Overview
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Education
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Noah Garwood

Piscataway,NJ

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Plant Healthcare Technician

SavATree
04.2024 - Current
  • Prepare hundreds of gallons of chemicals from concentrate per day including insecticides, fungicides, disease treatments, fertilizers, and nutrient additives
  • Treat dozens of trees and ornamental plants daily along federal, state, and company policy
  • Identify all trees and ornamental plants requiring treatment
  • Understand and avoid treating plants that are sensitive to specific chemicals and/or treatments
  • Operate large vehicle with up to800 gallons of water on board safely
  • Provide high quality customer service
  • Took classes to certify to PHC3 technician

Pest Control Technician

Arrow Pest Control
02.2023 - 04.2024
  • Established our company’s Spotted Lanternfly treatment program:

Designed an improved Spotted Lanternfly trap that saved the company approximately $50 per tree in materials; Taught other technicians how to make and install Spotted Lanternfly traps; Established effective pesticide application schedule and methodology based on Spotted Lanternfly life stages and ecology

  • Created study guides for organization to help other technicians become licensed more quickly
  • Provided a high standard of customer service and quality for all clients
  • Obtained most 5-star reviews within set initiative time of all technicians
  • Performed inspections of a client's property and sold program(s) based on the pest pressures in their area
  • Maintained inventory and equipment needed each week
  • Obtained my NJ Applicator's license and certification in8 extra categories including IPM in schools

Data Analyst

Cayuga Medical Center
08.2020 - 10.2022
  • Created and maintained several databases
  • Improved and automated analysis process to reduce report generation time from 4 weeks to 3 days, began new initiatives with saved time
  • Assisted in goal establishment and achievement using statistical analysis:

Found that time from EKG performance to interpretation was our largest area of time loss and set reasonable goals for improvement over time


  • Generated data summary sheets and presentations to help expedite patient pathway:

Reduced time from patient intake to care for chest pain patients by30 minutes through statistical analysis of collected data and direct observation of patient pathway


  • Recommended and implemented courses of action to achieve our established goals:

Established new method for ordering multiple tests at once as well as new overhead code call for chest pain patients


  • Monitored heart catheterizations while maintaining a record of procedure events in real-time
  • Assisted in setting up and cleaning catheterization room
  • Performed EKG’s, blood draws, recorded vitals, assisted in various tasks in the ER
  • Took on-call shifts for catheterization lab monitoring when assigned
  • Volunteer activities:

Patient Care Committee: Started and ran shoe drive for patients arriving to the hospital without shoes in the winter

HAZMAT team: On-call to set up perimeter, advise emergency room, make first contact with EMS, and remove hazardous materials from contaminated patients arriving to the hospital

Delivery Driver

Doordash
05.2020 - 08.2020
  • Received up to 15 orders from customers a day
  • Picked up orders from restaurants
  • Completed on-time deliveries by choosing best and most efficient routes.

Line Cook

Applebees
02.2020 - 05.2020
  • Prepared steaks, pastas, and side dishes within 20 minutes
  • Prepared ingredients and station in morning
  • Maintained accurate expiration date labels on stored produce
  • Cleaned kitchen and put away extra ingredients at end of day

Package Handler

UPS
07.2019 - 02.2020
  • Checked incoming package labels to make sure they were in the right truck
  • Securely packed several UPS tractor trailers from back to front per day
  • Sorted and distributed packages weighing over80 lbs or with an irregular shape by hand

Field Technician: Radio Telemetry

University of Toledo
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Tracked and handled state and federally listed turtle species (spotted and box turtles) via radio telemetry
  • Monitored turtle nesting behavior for hours at a time without disturbing the nesting individual
  • Recorded and submitted in-field data
  • Assisted in lab work
  • Collected data on and monitored turtle nests
  • Logged new data on and added new individuals to survey

Education

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife Science

SUNY College of Environmental Science And Forestry
Syracuse, NY
05.2019

Study Abroad -

Field Projects International
Madre De Dios, Peru
05.2017

Skills

  • Statistical and Data Analysis
  • Data Collection and Digitization
  • Field and Lab Research
  • Plant and Animal Identification
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Sales
  • Pest Control
  • Commercial Vehicle Operation
  • Phlebotomist
  • EKG Technician
  • Monitoring Vitals
  • Organizational Skills

Certification

  • Pesticide Applicator’s License-NJDEP2023
  • Also certified in7A,7B,7D,8A,8B,8C,3A, and3B
  • Master Herpetologist2021
  • Associate Wildlife Biologist-The Wildlife Society2020
  • Driver’s License2019

Publications

  • Digitized Galapagos Tortoise Whaling Data from1831-1868 https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/anthro_data/9/2020
  • Habitat Use and Nest-Site Characteristics of Ohio and Michigan Populations of Two Imperiled Freshwater Turtle Species https://www.proquest.com/openview/7d431705fdc78e771d72ea277e1f0a3e/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
  • Environmental Drivers of Morphological and Physiological Adaptation in an Invasive Defoliator, Lymantria Dispar https://www.proquest.com/openview/ff97a69f1faabfd43960b0148d63cf8d/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
  • Expression of Oxidative Stress Regulators by Plants Used as Vegetative Noise Barriers upon Expose to Road Transport Anthropophony https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/233604173.pdf
  • Forest Legacy Effects on Amphibian Populations: Integrating Land and Life Histories in Conservation https://www.proquest.com/openview/86d2d6d7dee7657e7350057655443618/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y
  • Development of an Instream Tag Monitoring System for the Eastern Hellbender Salamander https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/susquehanna-river-symposium/2018/presentations/22/
  • Progress on the Restoration of an Eastern Hellbender Population in the Upper Susquehanna River Watershed https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/susquehanna-river-symposium/2018/posters/16/
  • Geographic variation in larval metabolic rate between northern and southern populations of the invasive gypsy moth https://academic.oup.com/jinsectscience/article/18/4/5/5052202
  • Influences of chemical, mechanical, and integrative vegetation management strategies on pollinator assemblage on powerline rights-of-way in New York and Ohio https://esa.confex.com/esa/2017/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/126130
  • Carnivorous Chaos: A Comparison Study of the Abilities of Roundleaf Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia L.) and Purple Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) to attract prey.


Non-published research work:

  • Tracked Blanding’s Turtles with radio telemetry and recorded GPS data in the field for The Wetland Trust
  • Dissected and identified micromoth species under microscope at Cornell University
  • Photo published in 7th Annual Indigo Magazine issue

Extra Information

  • Has 3 snakes and a gecko
  • Builds and maintains vivariums
  • Expert outdoorsman, amateur wildlife photographer

Timeline

Plant Healthcare Technician

SavATree
04.2024 - Current

Pest Control Technician

Arrow Pest Control
02.2023 - 04.2024

Data Analyst

Cayuga Medical Center
08.2020 - 10.2022

Delivery Driver

Doordash
05.2020 - 08.2020

Line Cook

Applebees
02.2020 - 05.2020

Package Handler

UPS
07.2019 - 02.2020

Field Technician: Radio Telemetry

University of Toledo
05.2019 - 07.2019
  • Pesticide Applicator’s License-NJDEP2023
  • Also certified in7A,7B,7D,8A,8B,8C,3A, and3B
  • Master Herpetologist2021
  • Associate Wildlife Biologist-The Wildlife Society2020
  • Driver’s License2019

Bachelor of Science - Wildlife Science

SUNY College of Environmental Science And Forestry

Study Abroad -

Field Projects International
Noah Garwood