1. Marv Fritz
PO Box 149 Tel: (402) 340-0747
O’Neill, NE 68763 e-mail: fritzmarv@centurylink.net
Professional Experience
O’Neill Ventures, LLC O’Neill, NE
Produce Sales & Operational Transition (Contract) for hydroponic greenhouse 2014
• Coordinated with the greenhouse purchasing company to transition, retain and build customer base for new entity.
Gained direct customer service and sales experience during this period.
Garden Fresh Vegetables, LLC O’Neill, NE
Operations Manager for hydroponic greenhouse 2007 – 2013
• Responsible for all phases ofday to day operations and long range planning for company projects.
• Coordinated the greenhouse expansion from 10 acres to 24 acres in 2011.
• Profitable in all but one year, 2012, except for debt service.
• Managed between100-145 greenhouse employees (seasonalincluded)
• Minimized increases in heating costs by installing alternative sources for heat via electric, oil, and natural gas.
• Utilized hedging strategies with futures and options contracts to secure pricing for natural gas.
21st Century Growers, LLC O’Neill, NE
President and 40% Owner of hydroponic greenhouse 2003 - 2007
• Site liaison for HCM Construction during the construction ofa 10 acre hydroponic greenhouse.
• In charge of and oversaw 21st Century Growers interest during the construction and initial startup operations.
• Assumed responsibility for accounting operations and day-to-day business activities for 21st Century Growers upon
dissolution of operating contracts with Farmers Premium Produce.
• Co-designed and established a packing facility with the head grower for the greenhouse,Ole Sommersted.
• Worked in all phases ofboth the packhouse and greenhouse operation since its inception. Established a retail
marketing program and specifically, the infrastructure for that operation, with the marketing director.
The Evergreen Assisted Living O’Neill, NE
Treasurer and Business Manager 2000 – Present
• Major shareholderof the LLC (24% ownership) along with 16 other equity investors.
• Site manager overseeing the construction of the assisted living facility.
• Responsible for setting up and maintaining the financial operation across all phases of the business.
• Operation has paid back all investors 3x their original investment and eliminated debt on a building that is currently
worth 3x the initial investment within a 14 year timeframe.
Central Nebraska Implement, Inc. Albion, NE President and 51% Owner 1996-2000
• In charge of all financial operations for the dealership stores in Albion and Spalding NE.
• Supervised and managed approximately 50 employees.
• More than doubled the size and value of the two dealerships in five years.
• Coordinated the design remodel and expansion of the store in Albion during the first two years of operation.
• The store was expanded from 29,000 to 33,000 square feet with the complete renovation and relocation of about
15,000 square feet of sales and parts department space, the remodel of the remaining shop space and the additio n of a
showroom for indoor machinery display.
• Additionally, approximately 10,000 square feet of second level parts and storage areas was added.
GreenIron Implement, Inc. Ord, NE
Treasurer and 25% Owner 1996-1999

2. • Negotiated the first opportunity by John Deere Co. to allow two dealerships to purchase and jointly own a 3rd
dealership.
• Responsible for overseeing all financing and accounting procedures for the company.
• Custer County Implement of Broken Bow NE owned 50% and my business partnerin Central Nebraska Implement
(CNI) owned 25%.
• Sold my interest in GreenIron Implement three months after I sold my CNI shares to my business partner.
Triple J Farming, Inc. Bartlett, NE President and 100% Owner 1986-Present
• Farming corporation that owned and operated 5,000 acres of corn and soybeans,nearBartlett, NE.
• Manage all finance and accounting procedures
• Supervised and managed between 4-10 employees (seasonalincluded) before leaving the farming operation.
• Directed all functions of the operation from preparation to planting through marketing of the crop for all properties
(~10 different operations)and owners (~14 landlords).
• Designed and built half million dollar grain handling system, weigh scales,office, and shop for the farm between 1992
and 1993.
• Involved with a marketing club; studied and utilized complex futures and options contract strategies.
• Operated and built business with little or no debt, purchasing over $4 million in equipment, $500 thousan d in grain
handling systems along with acquiring farmland, owning 11 quarter sections.
Sole Proprietorship Farming Operation Bartlett, NE Owner 1977-1985
• Farmed approximately 5,000 acres in Wheeler County.
• Developed most of this property from grassland along with developing the methods required to successfully farm light
soils without damaging the eco-structure of the area. Innovated many of the process for growing soybeans in sandy soil
in the late 70s, early 80s. Developed some of the larger equipment for our use before commercial models were
available.
K&K Farming Bassett,NE & Lakin, KS Farm Laborer 1974-1976
• Assisted with all phases of the farming operation.
Education
Lincoln School of Commerce, Lincoln, NE
• Business Administration degree, 1972-1973.
University of Nebraska Leadership Education / Action Development Program (LEAD)
Attended program from 1999-2000.
State of Nebraska Real Estate License (inactive)
Studied and attained during winter of 1985.
• Utilized license for purchasing farms to reduce commissions.
State of Nebraska – Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) – Attained in 1977.
Additional Information
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Publisher and limited use of Access. Intuit QuickBooks:(Manufacturing and
Wholesale, along with some warehousing). Famous Software: (Accounting,Inventory and Shipping software for
produce). John Deere: proprietary software programs circa, 2000.
• While my education is in accounting, I have always maintained control of the finances in all my endeavors.In the
greenhouse,I only maintained CEO level activities. I have been on several boards and organizations and typically am
appointed the Treasurer. I have a unique ability to recognize “bad” numbers in financial statements,once I am familiar
with the operation I am analyzing.

