Education:
• Graduate of H. Grady Spruce High School, with honors – 1979
• U.S. College of the Air Force – 45 hours
• Trinity Valley Community College (Horticultural type classes)
Employment:
• Four States Irrigation Services, LLC, 8350 CR 313, Terrell, Texas 75161 – 4/02/09-Present. Owner – Design agricultural and nursery irrigation systems, supervise installation, consult, order parts; attend and show at local and regional trade shows. Install pump systems, field automation, injectors (acid, fertilizer, chlorine) automatic filter systems (disk, screen, sand media). Represent various suppliers as an independent rep.
• John Deere Landscapes, 1913 Deerbrook Drive, Tyler, Texas 75703 – 11/30/06-3/05/09
Account Manager, TX, LA, AR, OK. Visited accounts, attended and showed at local and regional trade shows. Attended classes on Berkeley & Cornell pumps, Netafim, Amiad, Tucor, H.E. Anderson, PPG Chlorinators, Cycle Stop and others
• Tree Town, U.S.A., 2090 VZCR 4512, P.O. Box 337, Ben Wheeler, Texas 75754 – 9/05/04 – 11/29/06
Design and install complete commercial irrigation and pump systems; single and 3-phase electrical wiring; install and maintain chlorine gas, fertigation, chemigation systems
• Surratt Wholesale Nursery, 8350 C.R. 313, Terrell, Texas – 1/01/2000 – 12/31/05
Owner/Grower – specializing in 22 varieties of shade trees: 1, 5, 15 and 20-gallon liners
• United States Postal Service, 200 N. Frances, Terrell – 1994-2001
• Candler’s Nursery & Landscape, Hwy. 80, Terrell, Texas – 1991-1995
Owner - Full service landscaping company with business fronting US Highway 80; 11 employees
• J&G Wholesale Nursery, Rt. 4, Box 829X, Terrell, Texas – 1985-1991
Specializing in ornamental bedding plants
• United States Postal Service, 200 N. Frances, Terrell – 1985-1991
• United States Air Force – 1/25/81-1/24/85 – Law Enforcement Dog Handler – Korea / San Antonio, Texas / Altus, Oklahoma – patrol dog handler; narcotics and explosive detector dog handler
Additional Knowledge, Experience and Skills:
• Residential construction - framing, roofing, dry wall, texturing, ceramic and hardwood flooring, electrical, plumbing, cabinetry
• Equipment operator - mini excavator, backhoe, forklift, skid steer
• Horticulture - landscaping, tree planting, irrigation installation, propagation (sexual and asexual), green-house construction; grower of trees, shrubs and color
Licenses:
• State Irrigator’s License #4195 – 9/28/90
• Texas Nursery/Floral Certificate of Registration #322487
• Texas Private Pesticide Applicator’s License #315194
• Non-Certified X-Ray Technician (State of Texas)
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