Ivan A. Dozier

Experience

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  DuPont Pioneer

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2009

  Corn Pollinator

  Performed cross-pollinations, plant inoculating/monitoring, and data cataloging for Corn Breeding & Physiology Research.

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  US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)

  May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Biological Scientist

  Performing biological research on indigenous prairie plants and dairy forage crops. Organized experiments and multi-layer data maps and subsequent plant and soil samples to test for chemical pollution and support efforts of restorative ecology. Performed lab work including DNA sequencing, genetic profiles, and equipment testing & operations.

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  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  May 2011 - Aug 2011

  Online & Continuing Education Student Assistant

  Performed simple office tasks such as filing and shredding, as well as deliveries for the Office of Continuing Education. Worked heavily in using Microsoft Excel for data entry including organizing course materials and logging student grades.

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  Eurofins

  May 2012 - Aug 2013

  Research Technician

  Performed set up and maintenance of large and small scale research plots. Worked with a variety of grain and horticultural crops. Received certification for Dry Ice handling and Good Lab Practice Protocol.

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  Illinois House Republican Organization

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Political Analyst

  Working for Illinois State Representative Chapin Rose in the 110th District.

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  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Jan 2014 - May 2016

  Conducting research for the SARE-Sponsored "Agronomic Assessment of Cover Crops in Illinois" project. Teaching Assistant for Crop Sciences 418: Crop Growth & Management (Jan '14-May '14), (Jan '15-May '15)Teaching Assistant for Horticulture 100: Introduction to Horticulture (Aug '14-Dec '14)

  • Research Assistant

    Jul 2013 - May 2016

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2014 - May 2015
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  Bayer

  Apr 2016 - Dec 2016

  Trait Development

  Manager for Breeding, Trait Development, and Yield Increase teams. Primary manager for field trials through planting, application, and harvesting of pre-market plant genetics & their distribution & marketing. Additional duties include regulated seed control and evaluation of new technologies.

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  Intelinair

  Mar 2017 - Apr 2022

  Product Manager for Agronomy & Analytics:Responsible for Leading Computer Vision and Machine Learning teams towards effective product integration, and managing agronomic field teams to collect quality assurance data for scientific rigor and customer success. Agronomy lead for the Customer Success Team. Responsible for aerial image analysis and field scouting, as well as providing input in customer interactions, product development, and data analytics. Visual and statistical data analysis. Cooperating with farmers and assisting in sales and information services.

  • Product Manager

    Feb 2020 - Apr 2022

  • Chief Agronomist

    Sept 2017 - Feb 2020

  • Agronomist

    Mar 2017 - Sept 2017
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  Parkland College

  Mar 2019 - May 2020

  Adjunct Professor

  Teaching GIS 115: Providing an introduction to the characteristics of various sensors, data collection & analysis applicable to remote sensing applications with various aerial system operations.

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  Heartland Community College

  May 2020 - now

  Teaching the Precision Agriculture Certification Track Courses of AGRI 160-162. Courses cover introductory Precision Agriculture with Specialized Courses in Remote Sensing and the Utilization of Soils Metadata. Completed Alternative Delivery Certification Program to teach courses via online and hybrid learning structures. Provided guidance in content creation & learning objectives for planned courses in the realm of Precision Agriculture. Recommendations were leveraged as justification to establish new courses in the College Course Directory; courses on which I advised were approved and implemented with a 100% success rate. Current class offerings incepted through this project include: Intro to Precision Agriculture, Remote Sensing Applications, and Soils Metadata & Feature Extraction.

  • Adjunct Professor

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Independent Consultant

    May 2020 - May 2021
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  AerialPLOT

  Mar 2022 - May 2022

  Digital Agronomist

  Collection & leveraging precision agricultural data from research trials using aerial imagery & statistical analysis. Evaluation of technologies and treatments to understand how both novel & known variables can be proactively classified and curated by automated tools.

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  Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District

  Sept 2022 - Mar 2024

  Resource Conservationist

  Providing technical assistance to farmers and developing and executing educational programs for youth, community members, and farmers. Additional involvement in the product management and development of the STAR (Saving Tomorrow's Agriculture Resources) initiative.