detail-oriented, creative with new marketing ideas, enjoy seeing produce being sold and not thrown out, motivated to present produce in attractive displays, have my finger on what the public wants/when they want it/and how much they'll purchase.

COMPANY	POSITION HELD	DATES WORKED
(Confidential)	(Confidential)	3/2002 - Present
Arrowhead Alpines Nursery	(Confidential)	7/1999 - 3/2002
Saguaro Rare Plant Nursery	(Confidential)	4/1995 - 6/1998
Daily Telegram Newspaper	(Confidential)	9/1993 - 6/1995

SCHOOL	MAJOR	YEAR	DEGREE
MSU / USDA / Matthei Botanical Gardens	Master Gardener Certificate	1998	Specialist Degree
Oakland County Community College, Royal Oak, MI	unfinished, undecided at time so stopped after 2 years	1989	Bachelor Degree
Cass Technical HS, Detroit, MI	General Education	1985	High School/GED Degree

TYPE	TITLE	URL	DESCRIPTION
Website	Arrowhead Alpines Online	media url	excellent resource for information on rare plants.
Website	Melissa's Produce	media url	excellent reference of unique and exotic fruits and vegetables
Website	Produce Links	media url	good place to reference information about produce.
Website	Produce Merchandising	media url	good spot for new ideas in merchandising produce in a grocery store setting.
Website	Glasshouse Works Online Catalog	media url	another great spot for information and purchase of rare & exotic plants.
Website	Cactus and Succulent Plant Mall	media url	everything you need to know on how to grow and where to buy or talk about succulents.
Website	Meijer Foods Website	media url	good spot to keep up on what Meijer is selling/pushing weekly and gives me ideas on how to market those items in Produce.

Highlights:

worked in Produce department for 5 years at Meijer, was asked to become management, but Meijer doesn't guarentee department placement and Produce or Garden Center are the only departments I'm interested in.Worked for 15 years in greenhouses & nurseries, so I am very proficient in growing plants and in botanical latin and origins and use of plants (and produce).

Companies I like:

Taorellos, Whole Foods, small Produce oriented markets, specialty grocers, Kroger, Meijer, , Also would like to get back into a nursery/greenhouse if they offered health insurance and year round employment.

Presentation
Ecommerce Strategy and digital marketing channels optimization - SEO, SEM, email, affiliates - for high-profile accounts.
Technology Solutions
Sales Support
Software Implementation
Requirements Analysis & Specification

• Produce
• Produce Clerk
• Produce Management
• Greenhouse
• Greenhouse Management
• Rare Plants
• Plant Nursery
• Greenhouse Stock Buyer
• Greenhouse worker
• non-seasonal nursery worker

coming up with new display ideas for produce. marketing unusual produce in a way that makes the customer want to purchase it. being able to push/put on sale items that we have an overstock of before it becomes too old to sell.