Experience

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PacTrust

Landscape Manager

March 2019 - Present (5 years 8 months)

Portland, Oregon Area

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LandCare LLC

Branch Manager

November 2014 - March 2019 (4 years 5 months)

Portland, Oregon Area

• Oversaw a complete rebranding initiative that included core values, culture, team building, accountability, processes, equipment, financial health, and office relocation

• Built and maintained a strong local market image through networking, relationships, and quality service• Lead the branch to an average YOY revenue growth of 15%

• Started as the smallest branch in Oregon and have since developed into the largest

• Developed and implemented a robust team succession plan that allows for internal growth opportunity

• Consistently maintained one of the top safety scores in the company

• Successfully transitioned the financial health of the branch to be less snow/ice dependent and more in line with industry standard landscape profit expectations

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The Brickman Group

Branch Manager

July 2009 - November 2014 (5 years 5 months)

Various

PORTLAND, OR (Branch Manager) Jan 1, 2014

• Transferred to a new market when requested to help rebuild two struggling branches and combine them into one

• Lead the branch to a complete restructuring of location, employees, customers, routing, service area, and general processes

• Helped to create a positive work environment and a winning culture

• Turned a negatively performing branch of -3.5% Operating Profit to a net 0% COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (Branch Manager) Jan 1, 2011

• Transferred to a new market when requested to help rebuild a struggling branch

• In 3 years of market management, lead the branch to 15% YOY growth beginning with contract revenues of $1.3 million to just under $2 million

• Piloted a new sales program in which the branch itself was responsible for growth without dedicated sales associates

• In 2013, lead the branch to its most successful year on record of 12 years in regards to overall growth, customer and employee retention, and bottom line profits SAN DIEGO, CA (Account Manager – Branch Manager in Training) July 1,2009

• Helped the Mission Bay Branch meet and exceed the 2010 sales budget by leveraging referral opportunity and successfully managing new projects

• Collectively sold in excess of $680,000 including the well-known Hotel Del Coronado

• Successfully piloted new photo enhancement software for use with new sales and property upgrades which led to the acquisition of a regional in-house designer

• Helped the branch maintain a 95% retention rate and personally managed over $2,000,000 of annual revenue

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Common Ground Services, LLC.

Sales and Design Manager

January 2004 - May 2009 (5 years 5 months)

Prescott, Arizona

• Surpassed sales forecasts by increasing total gross sales from $800,000 in2004 to $4 million in 2007

• Drafted landscape plans from individual business offices to full residential developments and commerce centers

• Managed residential and commercial sales from the first to the final stages of landscape installation, including: consultation, plan, estimate, contract drafting and execution, job progress, final walkthrough, collections, and warranty term customer service

• Designed all company advertising, including: flyers, brochures, phone book adds, TV commercials, new homeowner mailers, bid presentation packets, and portfolios

• Created, and updated on a quarterly basis, official company documents, including: residential and commercial contracts, change orders, final walkthrough documents, and warranty policies

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Education

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California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Landscape Architecture · (1999 - 2001)

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