Duane Smith
Summary
To obtain a position in cannabis utilizing my extensive knowledge & background with multiple form of extraction as well as cultivation. To provide companies with the highest potency and quality possible, as well as implement new protocols and procedures resulting in new products as well as increasing safety, productivity and profits.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager/Purchasing Manager/Inventory Manager
Kush21
10.2024 - Current
- Managed budget implementations, employee reviews, training, schedules, and contract negotiations.
- Managed a diverse team of professionals, fostering a positive work environment and high employee satisfaction.
- Developed and implemented strategies to increase sales and profitability.
- Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.
- Implemented robust inventory management systems to optimize stock levels and minimize waste/costs associated with excess product storage.
- Analyzed market trends/data to identify potential opportunities for business growth within existing or emerging markets successfully.
Lead Budtender
Kush21 128th
06.2023 - 10.2024
- Utilizing my extensive cannabis knowledge to provide customers with the most enjoyable experience possible.
- Keeping the store tidy and organized.
- Putting go backs in there proper places.
- Receive and process payments.
- Checking identifications.
- Answering any questions anyone has.
- Assisting my team members in any way they needed.
- I got employee of the month my first month.
- Lead my shift in sales 90% of the time.
Creator/Lead Extractor
Only The Strong Cannabis Co
11.2015 - Current
- At OTSCC we strive to make the best product or train people to make the best product, While developing and learning new techniques
- It is my responsibility to ensure cleanliness and quality of the product as well as teaching and managing processors to make sure everything runs as efficiently as possible
- Focusing on training and consulting recreational and medical cannabis operators around the globe
- Not only do we focus on different extraction techniques, but we have also broadened our scope to cultivation and infusion.
Budtender
PRC
12.2023 - 02.2024
- Utilizing my extensive cannabis knowledge to provide customers with the most enjoyable experience possible.
- Keeping the store tidy and organized.
- Putting go backs in there proper places.
- Receive and process payments.
- Checking identifications.
- Answering any questions anyone has.
- Assisting my team members in any way they needed.
- Won a sales competition my first week without knowing it was taking place.
- I also led in sales by a large amount while working here.
Head Grower and Lead Extractor
Maltby Cannabis co
03.2022 - 03.2023
- Here I did my best to revive a failing garden and make them profitable
- Ran the entire garden by myself, 130 lights
- This included but is not limited to cloning, seed propagation, recipe formula, nutrient mixing, transplanting, deleafing, defoliating,
- IPM, moving plants, monitoring and adjusting environmental controls, changing photoperiods, adjusting lights intensity, keeping schedule, harvesting, freezing, bucking, drying, curing, washing material, collecting wet hash, freeze drying, weighing, prepping, pressing, curing rosin and recording numbers.
Lead Extractor
MFused
10.2020 - 06.2021
- I wrote the sop they use for their Techniq carts
- I would select the material to be ran each day, look at the test results and decide what the best way to run the extractor to get the highest sesquiterpene ration possible while getting the highest yield, lightest color and best quality possible
- I would also take specific steps to ensure that each batch came out with no detectable pesticides or contaminates without sacrificing terpene content
Head of Cultivation and Head of Extraction
Area 51/Natures Kindness
04.2019 - 08.2020
- I designed, built, and saw to the approval of the extraction and infusion areas and procedures
- This included making blueprints, layouts, writing sops, writing chemical hygiene plans, working with agencies and lawyers to make sure all requirements were met
- I also ran the cultivation side by myself as best as I could with 4 rooms and a total of 120 lights
- This included but is not limited to cloning, seed propagation, recipe formula, nutrient mixing, transplanting, demeaning, defoliating,
- IPM, moving plants, monitoring and adjusting environmental controls, changing photoperiods, adjusting lights intensity, keeping schedule, harvesting, freezing, bucking, drying and curing
Head Grower and fulfillment
A List Cannabis
01.2018 - 09.2018
- I managed crew in every aspect including but not limited to feeding, watering and maintaining the plants along with cleaning and sterilizing all the way from seedling or clone to flowering, harvesting, drying and curing along with everything in between,we would handle it all making sure there was nothing but quality trichome and terpene rich products leaving our facility
- I also assisted the fulfillment department ensuring from start to finish it was nothing but A List
- In this area we took care weighing,labeling, packaging, tracking and getting orders ready for timely and organized orders
- Making for a clean smooth enjoyable experience for store intake bud tenders and consumers alike.
