Jonathan Phillips

Experience

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  Maryland Department of Planning

  Mar 1995 - Nov 1995

  Archaeology Specialist

  Contract position to design, develop and interpret educational programs for the public on a prehistoric and mixed historic Maryland manor property on the Patuxent River in Calvert County. Reconstructed and maintained native features on a simulated archaeological dig for public education purposes.

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  Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

  Aug 1995 - Jan 1996

  Field Archaeologist

  Contract position with the state transportation authority to locate, map and excavate late eighteenth century homestead at a remote site in the Laurel Highlands of western Pennsylvania. Duties included provisioning and logistics for working in a remote high altitude site, phase two and three archealogy

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  Global Visa Services

  Nov 1996 - Jun 2013

  Owner

  Owner, Washington, DC based small business, providing services at foreign consular offices for internatinal travelers. Services included acquisition of visas and passports and document legalizations. Specializing in travel to Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union, GVS opened a Moscow office in 1997. Developed marketing strategies, linux based office systems, website based marketing, and responsible for customer relations, daily operations management and embassy relations. Negotiated the saie and merger of the business in 2013. Show less

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  Venice Sailing Squadron

  Oct 2014 - May 2019

  Chief Executive of a local keel boat sailing organization. Responsibilities include overseeing monthly races and annual regattas, running board meetings, develop and administer event programming for 200 + members, corporate outreach and new membership marketing. Develop and maintain club website higlighting the sailing culture in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Responsible for managing and organizing communications both internal and external for a local sailing club. Involved with strategic planning, program development and intra club relations. Duties include website creation and maintenance, club communications, publishing a monthly newsletter, developing an interactive events calendar and over seeing club committees. I currently develop and execute targeted marketing campaigns with original, club branded brochures and flyers.

  • Commodore

    Jun 2017 - May 2019

  • Rear Commodore/Director of Communications

    Oct 2014 - May 2019
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  Psaraetos Logos

  Feb 2015 - now

  Owner

  Psaraetos Logos is a Florida company focused on destination marketing. We work with localities, municipalities, state and regional governments for the purpose of organizing and promoting sustainable tourism and artisanal products. We develop both national and international markets from our sea side location in Osprey, Florida. Psaraetos Logos develops organic content, such as written articles and promotions as well as cutting edge visual media. We develop websites and social media promotions. Psaraetos Logos through it's DBA brand Osprey Media, has a focused niche encompassing nautical and coastal living brand development for both domestic and international markets. In coordination with Hand By Craft, Psaraetos Logos is developing initiatives with the Colombian state of Boyca. Show less

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  VENICE YOUTH BOATING ASSOCIATION INC

  Sept 2017 - Apr 2018

  Coach

  Coach for high school sailing team. Organized, trained and managed a group 12 youth sailors competing in the regional regattas of the South Atlantic Interscholastic Sailing Association along the coasts of southern Florida. Responsible for on the water safety, creating practice drills to teach and reinforce concepts, executing practice races to prepare for competitions and youth mentoring.

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  Independent Consultant

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2022

  Hemp Industry

  I am involved with the development of projects and ventures across an all encompassing, vertically integrated business model in the nascent hemp industry. Through the pursuit of strategic partnerships, I've found success in linking the right people together to create a national niche. Starting from the ground, my team and I provide analysis for the creation of custom grow plans, identify avenues for profit and develop strategies for private farms. Our unique access to a wide range of suppliers and strains allows us to create truly custom grow plans.I am involved with the creation of a regional hemp processing center. The multimillion dollar project is part of a larger effort to find market solutions for hemp. It brings together funding from public and private venture partnerships. With a focus on using the entirety of the plant, the processing center will provide decortication and flower extraction en mass. With two years of experience with decortication technologies, I am a national hemp materials expert. The goal of the center is to convert raw hemp biomass into materials usable to industry with consistent quality and quantities as to be useful to the national hemp supply chain.The vertically integrated services I provide include a packaged good component. I've developed relationships in through out the hemp industry. I am wholesaling a variety of hemp products. I travel extensively through the hemp fields of VA and NC identifying the skilled competent growers. I brand and wholesale trimmed flower, prerolls, oils and tinctures into retail markets across the nation. I've active with medical advocacy since the 90's and am part of larger effort to develop clinical protocols for the use of hemp and cannabis based medicines. Hemp's medicinal value is becoming better understood as we progress through the twilight of schedule one prohibition .I am involved in the effort to create a state of the art medical cannabis treatment facility . Show less

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  Green Buffalo Agriculture

  Jan 2022 - now

  Founding Director

  Green Buffalo Agriculture is a Florida based company with the purpose of pioneering cutting edge agri projects and partnerships. The native American concept of using the totality of the parts of the buffalo provide the ethos for Green Buffalo Agriculture. Acknowledging the impact of our foot print on the planet, GBA's mission to develop projects that focus on the efficient use of resources to maximize harvest yeilds and lessen the impact of agribusiness on the land.