Jason Kelley
Barre,MA
Summary
In over 20 years, the thrill of optimizing a crew or process through effective training and efficient data analysis never stops being exciting. My goal is to implement practical and highly effective processes that increase staff efficiency and material output in order to perform above expected KPI's. I would love to find someplace that I could invest and dedicate myself to for long term success.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Farm / Orchard Manager
Sholan Farms
04.2024 - Current
- Orchard / Farm management
- Equipment operation and repair
- Volunteer and staff management (6 employees)
- IPM management
- Economic / Crop forecasting
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Controlled costs to keep business operating within budget and increase profits.
Substitute Post grad teacher
Quabbin regional school district
09.2023 - Current
- Worked with 18-22 year old developmentally challenged young adults
- Taught basic life skills to encourage personal independence
- Assisted with curriculum and implementation
Owner/Operator
Stillwater Genetics
03.2016 - 11.2023
- Facility Design
- Project Management
- Cultivation / Operations management
- Employee management (22 employees)
- Marketing / Sales
- State Compliance
Cultivation/Facility Manager
Solurge
02.2022 - 09.2023
- Project Management (Facility Roll Out, Systems Commissioning and Repair)
- Cultivation / Operations Management
- State and In House Compliance
- Human Resources
- Facility Maintenance
- Creation of Operational Procedures
- Employee Training
Cultivation Director/Project Manager
Greenfield Greenery
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Facility Design
- Project Management
- Operational Rollout
- State Compliance
- Employee Rollout and Training
Cultivation Director
Alternative Compassion Services
04.2020 - 05.2021
- Cultivation Management
- Employee Management
- Production Scheduling
- Post Harvest Management
- Plant Nutrition Formulations
- Compliance
- Data Collection and Utilization
- Inventory Management
Cultivation Director
Temescal Wellness
01.2014 - 03.2016
- Facility design
- Creation of operational procedures
- Project management
- Cultivation rollout
- Employee training
- Genetic allocation
Cultivation Manager
Denver Relief Consulting
01.2013 - 04.2015
- Nutrient formulation
- Employee management
- Budgeting / Purchasing
- Facility design / retrofits
- Genetic selection
- Licensing
Education
Pesticide applicators license -
Mass EPA
Fertigation Training - Fertigation Technology
Fertigation Training
01-2013
Nutrient Formulation - Chemical Formulation
JR Peters
Allentown, PA02-2003
Six Sigma/ Yellow Belt -
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY10-2017
Polyculture/Regenerative Agriculture
Dragonfly Earth Medicine School of Polyculture
B.C. Canada11-2017
Skills
- Large Scale Cultivation
- Staff Management
- Operations
- Compliance
- Facility / Farm Design
- Equipment Repair
- Plant Nutrition science
- Biological specialist
- Formulation Sciences
- Regenerative Agriculture
- Organic /synthetic IPM Programs
- Strategic Planning
- Critical Decision Making
- KPI Management
Accomplishments
Curaleaf- Simsbury, Ct / 2016
Transitioned company from 30K SF to 125K SF facility
Temescal wellness - Auburn, Ma / 2015
Assisted in design and build out of Mass cultivation facility.
Greenfield greenery, Greenfield Ma / 2023
Designed and built out 3 acre outdoor, 30K sf Greenhouse
Manely enterprises - Uxbridge Ma / 2021
Designed and managed build out for 50K Sf indoor cultivation facility
The royalty group - Lawrence, Ma / 2020
Designed and managed build out for 35K sf facility
TKO - Grants pass, Oregon /2018
Designed and managed facility expansion from 30K sf greenhouse to 15 Acres outdoor/90k Sf Greenhouse
Busy Bee Cultivation - Eagle point, Oregon / 2017
Designed and built out 5 Acres outdoor / 10K sf Indoor
The Green Grow - Denver Co / 2016
Retrofitted/redesigned 100K Sf from salt based to living soil
Certification
Pesticide applicators license, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
Personal Information
Authorized To Work: US
Timeline
Farm / Orchard Manager
Sholan Farms
04.2024 - Current
Substitute Post grad teacher
Quabbin regional school district
09.2023 - Current
Cultivation/Facility Manager
Solurge
02.2022 - 09.2023
Cultivation Director/Project Manager
Greenfield Greenery
04.2021 - 05.2022
Cultivation Director
Alternative Compassion Services
04.2020 - 05.2021
Owner/Operator
Stillwater Genetics
03.2016 - 11.2023
Cultivation Director
Temescal Wellness
01.2014 - 03.2016
Cultivation Manager
Denver Relief Consulting
01.2013 - 04.2015
Pesticide applicators license -
Mass EPA
Fertigation Training - Fertigation Technology
Fertigation Training
Nutrient Formulation - Chemical Formulation
JR Peters
Six Sigma/ Yellow Belt -
Cornell University
Polyculture/Regenerative Agriculture
Dragonfly Earth Medicine School of Polyculture
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