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 DAMIAN FRANCIS BRESNAN
Alpha Street, VillaGrande Homes, Concepcion Grande, Naga City
Camarines Sur, Philippines 4400
(63-54) 811-7040; dfb906@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Botany, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, May 1989.
Thesis Entitled: “Genetic Variation of Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum L.) From Several Different Geographic Locations”

Bachelor of Science in Ornamental Horticulture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, May 1983.
President of Horticulture Club (1982-83) ranked first in U.S.A. by the American Society of Horticulture Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

Horticulture Consultant – Haciendas de Naga, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines 5/07-present.

• Supervised 10 staff on 100-hectare real-estate development in material procurement, construction and farm operations.
• Trained 6 employees in horticultural practices, IPM and hydroponics.
• Introduced soil-less production method for greenhouse producing high-value vegetables.
• Coordinate Camarines Sur State Agricultural College student internships and supervise their program of activities
• Conducted buyer and real estate agent seminars on gardening methods.

Developer- Alyssa’s Farm, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines 11/03-present.

• Planned, designed and developed landscape nursery, vegetable seedling propagation house, and herb farm for Metro-Naga restaurants
• Introducing new varieties of grafted and budded fruit trees for the Bicol market.
• Held vegetable propagation and cultivation trainings with Research Division of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture.
• Utilizing solar energy technology in coordination with Non-Affiliated Renewable Energy Center of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture.

Farm Manager- La Finca Farm & Country Resort, Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines 2/03-11/03.

• Supervised 15 staff on 20-hectare real-estate development in materials procurement, building construction and farm operations.
• Developed training manual and taught 8 employees in propagation methods, horticultural practices, IPM and record keeping.
• Introduced soil-less production method for Netafim greenhouse producing high-value vegetable crops.
• Conducted buyer and real estate agent gardening seminars and wrote brochures on horticulture methods

Horticulture Consultant- Provinces of Camarines Sur, Lanao del Norte and Batangas, Philippines 8/99-3/02.

• Proposed and implemented new Provincial Horticulture Department.
• Supervised training and provided handbook to 35 government employees in horticultural practices, IPM and marketing.
• Renovated two 1,000 m2 Netafim greenhouses into the Governor’s model projects producing high-value chrysanthemums and honey dew melons.
• Established 5-hectare landscape and vegetable nursery on 118-hectare Capitol Complex.
• Responsible for delivery, marketing and sales of introduced plants throughout the region and Metro Manila area.
• Designed landscape for 18-hectare Palarong Pambansa Complex, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.
• Established and operated a 10-hectare landscape nursery (palms and ornamental trees) and integrated farm (corn, rice, melons and other vegetables) at Lipa Blooms Balete, Batangas.

Nursery Director- Fuga Island Holdings, Inc., The Asiaworld City, Parañaque, Philippines 8/96-7/99.

• Prepared master plan and established 4-hectare landscape nursery propagating exotic and indigenous trees, palms, shrubs, vegetables, fruit trees and coffee for multinational property development corporation.
• Responsible for daily production operations, equipment procurement and overall sales marketing of the plants.
• Developed and implemented horticultural training methods for the laborers of Fuga Island.
• Environmental liaison for Fuga Island Holdings, Inc. with the various national, regional and local Philippine government officials connected with the Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Quarantine, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Maritime Police, Philippine National Police and the Philippine National Oil Corporation.

Asia Program Coordinator- Trees for the Future, Silver Spring, Maryland 5/94-8/96.

• Initiated international community-based agroforestry and horticulture projects in Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines.
• Conducted two-week survey of FSIV projects at Song Da Forest Enterprise of Hoa Binh Province and the North Eastern Vietnam Forest Science and Production Center, Ngoc Thanh Village, Vinh Phu Province.
• Demonstrated women’s self-help projects with Towards Ethnic Women, an NGO in Son La Province and disseminated tree seeds of Acacia mangium, Acacia auriculiformis, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Leucaena leucocephala.
• Wrote reforestation carbon offsetting proposals for to the U.S. Initiative for Joint Implementation of the International Convention on Climate Change.
• Coordinated fundraising events with Philippine American organizations and produced the television show ENVIRONMENT WATCH, a program on ASIAVISION in metropolitan Washington D.C.

Research Assistant- Department of Horticulture, Forestry & Recreational Resources, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 2/89-11/93.

• Investigated woody biomass yields of young hardwood plantations by their species, seed source and physiological differences. Published journal articles and presented papers on forestry genetics and fuelwood production research.
• Responsible for the design and planting of hackberry, black locust, and silver maple joint provenance studies with Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Lab, Northern Great Plains Forestry Research Lab, the University of Georgia and Southern Illinois University, respectively.
• Assisted in the development and teaching of KSU’s first agroforestry course and taught the natural resources seminar.

