Resume: CEO/GENERAL MANAGER
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ResumeId: 1000147564
Position: CEO/GENERAL MANAGER
City/State/Zip: ASHEVILLE, NC 28801
Location: NC
Relocate: Y
Years Exp: 5/10
Salary: $60,000
Salary Type: YR
Position Type: P
Resume:
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experienced and untrained. In less than eighteen months the landscape development was once again on schedule and in place was a first class contracting team that is now one of Israel's most sought-after firms.
Responsibilities and Achievements
Served as site landscape architect providing design, technical assistance, and quality control for the Project Manager.
Planned and programmed the Project's annual, seasonal and monthly goals for the landscape development.
Trained landscape contractor in efficient management and logistical techniques that saved over $200,000 in the first six months of implementation by cross-training workers in multiple installation skills. Increased productivity by breaking staff into smaller, more talented teams.
Supervised daily landscape contractor and his team of 10 crews and various subcontractors responsible for earthworks, road building, rockery installation, and material handling, over 300 total workers of 13 different nationalities.
Developed new and unique applications of erosion control materials (geotextiles) and of horticultural techniques.
Negotiated with suppliers over $2,000,000 of plants and other materials. Managed and reviewed an $8,000,000 landscape budget. Conducted negotiations with Israeli and Arab authorities for the acquisition and relocation of hundreds of aged olive trees.
Served as consultant to the landscape maintenance division. Developed extensive knowledge of arid climate plants.
Served in the capacity of Project Manager for the first phase completed in 1996 coordinating the finish work and final detailing of construction, masonry, plumbing and electrical work as well as landscape. Delivered project two weeks ahead of schedule despite rainy weather.
Mentored successor and turned final phase of project over to him upon completion of service.
John R. Tate Associates/Gardenmakers, Inc. Principal Landscape Architect
Birmingham, Alabama Project Manager
Spring 1982 to Spring 1995
The premises of John R. Tate Associates were:
A collaboration of landscape architects and architects,
the firm concentrated on small to medium scale commercial, public and private projects that required a sensitive approach to man's need for order in his environment and for harmony with nature.
Gardenmakers, Inc. continues today as a design/build firm with Norman Johnson , founding editor of Garden Design magazine, as principal.
Representative projects include updating the image of service stations: A unified approach to landscaping for a national company (Exxon Corporation, Memphis, Tennessee), planning a traditional garden for a historic home in today's economy (Dr. and Mrs. Hurley Knott residence, Birmingham, Alabama), developing a species (iris) garden for a public botanical garden (The Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Birmingham, Alabama), planning a 40-acre thoroughbred race horse farm for utility and show (Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jones, Montevallo, Alabama)
Responsibilities and Achievements
Served as principal designer responsible for site analysis, concept development, preliminary design and coordination of working drawings.
Managed a staff of five clerical, drafting and crew supervisors.
In capacity of project manager coordinated junior landscape architects and scheduled production.
Supported firm's public relations efforts through public lectures and managing advertising.
Served as primary financial officer managing budget and assets and supervising payroll for over ten years.
Southern Living magazine
Birmingham, Alabama Assistant Garden Design Editor
May 1980 to Spring 1982
Southern Living is a thirteen-state regional life-style magazine with a current circulation of over 2,000,000 subscribers. The editorial intent of the garden/landscape department is to illustrate the beauty and utility of excellent landscape design at the residential scale, to familiarize the homeowner with diverse plants and garden techniques, and to advocate ecological and other planning issues. Working with the region's best landscape architects, the magazine's editors travel extensively and directly report on the latest trends in landscape architecture as they impact its readership.
Responsibilities and Achievements
Planned and submitted for review seasonal article ideas.
Designed 'how-to' articles and produced copy and photos.
Prepared nearly 15,000 words a month for publication in a lively, deadline-driven environment.
Assisted photographers in styling photo shoots.
Visited and reported on nearly every public garden in the South including Cheekwood, Longwood, Biltmore, Bellingrath, Callaway.
Traveled over 50,000 miles a year.
Contributed to the acclaimed series "Future of the South 1981: The Home Energy Environment - Landscaping for Energy Conservation".
Samford After Sundown Special Studies Instructor
Samford University University of Alabama at Birmingham
1980 to 1995
Both Samford and University of Alabama offer a broad and diverse selection of continuing education courses for professionals and students. Courses are offered on a quarterly basis. In 14 years nearly 3500 students attended landscape design and other courses.
Planned and taught numerous courses in garden design, real estate, home remodeling, receiving consistently outstanding evaluations.
Established the first certificate program in landscape gardening to be offered at a public institution in Birmingham.
Assisted in course selection and programming of other course offerings.
John Richard Tate
Education
1973 to 1975 Communications and Photography
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
January 1976 Graphics Communications Seminar
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
1975 to 1980 B.S. in Landscape Architecture
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
January 1986 Real Estate Investment Qualification Course
Century 21
Birmingham, Alabama
January 1992 Conflict Mediation Certificate Course
CRD Associates
Boulder, Colorado
Other Valuable Skills:
Television Production
Programmed, managed and directed a twenty half-hour program series for two organizations on a local public access cable channel. Familiar with all aspects of TV studio work including script preparation, lighting, sound, directing and video editing.
Computer
Computer literate and self-taught in such programs as Word, WordPerfect, Excel and other spreadsheet/word processing programs. Typing skills nearly 60 words per minute.
Photography
Thirty years of 35mm photography experience including black & white darkroom work and sports/photojournalism.
Writing
Published both fiction and non-fiction works in local newspapers and national magazines (Garden Design, Landscape Architecture) . Three novel-length works of fiction underway.
Memberships/Affiliations
1982 to 1999 Registered Landscape Architect
State of Alabama
Registration No. 255
1980 to 1995 American Society of Landscape Architects
Alabama Chapter
1985 to 1992 Scoutmaster, Troop 63
Boy Scouts of America
Canterbury United Methodist Church
Birmingham, Alabama
1980 to 1990 Garden Writers Association of America
Southern Region
1985 to 1995 Chairman, Local Spiritual Assembly Baha'i Faith
References
Mr. J. Patrick Wallen, CEO
Public Interest Projects
Asheville, North Carolina
828-255-7951
Mr. Fariborz Sahba, Project Manager
Mount Carmel Baha'i Projects
Haifa, Israel
972-4-835-8237
Mr. William Nunnelly
(former Dean - Samford After Sundown)
Director, Public Relations
Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama
205-870-2800
Dr. Pat Fulmer
(Former Head of Gardens, Baha'i World Centre)
Professor Emeritus, Horticulture
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
864-654-2446
Ms. Linda Askey
Garden Editor
Southern Living magazine
Birmingham, Alabama
205-877-6000
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