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Expert in Agronomy in Crop Production, Satellite Imagery/Aerial Photography Analysis and Interpretation
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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aerial-photograph interpretation expert
image analysis expert
infrared imaging expert
remote sensing expert |
He has been involved with analysis and interpretation of aerial photography for over 20 years. By using a geographic information system, he has been able to use geo-referenced data collected by various remote sensors, to perform change detection for images collected at different dates for the same location on earth. He has extensive experience in analyzing infrared images that can detect plant stress in vegetation and changes in the environment. Digital geospatial data offers valuable information that can be analyzed in various ways by changing the display in a computer program to highlight specific regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. He has specialized in high-resolution optical sensors, that are mounted on fixed wing aircraft, that utilize solar radiation as the source of light in the visible and infrared regions. As a value added reseller working with aerospace companies; he has access to computer archive databases to see what aerial flights have acquired data for specific locations on earth.
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satellite image interpretation expert
satellite imaging expert |
He has been involved with analysis and interpretation of satellite imagery and aerial photography for over 20 years. By using a geographic information system, he has been able to use geo-referenced data collected by various remote sensors, to perform change detection for images collected at different dates for the same location on earth. He has extensive experience in analyzing infrared images that can detect plant stress in vegetation and changes in the environment. Digital geospatial data offers valuable information that can be analyzed in various ways by changing the display in a computer program to highlight specific regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. He has specialized in optical sensors that utilize solar radiation as the source of light in the visible and infrared regions that are used by US Landsat, French SPOT, Indian Remote Sensing, and the US commercial high-resolution IKONOS, QuickBird, and OrbView satellites. As a value added reseller working with aerospace companies; he has access to computer archive databases to see what satellites have acquired data for specific locations on earth.
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agricultural production expert
agronomy expert
agronomic expert |
He specializes in research and consulting with a major emphasis on satellite imaging. Value-Added Reseller and Network Partner work has been performed with numerous remote sensing companies including Space Imaging, Digital Globe, EarthWatch, EarthScan, GIS Express with Photon Research Associates, Resource21 and Boeing as advances in imagery has brought many new applications of remote sensing into agricultural production. Independent contractor work has involved research coordination, industry liaison work, grower education, and agronomic support for analysis and interpretation services that enhance the imagery products offered to private industry. He has also consulted in fertility management with organic growers. He is a technical adviser in Production Agriculture with 25 different crops, including trees and vines, fruits and vegetables, and agronomic row crops. |
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agricultural research expert |
Independent contractor work has involved research coordination, industry liaison work, grower education, agronomic and technical support offered to private industry. He has coordinated commodity board funded research projects in California on fresh market tomatoes and melons for the last nine years. He has an extensive knowledge of expertise of numerous agricultural researchers involved in genetics, pest management, and plant breeding of high value fruits and vegetables.
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crop production expert
crop expert |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Fresno, California; Modesto, California; Salinas, California; Visalia, California; Clovis, California; Merced, California; and Turlock, California.
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1985
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BS
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Plant Science - Agronomy
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Utah State University
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Triple Minor - Biology, Soils, Bus. Admin.
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1998 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Remote Sensing
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President / CEO
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He is the owner of Expert's Firm which specializes in analysis and interpretation of satellite imagery and aerial photography. He is a Certified Professional Agronomist with a background in agricultural crop production.
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1989 to 1998
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Fordel, Inc.
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Crop Production
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Agronomist, Pest Control Adviser, Senior Safety Office, Field Representative
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He initiated a crop monitoring program as the first company in California to have a significant portion of its acreage using NASA remote sensing technology in weekly flights across the growing seasons from 1993-1996.
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1987 to 1989
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Professional Agricultural Management, Inc.
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Science and Technology
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Quality Control Manager
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He was Editor of monthly and year-end technical reports for clients, and procedural manuals for field personnel for support of Production Agriculture with 25 different crops, including trees and vines, fruits and vegetables, and agronomic row crops.
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1985 to 1985
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Utah State University
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Soil Science Department
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Soil Research Technician
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He was a Soils Research Technician for graduate studies in irrigation research and field studies with lab work in soil fertility.
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Associations/Societies
1) He is an active member in the American Society of Agronomy;
2) He is an active member of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society;
3) He is an active member in CAPCA (California Agricultural Pest Control Advisers);
4) He is a research committee member with the California Melon Research Advisory Board
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Licenses/Certifications
1) He is a Certified Professional Agronomist with the American Registry of Certified Professionals in Agronomy, Crops, and Soils (ARCPACS). Prior certifications since 1986 include Associate Professional Soil Scientist and Crop Scientist.
2) He is licensed as an Agricultural Pest Control Adviser (PCA) in all categories - Insects, Mites, and other Invertebrates, Plant Pathogens, Weeds, Nematodes, Vertebrate Pests, Defoliation, and Plant Growth Regulators.
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Professional Appointments
1) He is the Vice President of the board of directors for the Clovis Botanical Garden, Clovis, CA.
2) He is the Moderator of the Melon Research Symposium at the annual meeting of the California Melon Research Advisory Board in San Diego, CA. January, 2000-2007.
3) He is the representative for the tomato and melon industries in California for nine years with the Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program in Washington, D.C.
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Awards/Recognition
1) He received an award as Best Agribusiness in the Salute to Small Business presented by Union Bank of California in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Fresno District in September 2004.
