Matthew Brady

Experience

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  Ioka Farm

  Jan 2010 - now

  Farm Hand

  Working as a farm hand at my family's fourth generation cattle and catfish farm by assisting in making financial decisions, balancing checkbooks, and hands-on farm labor. The farm was originally a dairy farm in the 50's and has transformed to a mid-scale cattle and catfish operation. Working part time throughout my high school and college career has strengthened my work ethic tremendously. Showing skills like time management, hard work, and trustworthiness began on the farm. Having a strong desire in a future in agriculture began when I was a young boy helping out on the family farm. Show less

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  SynTech Research

  Aug 2015 - Feb 2016

  Field Hand

  Assisting with nematode, corn, cotton, and honeybee experiments as a student worker my Junior year of college. Nematodes are small parasitic worms that latch onto the roots of plants and cause a scist on the roots and can take all water and nutrients from the plant. The honeybee experiments were mainly to try to find a way to control mites using a pesticide rub on the outside of the honeybee hives. The corn and cotton experiments were mainly just variety and plant date trials implemented to show production differences. Show less

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  Farmers and Merchants Bank

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2016

  Customer Service Representative

  Customer service teller trainee responsible for inputting customer transactions, printing receipts, being a drive-through teller, and also working in the loan department. I learned professional development during this internship between my junior and senior year and also what I like most in banking. Using resources offered by the College of Agriculture to find my internship showed great opportunity driven skills noticed by the employer.

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  West Alabama Bank

  May 2017 - now

  • City President & Assistant VP

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Loan Officer

    May 2018 - now

  • Manager Trainee

    May 2017 - May 2018