Lead Extractor/Consultant
MFused, Extracts
03.2017 - 02.2018
- Taught distillation, helped increase yields and minimize time and losses in hydrocarbon
- Collaborated with Knotty to assist with extraction and process improvements
- Worked with a team to ensure to meat our goals in a timely fashion
Creator/Lead Extractor
Lunatik Extracts
10.2013 - 11.2015
- With passion and motivation, I decided to start an extraction company
- With very little startup money and equipment, I taught myself how to assemble, run and maintain closed loop systems
- I completed my own sourcing, processing, weighing, packaging, graphics, sales, deliveries and customer relations
- I was always seeking to improve the end product with the most proficient and safe techniques possible.
Coffee Flavorist
Cascade Coffee
07.2011 - 09.2013
- Moving 800lb bins of coffee into position and dropping it into mixing machines, calculating measurements for each recipe, measuring flavoring ingredients and pouring into machine.
- Making sure each line was well stocked so they never ran out.
- Cleaning flavor machines between each batch to prevent cross contamination.
- Keeping the area clean and organized.
- Keeping track of codes and bin numbers and making sure my paperwork was organized and turned in on time.
Sales Rep/Account Manager
True Green
03.2011 - 08.2011
- Strong outside canvassing and presentation of sales of True Green lawn services.
- Constantly successful in hitting presented goals and quotas inside and outside of sales.
- Managing of current accounts and dealing with customers on a personal level.
Fast Food Worker
Taco Time
06.2009 - 02.2011
- Customer service
- Food preparation
- Counting and working with tills
- And cleaning
Education
GED -
Mount Vernon High School
Mount Vernon, WA06.2006
Skills
- Ability to run many different types of closed loop systems :
- Flexible and Dependable :
- Focused on quality and constant improvement :
- Organized :
- Leadership and teamwork skills :
- Collaborate well with other parties :
- Cultivation : Recipe formulation, cultivation timeline, mixing nutrients, taking clones, spotting problems, treating problems, taking clones, germinating seeds, transplanting, managing environmental controls, drying and curing, IPM, training,
- Managing teams, harvesting, bucking, trimming 1000-1200 grams per day
- Hydrocarbon : Shatter, Honeycomb, isolate, sugar wax, cake badder, frosting, pull and snap, crumble, HTFSE, HCFSE, sauce, crc, dewaxing
- Solvent Free : Dry sift, Ice wax, Rosin(shatter, cake badder, frosting, honeycomb and isolate
- Laboratory Extraction : Short path Distillation, Rotary Evaporation and Terpene Extraction
- Accomplishments : AZ Secret cup 3rd place over all 2017, AZ secret cup best non solvent 2017, 2023 NW Leaf Bowl Best Diamonds/Sauce
Timeline
General Manager/Purchasing Manager/Inventory Manager
Kush21
10.2024 - Current
Budtender
PRC
12.2023 - 02.2024
Lead Budtender
Kush21 128th
06.2023 - 10.2024
Head Grower and Lead Extractor
Maltby Cannabis co
03.2022 - 03.2023
Lead Extractor
MFused
10.2020 - 06.2021
Head of Cultivation and Head of Extraction
Area 51/Natures Kindness
04.2019 - 08.2020
Head Grower and fulfillment
A List Cannabis
01.2018 - 09.2018
Lead Extractor/Consultant
MFused, Extracts
03.2017 - 02.2018
Creator/Lead Extractor
Only The Strong Cannabis Co
11.2015 - Current
Creator/Lead Extractor
Lunatik Extracts
10.2013 - 11.2015
Coffee Flavorist
Cascade Coffee
07.2011 - 09.2013
Sales Rep/Account Manager
True Green
03.2011 - 08.2011
Fast Food Worker
Taco Time
06.2009 - 02.2011
GED -
Mount Vernon High School
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