2) He received a grant award from NASA's Earth Science Applications program to help educate satellite imagery users on how to enhance agricultural crop production in local, regional, and global scales. Topics included land and water classification, management of environmental issues of non-point source pollution and erosion detection, and conservation of natural resources such as vegetation, soil, and water.
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Publications and Patents
He has nine publications for the United States Department of Agriculture and US Environmental Protection Agency on tomatoes and melons. He was a committee member with the National Research Council on “Precision Agriculture in the 21st Century: Geospatial and Information Technologies in Crop Management.” Committee on Assessing Crop Yield: Site-Specific Farming, Information Systems, and Research Opportunities. He has eight publications on remote sensing. He authored three grant proposals that were accepted for funding by governmental agencies.
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1999 to 2007
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US EPA - Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Program
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Research Coordinator
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He is the representative for the member group, the California Tomato Commission, who writes the research strategy for the commodity group to reduce risk from pesticides.
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2000 to 2007
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US EPA - Pesticide Environmental Stewardship Progam
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Research Coordinator
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He is the representative for the member group, the California Melon Research Advisory Board, who writes the research strategy for the commodity group to reduce risk from pesticides.
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2002 to 2002
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US EPA - Office of Pesticide Programs
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Author
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He was awarded the contract to write the Crop Time Line for Cantaloupes, Honeydews, and Watermelons in California.
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2002 to 2002
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US EPA - Office of Pesticide Programs
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Author
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He was awarded the contract to write the Crop Time Line for Fresh Market Tomatoes in California.
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He consulted with citrus farmers in 2007 to assess frost damage, caused by low night time air temperatures, by using near infrared IKONOS satellite imagery to evaluate plant stress. The 1-meter spatial resolution imagery can detect every tree in an orchard. He was able to work with farmers to see influences in plant health by wind machines used to circulate cold air masses blowing across the orchards.
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He consulted with Arizona vegetable farmers in 2006 to identify plant stress, caused by plant nutrient deficiencies, by analyzing high resolution aerial photography in a Geographic Information System. The images were able to detect significant differences in plant growth in lettuce, spinach, parsley, onions and kale that were confirmed with laboratory samples of fertility levels in plant tissue from good areas versus weak areas in the fields.
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He consulted with asparagus farmers in 2005 to identify weak areas in fields by using QuickBird satellite imagery. He started a research project that used a decision support system developed by the New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research to monitor root carbohydrate levels in asparagus samples from weak areas for comparison with areas of strong plant growth. The farmer altered his drip irrigation system to bring additional water to the stressed areas identified in the imagery.
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As an independent research coordinator, he established relations with, to enhance and to procure, the best available researchers for projects of importance to the tomato industry. When he started in 1999, all research work was performed through the University of California. He was able to bring expert researchers in from Cornell University, Brigham Young University, Oregon State University, the University of Arkansas, and the USDA facility in Salinas, CA for work on tomato genetics and plant breeding. The US EPA honored the tomato industry research work with a Champion Award for Reduced Risk presented to Expert in 2003.
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As a Certified Professional Agronomist, he has been consulting with organic farmers who do not rely upon conventional fertlizers or man-made pesticides to bring certified organically grown produce to the market place.
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Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as an Agronomy in Crop Production Consultant, Satellite Imagery/Aerial Photography Analysis Consultant and Interpretation Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
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He was an expert witness as a Certified Professional Agronomist in state court case between farmer and packer/shipper. He testified on standard of care for farmers in Merced County Superior Court in California, 2001.
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1999 to 1999
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Egypt / Cairo, Desert Road to Alexandria
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He worked as a Market Development and Production Specialist for melon crops with an US AID Project for the Agricultural Technology Utilization and Transfer project in Cairo, Egypt. He worked as an independent contractor for RONCO Consulting Corporation in Washington, D.C.
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2005 to 2005
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Mexico / Baja California
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He worked as an independent contractor for California Tomato Commission in role of Research Coordinator for fresh market tomato growers, packers and shippers. He led a field consultation visit to San Quintin, Baja California for pest management and crop production problems.
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2000 to 2000
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Canada / Calgary, Alberta
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He worked as an independent contractor for analysis and interpretation of IKONOS satellite image for sugar beet growers with Network Partner, Canadian Geomatic Solutions, Ltd.
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He has been involved with the most difficult of marketing situations, that of bringing new products and new services into a new market. He was contracted as a Network Partner with Space Imaging, as Expert's Firm's first contract, to bring technology from the aerospace industry into the agricultural market. He developed new services to support the aerospace products for satellite imagery and thus has been the technical support bridge between the space industry and farming.
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Training/Seminars
1) He is the Course Author of Agricultural Applications of Remote Sensing, final stages of development for University of Mississippi. 2) He was the Moderator of Workshop on End Users. Remote Sensing Science for Agriculture in the 21st Century. Sponsored by NASA's Office of Mission to Planet Earth, held at University of California, Davis, 1996.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He is a Value-Added Reseller of aerial photography with Expert Deere AgriServices. He has been a Network Partner with numerous remote sensing companies including Space Imaging, Digital Globe, EarthWatch, EarthScan, GIS Express with Photon Research Associates, Resource21 and Boeing as advances in imagery have brought many new applications of remote sensing into agricultural production on a global scale.
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Other Skills and Services
He is an independent contractor involved in research coordination, industry liaison for the government review of pesticides in the Food Quality Protection Act, farmer education in organic growing, and agronomic support for services that enhance the aerial photography and satellite imagery products offered from various vendors. Services included analysis and interpretation of digital images and ground truthing activities for remote sensing images.
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