JOSEPH TERESI
Morgan Hill,CA
Summary
Experienced Agriculture and Food Safety professional knowledgeable about performing Best Management Practices as it relates to Agriculture and Food Safety. Strong communication and interpersonal abilities. Versatile Project Team Member offering 16 years of proven success adapting to the ever evolving landscape of Agriculture's rules and regulations. Project Team Leader familiar with working on Food Safety and Agriculture related projects. Attentive to operational requirements and flexes easily with changing demands. Highly adaptable and focused with good multitasking, problem-solving and organizational abilities. Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs. Dedicated Agriculture professional with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Enviornmental Coordinator
George Chiala Farms Inc.
04.2016 - 02.2024
- Adapted to shifting priorities and aligned food safety activities to meet organizational goals.
- Composed and implemented plans to identify potential environmental risks and determine appropriate solutions.
- Mandated compliance to regulatory, customer and corporate standards and led and participated in food safety audits, including but not limited to LGMA (Leafy Green Marketing Agreement), CCOF (California Certified Organic Farmers), and Primus GFS.
- Increased overall food safety score from low 80s to 98 overall in first year of assuming role.
- Maintaining similar high scores consistently.
- Provided guidance on improved quality control measures to increase customer satisfaction, resulting in high company profits.
- Created documents, SOP's and other relative management procedures.
- Cultivated and maintained customer-focused mindset that acknowledged importance and value of food safety for customers.
- Ensured proper documentation of all activities related to food safety management systems, facilitating smooth audits from external regulatory bodies as needed.
- Streamlined audit processes by creating detailed checklists for inspections, leading to consistent evaluations.
- Mandated compliance to regulatory, customer and corporate standards and led and participated in food safety audits.
- Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks.
- Complied with federal and state regulatory agencies through accurate and timely submission of required reports, applied for and comprehensively completed grant programs.
Senior Project Manager
George Chiala Farms Inc.
02.2015 - 04.2016
- Recruited and oversaw 5-15 personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
- Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
- Sourced, vetted and managed 20+ vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
- Maintained ranch needs specific to departments; ie; irrigation, well/pump maintenance, foreign material removal, weed abatement, grants, governmental requirements.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
- Maximized efficiency/time allocation, reduced waste, increased company profits.
- Monitored 25+ wells, 10 ranches, 2500 acres.
Tree Specimen Nursery Manager
George Chiala Farms Inc.
12.2005 - 02.2015
- Managed team of 4-10 employees, 40 acre large tree specimen nursery, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.
- Contracted landscape and planting jobs, large specimen shipping and handling.
- Responsible for growth and overall vigor of specimens.
- Monitored all company inventory to ensure stock levels and databases were updated.
- Received and processed stock into inventory management system.
- Composed and implemented plans to identify potential environmental risks and determine appropriate solutions.
- Responsible for substantial revenue gains via special projects.
- Researched pests and diseases common to individual types of stock and developed mitigation plans.
- Gained strong leadership skills by managing projects from start to finish.
Production Assistant
NBC
03.2003 - 09.2005
- Created and updated 40-50 physical records and digital files to maintain current, accurate and compliant documentation
- Interacted positively with actors and actresses when escorting to and from trailers during filming
- Stayed alert, active and ready to respond to any request at any time using variety of available resources
- Maintained schedules, managed deadlines and interfaced with teammates to support production activities
- Maintained maximum organization and productivity by properly sorting weekly show scripts on work tables
- Completed wide range of tasks in diverse filming areas to support operations.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Radio, Television, Film And Theater
San Jose State University
San Jose, CA06.2005
Associate of Arts - Theatre Arts
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA06.2001
Associate of Arts - General Studies
West Valley College
Saratoga, CA06.1999
Skills
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- First Aid/CPR
- Organization and Time management
- Responsible
- Written Communication
- Training & Development
- Natural Resource Management
- Adaptability
- Planning and Coordination
- Multitasking abilities
- Flexible & Adaptable
Certification
- Certified Arborist
- Certified Food Safety Manager
- Certified in CPR/Basic First Aid/AED
- Certified Pesticide Handler
- Certified Forklift Operator
Accomplishments
- Increased the Food Safety Quality and Assurance program immediately upon assuming leadership.
- Consistent high scores for overall food safety.
- Certified the company organic consistently on time and with limited complications.
- Completed Agriculture Specific Grants, saving the company time and money.
Timeline
Enviornmental Coordinator
George Chiala Farms Inc.
04.2016 - 02.2024
Senior Project Manager
George Chiala Farms Inc.
02.2015 - 04.2016
Tree Specimen Nursery Manager
George Chiala Farms Inc.
12.2005 - 02.2015
Production Assistant
NBC
03.2003 - 09.2005
Bachelor of Arts - Radio, Television, Film And Theater
San Jose State University
Associate of Arts - Theatre Arts
San Francisco State University
Associate of Arts - General Studies
West Valley College
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