Natural Resources Contact- Partners of the Americas, Asuncion, Paraguay 7/93-9/93.

• Selected by the Kansas-Paraguay Partners to represent organization on natural resources issues in Paraguay.
• Presented agroforestry seminar and materials to the Centro Forestal, a forestry technical school. Provided technical assistance and materials to the Servicio Forestal on forest management, reforestation, agroforestry, and windbreak design.
• Established linkages among professionals from Kansas zoos and Jardín Botánico & Zoológical at Asuncion.

Graduate Research Assistant- Department of Energy Silver Maple Biomass Project, SIUC, Illinois, 1/87-1/89.

• Responsible for the design, planting and maintenance of 4000-tree provenance nursery.
• Designed the 7 national provenance plantations (3600 trees each).
• Measured and statistically processed the nursery’s growth and phenological data.
• Assisted in the preparation and produced the Macintosh graphics for reports to the DOE Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Agroforestry Extensionist- United States Peace Corps, Aritao, Nueva Viscaya, The Philippines, 9/83-12/85.

• Promoted agroforestry techniques and soil conservation practices as an extensionist in the Integrated Social Forestry Program of the Philippine Bureau of Forest Development.
• Constructed an office/bunkhouse at the project site in cooperation with B.F.D. officials and I.S.F. participants.
• Provided technical assistance to 150 rural families on fruit tree propagation, forest tree nursery construction and maintenance, intercropping methods, fuel-efficient stove building and horticulture projects.

PUBLICATIONS
• Variation Among Green Ash of Differing Geographic Origins Outplanted in Kansas. 1996. D.F. Bresnan, W.A. Geyer, G. Rink. Journal of Arboriculture. 22(3):113-116.
• Black walnut provenance performance at seven plantations at age 22. 1994. Bresnan, D.F., G. Rink, K.E. Diebel & W. A. Geyer. Silvae Genetica. 43(4):246-252.
• Black Locust Progeny Tests in Kansas for Agroforestry. 1993. Geyer, W.A., D.F. Bresnan & G.K. Sharma. Proceedings of the Third North American Agroforestry Conference. pp. 29-32.
• Coppice growth and water relations of silver maple. 1993. Ashby, W.C., D.F. Bresnan, P.L. Roth, J.E. Preece, and C.A. Huetteman. Biomass and Bioenergy. 4:21-27.
• Nursery establishment, phenology and growth of silver maple related to provenance. 1992. Ashby, W.C., D.F. Bresnan, P.L. Roth, J.E. Preece, and C.A. Huetteman. Biomass and Bioenergy. 3:1-7.
• Black walnut provenance performance in Kansas. 1992. Bresnan, D.F., W.A. Geyer, K.D. Lynch & G. Rink. Northern Journal of Applied Forestry. 9:1-3.
• Characteristics and uses of black locust for energy. 1991. Geyer, W.A. & D.F. Bresnan. Proceedings of the International Conference on Black Locust: Biology, Culture and Utilization. pp 221-236.
• Chilling and bud break in silver maple. 1991. Ashby, W.C., D.F. Bresnan, J.E. Preece, C.A. Huetteman & P.L. Roth. Journal of Environmental Horticulture. 9(1):1-4.
• Silver maple tree improvement for biomass production. Proceedings of the Fifth North Central Tree Improvement Conference. 1987. Ashby, W.C., J.E. Preece, C.A. Huetteman, D.F. Bresnan & P.L. Roth . pp. 6-23.

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS
• Clean Energy Forum, Manila, Philippines, June 2009
• Post-Harvest Horticulture Conference & Exhibit, Manila, Philippines 2001
• The 5th Philippine Floriculture Congress, Pili, Camarines Sur, Philippines, 2000.
• National Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Conference, Washington, D.C., March 1996.
• Strategic Planning Workshop, Kansas Paraguay Partners, Kansas City, Kansas, October, 1993.
• National Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Conference, Fayetteville, Arkansas, July 1992.
• Windbreak Technology Course, Soil Conservation Service Training, Wichita, Kansas, October 1991.
• Black Walnut Council Conference, Leavenworth, Kansas August 1991. Presented paper.
• National Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Annual Conference, Kent, Ohio, July 1989.
• Community Development Society Annual Conference, Carbondale, Illinois, July 1986.
• Peace Corps cross-cultural, agroforestry and Ilocano training, La Union, Philippines, October 1983.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Macintosh, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, SAS and AutoCAD

LANGUAGES

English, Ilokano, Tagalog, conversational Spanish