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Eli Hobbs

Elkmont,AL

Summary

Driven Advertising Sales Representative with many years of experience. Proven success in building relationships with clients, developing small to large accounts and negotiating sales contracts. Business savvy professional with instinct for new business development.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Digital Sales Advisor

Simplot Grower Solutions
01.2024 - Current
  • Providing technical support to SGS Crop Advisors and support staff on Precision Ag Technology. Provide any needed IT technical support. Integrate IT advances into SGS sales force to assist in providing solutions to customer needs for products and services.
  • Train and administer SmartFarm Platform: Administer scouting, trapping, and sampling activities.
  • Responsible for mapping including; generating prescription maps, field mapping, variable rate irrigation prescriptions, yield analysis, and boundary creation. Making recommendations for zone creation and geo-spatial analysis.
  • Perform on-farm field trials, interpret satellite imagery, and collect and analyze yield information.
  • Support variable rate applications for fertilizer and seed. Manage and translate irrigation sensor data.
  • Maintains Precision Ag equipment and makes recommendations to customers regarding equipment. Design and collection of test plot data. Drive adoption of sales enablement tools as constructed.

Digital Sales Specialist

Simplot Grower Solutions
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure successful delivery of services and products.
  • Increased profitability and revenue by identifying customer needs and determining appropriate offerings.
  • Providing technical support to SGS Crop Advisors and support staff on Precision Ag Technology. Provide any needed IT technical support. Integrate IT advances into SGS sales force to assist in providing solutions to customer needs for products and services.

Integrated Crop Protection Internship

Field Science Crop Protection, Corteva agriscience
Leland, MS
05.2020 - 08.2020
  • Integrated Field Science Research
  • Research different herbicides in different aspects in all major crops
  • Conduct my own research plot in rice, studying barnyard grass control from pre-emergent to harvest

Student Worker

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Cotton Research and Extension
  • Assist with cotton variety trials around different areas in Mississippi
  • Assist professors with new research technologies
  • Agronomy

Agronomy Internship

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Conduct my own study in different cotton variates and report to professors
  • Assist with different company cotton trials around Mississippi

Agronomy Internship

Alabama Cooperative Extension System
Belle Mina, AL
01.2016 - 01.2017
  • Evaluate soybeans with the reaction to Sharpen herbicide
  • Work with local farmers trouble shooting issues that arise on a weekly basis

Education

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Sciences

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS
08-2020

Associate of Science - General Studies

Calhoun Community College
Tanner, AL
05-2018

Master of Science - Cotton Agronomy - Still Enrolled

Mississippi State University
Starkville, MS

Skills

  • Agricultural marketing
  • Drone Piloting
  • Irrigation Management
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Precision Agricultural

Certification

Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel | Master Irrigator – USDA (February 2024) | Alabama Pesticide Safety Education Program | Precision Agriculture Certificate (August 2020) | Certified Crop Advisor Certification (August 2020) | Proficient in Agricultural Marketing | Drone Operating | Auxin Herbicide Application Training Certification

Timeline

Digital Sales Advisor

Simplot Grower Solutions
01.2024 - Current

Digital Sales Specialist

Simplot Grower Solutions
01.2023 - 01.2024

Integrated Crop Protection Internship

Field Science Crop Protection, Corteva agriscience
05.2020 - 08.2020

Agronomy Internship

Mississippi State University
05.2019 - 08.2019

Student Worker

Mississippi State University
01.2018 - 01.2020

Agronomy Internship

Alabama Cooperative Extension System
01.2016 - 01.2017

Bachelor of Science - Agricultural Sciences

Mississippi State University

Associate of Science - General Studies

Calhoun Community College

Master of Science - Cotton Agronomy - Still Enrolled

Mississippi State University

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