Taught all junior Marines the proper method of disposing of hazardous medical waste, ensured strict compliance, resulting in zero mishaps, injuries, or other discrepancies.
- Inventoried HAZMAT locker and compared existing products to required and reduced required inventory by 50%.
- Ensured the proper handling, storage, and disposition of all hazardous material within the warehouse HAZMAT storage area.
- Reorganized HAZMAT program, making the program compliant with all USCENTCOM directives.
Automotive Salesman
Browns Automotive Dealership
West Branch, IA
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Sold vehicles to customers that best suited their needs, all while maintaining knowledge on products being sold.
Education
Diploma -
West Delaware High School
Manchester, IA05.2019
Skills
- Secret Clearance
- Maintenance Management
- Understanding Schematics
- Process Improvement
- Team and Goal Oriented
- Effective and Productive Communication Skills
- Strategic Business Insights
Timeline
Operations Manager
Mosquito Squad Of Tucson
07.2025 - Current
Supervisor/Lawn Technician
Weedman Lawncare
07.2024 - 05.2025
COO of Company
NexGen Clean Solutions Pressure Washing
12.2023 - 09.2024
Heavy Equipment Operator
Martin Marietta Quarry
08.2023 - 12.2023
Automotive Salesman
Browns Automotive Dealership
06.2023 - 08.2023
Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) Repairer-Technician / HAZMAT NCO / MOD NCO
United States Marine Corps
01.2019 - 12.2023
Diploma -
West Delaware High School