1. Carmine Napolitano
Horticulture Production & Management, Specialty Crops
Napolitano.carmine2@gmail.com
(630) 254-9401
Education
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Graduate, May 2013
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Bachelors of Science in Horticultural Sciences,
concentration in Specialty Crop Production and Management
Relevant coursework: Introduction to Crop Sciences, Farming Systems, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology, Introductory
Soils, Applied Entomology, Introduction to Horticulture, Plant Propagation, Local Food Networks, Woody Plant
Identification, Organic Chemistry, Plant Nutrition, Greenhouse Management and Production, Weed Plant
Identification, Postharvest Handling
Work Experience
Hinsdale Nurseries, Inc. Plano, IL October 2015-present
• Supervise a large ornamental container farm producing premium plants with sales ranging from wholesales to
townships like Downers Grove, down to single plant residential retail
• Duties: organize multiple labor groups, complete repairs, maintain electrical and irrigation, control weeds, plant
disease, and insect pressures
• Lots of emphasis on tracking and updating plant inventory system to keep the retail operation properly supplied
Bailey Nurseries, Inc. Production Foreman/Grower Onarga, IL June 2013-June
2015
• Directly engaged and supervised a 110 acre wholesale ornamental container farm that produces high quality
plants with customers such as Costco, Menards, and Lowes
• Duties: organize labor, complete system repairs, lay pipes, maintain electrical, irrigation, and computer systems,
control weeds, plant disease, and insect pressures
• Tested and evaluated trial plant varieties for future company production
Hop Head Farms, LLC. Crew Supervisor/Plant Scout Hickory Corners, MI May-August
2012
• Supervised a crew in the building and growing of a start-up hop farm with a rigorous start-up schedule, going
from a bare corn field to a 15 acre hops farm in a matter of three months with a crew of less than a dozen
• Duties: grade and prepare grow mounds, plant and protect new hop plugs, and fulfill basic maintenance,
streamline crew performance and develop new work techniques
• Experience with hop picker, pelletizer, and packaging machine for harvesting and processing of hops
University of Illinois Plant Care Facility Grower/Growing Media Technician Champaign-Urbana, IL 2010-
2013
• Part-time, 15 hours per week, during the academic year and full time during the Summers of 2010 and 2011
• Duties: complete requests from researchers and students for greenhouse, lab, and grow chambers, scout for pests
Prime International Trading, Ltd. Floor Clerk Chicago, IL Summers 2006, 2007, 2008,
2009
• Assisted commodity traders at the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile exchange
• Duties: organize and assist commodity traders, record and process trades quickly, resolve trade discrepancies
Skills
Horticultural
• ID plant production issues and correct them, scout for immediate and future pest threats
• Agricultural machinery, including front loader, rototiller, stump remover, mowers, and category 2 and 3 tractors
• Soil sciences, growing medias, HID lights, workplace safety, and growing containers
• Experience at both indoor and outdoor horticultural facilities

2. Computer
• Microsoft Office, including Excel and Word
Language
• Spanish at a conversational level, studied for seven years, used daily at Bailey Nurseries for direction of employees