Robin Duran

Experience

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  Koshkonong Mounds Country Club

  Apr 2011 - Nov 2011

  Assistant Superintendent
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  Desert Highlands Golf Club

  Nov 2011 - Mar 2012

  2nd Assistant / Spray Technician
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  Trappers Turn Golf Club

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2012

  Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

  27 Hole Resort Golf Facility in the heart of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Responsible for golf and resort fleet maintenance, resort grounds, including Kalahari waterpark and complete golf facility grounds. Conduct Staff training and daily job assignment, interviewing, hiring, and performance reviews.

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  360 Builders

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  Company Owner

  Custom Home Builder / Remodeling company. Specializing in high end custom homes and finish carpentry.

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  Campbell Construction JD, Inc,

  Oct 2014 - May 2015

  Construction Superintendent

  Construction Superintendent responsible for coordinating and completion of Culver’s, Applebee’s, and other chain restaurant remodels, and new construction.

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  Century Golf

  Apr 2015 - Mar 2016

  Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

  36 Hole championship golf course facility and resort. Exceptional detail in maintenance and preparation of two Coore Crenshaw 18 hole golf courses and grounds. Instrumental in working with the Superintendent to provide the best quality Ultradwarf Greens. Instrumental in proposal and budgeting for a conversion from Rainbird Irrigation heads to Toro products for better coverage and control. Conduct course setup, irrigation scheduling, staff training. Budgeting Analysis, Preparation, and Recommendations. Show less

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  Northern Bay Resort and Marina

  Feb 2016 - Sept 2016

  Director of Agronomy / Engineering

  Luxury Resort in central Wisconsin. Responsible for 75 Acre resort grounds, engineering for 300 Unit luxury condominium complex, equipment and fleet management, marina and rental fleet, as well as high end golf course. Responsible for management, repair, and upgrade of Rainbird 2 wire decoder system with Toro Irrigation valves, and heads. Instrumental in creating new complete resort maintenance budget and capital improvement plan. Negotiate and recommend new Toro equipment fleet lease package. Advise ownership and board of directors on how to restore resort and course appearance back to new condition. Create new golf course and resort maintenance policies and procedures manuals. Show less

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  The Phoenician Resort

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2019

  Golf Course Superintendent

  Marriott Luxury Collection, Five Diamond Resort. Responsible for Resort grounds, golf course, fleet maintenance. Instrumental in planing, construction, and grow in of multi million dollar golf course renovation, in conjunction with multi million dollar resort renovation and upgrade project. Instrumental in design, planning, installation, programing of first Toro LSM Hybrid Decoder irrigation system in Arizona.

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  Tonto Verde Golf Club & Association

  Jan 2019 - Sept 2019

  Golf Course Superintendent

  High End Private Golf Community in North Scottsdale. Responsible for Golf Course and Community grounds conditioning, equipment maintenance. Instrumental in complete practice facility renovation, and irrigation upgrade to state of the art Toro system. Worked in conjunction with Toro sales, support and R&D to design an implement a irrigation nozzle configuration to reduce water consumption and increase efficiency and coverage.

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  N/A

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2022

  Director of Agronomy

  Contract Director of Agronomy

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  The Toro Company

  Feb 2022 - now

  Regional Field Service Manager Irrigation

  Regional Field Service Manager responsible for support of Toro Irrigation in Golf and Res/Com. Assist in NPD of both Satellite and 2 Wire products. Instrumental of testing and improving new Lynx Drive software. Leader in developing and improving RF reliability and communication across Golf Central and Field Control products.