3. • I have performed some forensic accounting work for a local firm who was having some fraud going on and I was able
to reconstruct what had happened and set up a new systemfor them.
• I am always looking to devise a more efficient way to perform an operation. I never stop looking for more efficient
methods to save money and/ormake the work required easier for the people performing whatever task was in question.
I enjoy building spreadsheetsto break down unit costing for pricing and general cost of production.
• I am a “big picture person” and have started and built three completely new and non-related businesses. Ienjoy
project management even though I have not been academically trained for it, but have a lot of practical experience with
it. I enjoy a challenge and like the variety of operations throughout the season that my prior businesses have required.
• My most recent project was a 24 acre hydroponic greenhouse that I built and ran with a group of investors.
Unfortunately, we could not compete with foreign competition that was highly subsidized by their governments and an
industry where foreign acreage had increased by a factor of 10 over the 12 years (3,000 to 30,000) that I was involved.
This venture was funded by debt.The greenhouse operated profitably in all but one year, 2012, except for debt service.
That was in the face of massive increases in governmental controls (and expense) after the Mexicans sent bad pro duct
into the USA and the Jensen Cantaloupe issues of 2006 and 2012. The price of tomatoes decreased every year for 10
years, until rising slightly in 2013. Pricing and foreign competition made it difficult to keep up with debt service,
resulting in our decision to sell the business to a foreign entity.
Specific Farm Operation Experience
Crop Experience
Corn: 2,400 acres of pivot irrigated corn.
Soybeans:2,400 acres of pivot irrigated soybeans
Equipment/Implement Experience
450 HP Steiger 4-Wheel Drive, power shift
4955 JD
4555 JD
8300 JD
24-32 ft tillage equipment (disks) radar controlled spray attachments
20 ft deep rippers
16 row planters, dual liquid and dry fertilizer equipment, no-till and minimum till.
16 row cultivators
16 row spray equipment (tractor mounted) 7700,
7720, and 9000 series combines
Butler and MC continuous Flow corn dryers.
Misc. grain elevator legs, auger, air, and conveyorsystems.
70x12 electronic truck scale
Semi and grain trailer combinations
Semi and refrigerated combinations
Straight truck, grain and refrigerated
Equipment Maintenance
Maintained all of our own equipment; except for overhauls. Sprayers and early cultivators were built internally as well as
maintained. Designed and built our own grain handling systeminternally. Designed and built 60 x 120ft shop to do all
maintenance.
Irrigation
Pivots: 38 pivots - (27)Valley, (2) Zimmatic, (8) Reinke, (1) Lockwood
Irrigated Acres – 5,000
Gated Pipe: (list acres) 0 / Other Types 0
Annually maintained all of our own pivots and fixed most shutdowns internally. Occasionally had low voltage problems
performed via service calls.
Maintained and serviced Cat, Isuzu, Case, Cummings, and Case-IH Diesel power units.
Chemicals & Fertilizer

4. Pre-plant: Applied herbicide with tillage equipment. Roundup ready products were beginning to enter the market when I last
worked on the farm.
Planting: Applied all other fertilizer with the planter, except nitrogen, which was applied through the pivots.
In-Season: Applied nitrogen and late season pest chemicals with injection machinery though the pivots.Built and maintained
and calibrated all this equipment on site.