I have worked in the Organic Citrus and Avocado Sustainable Agriculture Industry for 46 years. I have championed legislation to shape the National Organic Program along with California AB2021 for the California Organic program, I have built three citrus/ avocado packing houses from the ground up. I have hired hundreds of personal to work for my company. I have over saw all aspects of business from operations, field supervisor, sales and marketing, accounting, logistics and packing house production. I have owned and built a profitable company up from a small fledgling packinghouse to a respected powerhouse company that is still in business after 30 years. It is this kind experience that I can bring to a company to help secure its future.
As a member of the organic sustainable agriculture industry over 46 years, I have been directly involved in organic citrus and avocados packing, my partnership in American 4-Star Marketing Rainbow Valley Orchards Citrus Packing- RVO Sales responsibilities were as follows.
-Vice President & General Manager of a $50,000.000.00 company.
-Overseeing all of company operations, general day to day operations from supplies to fruit production, sales, shipping.
-Accounting, general receivables and payables.
-Coordination of Field Operations including fruit acquisitions from growers,
- Coordinating production in packing house and overseeing production personal,
-Logistics, all in coming cartons, when to bring amounts to purchase and from whom.
-Shipping
-Hiring personal,
-Sales, overseeing sales staff and marketing and account relations.
See below