TIM SULLIVAN

707-954-5983
Brookings, OR 97415
tsullivan541@gmail.com

Qualifications:
- Ornamental Horticulture Degree, Dupage Horticultural School Chicago, IL. 1986
- 30+ years Grower, Manager, Owner experience working in the floral industry
- Understanding the way a proper production area should be and how to run it
- Ability to visualize and develop new methods enhancing overall quality and yield
- Years of cost accounting for crops, yield, labor, scheduling and spacing requirements
- Belief in a no excuse to lose attitude that doesnt re-invent the wheel
- Bilingual in Spanish

Education:
-1986 Dupage Horticultural School, West Chicago, IL., OH Degree

Work Experience:
Ohana Hydrangea Farm 11/1998 to 11/2015, Crescent City, CA
- Owner, Designer, Builder, Grower/Manager
- Designed, built and planted a 4 acre saw tooth shade house with 7,300 Hydrangea plants to
produce fresh and dried flowers for the wholesale market (200,000+/year).
- Decades of IPM, personnel management, marketing, sales and working with local and county
officials
- Managed the scheduling of harvest, pruning, frost protection, labor needs, and plant
propagation
- Inventory and Quality Control Leader

Flora Pacifica Inc. 8/1996 to 10/1998, Brookings, OR

- Field Production Manager, Fertilizer and IPM Supervisor, Propagation Specialist
- Managed 7+ acres of annual and perennial flower production, harvested to be dried or
preserved

- Scheduled seed and cutting crops for both the retail store and the field production
- Supervised Fertilizer programs for all crops field, 4, gal., and propagation

Dahlstrom and Watt Bulb Farms, Greenhouse Division 1/1995 to 7/1996, Smith River, CA
- Grower/Assistant Greenhouse Manager
- Worked closely with greenhouse manager to monitor and manage all aspects of seasonal
growing 170,000 Poinsettia, 230,000 Easter lily, 300,000 dormant hydrangea, tens of
thousands bedding plants
- IPM, Fertilizer, and Growth Regulator recommendations daily
- Light deprivation knowledge and experience
- Dormant hydrangea foreman responsible for all aspects of plant growth from cutting to
ready sale 300,000 plants started as cuttings then grown as short and compact as possible
over the course of 8 months
- Supervised section irrigators and made daily recommendations
- Easter Lily Pack Foreman requiring the entire farms labor force of 90+ to pack out the entire
crop in approximately 21 days. Strong emphasis on organization, communication, inventory
control, preparation, and people skills.

Wave crest Flowers 2/1992 to 12/1994, Nipomo, CA

- Owner, Production Manager
- Managed production and sales for a 20 acre outdoor cut flower facility
- IPM and Fertilization Supervisor
- Personnel management including hiring and performance evaluations
- Managed Inventory Control, Quality and Safety Leader
- Responsible for Budget and cost accounting

Oak Ridge Farms 11/1986 to 1/1992, Santa Maria, CA

- Asst. Production Mgr./Propagation Mgr./Section Grower
- A top 100 cut flower operation consisting of 80+ acres of production, some 20+ under roof, 6
acres roses, 6 acres Gerber daisy, 6 acres Snapdragon, Alstromaria and chrysanthemums 60
acres of misc. field crops
- Involved in planning and scheduling of holiday crops, 1 million roses for valentines day,
timing and labor management
- Propagation Mgr. responsible for snapdragon seedlings up to 100,000/wk., Tissue Culture
Gerbera program up to 30,000/wk managing crew up to 40 people

- Gerbera and Snapdragon Grower responsible for scheduling, soil preparation, labor
requirements, supplies planting, harvesting daily working closely with sales staff, working
efficiently with multiple crews of 10+
- Chemical and IPM manager for entire farm
- Damage and Quality Control foreman

- Speak Spanish
- Skilled 50 hp or less tractor operator
- Past QAL pesticide license holder