Dustin Polasek

Dustin Polasek

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    IVM Eastern Regional Manager @ Nutrien Solutions | Drone Mapping, Chemical Industry

  • Education

    • Colorado State University

      2021 - 2022
      Master's degree Natural Resources and Sustainability

      Activities and Societies: Invited to Join the National Honors Society UAV Research IVM Research Completed program December of 2022 while maintaining full time employment and conducting numerous research projects. Concentration of study was Ecological Restoration

    • Colorado State University

      2015 - 2019
      Bachelor of Science - BS Forestry Undergraduate

      Activities and Societies: Conducted Vegetation management studies for Bayer crop sciences. Project manager for non-profit Veterans Conservation Alliance. Minor in spatial information management. Completed undergrad study in december of 2019 while attending several graduate level courses in weed sciences. My undergrad study focused on forestry and spatial information management. This included all basic courses, courses in ecology, java and python progamming, ARCGIS, ARCGIS programming, and forestry specific courses (i.e. tree i.d. and forest ecology).

  • Experience

    • United States Marine Corps

      Jun 2005 - Nov 2012
      Infantry Marine

      Worked as an infantry marine, instructor, combat leader and company level intelligence team leader among other various odd and ends duties. For all information please see resume as it is to much to list in this section. Medically Retired November 2012 under honorable conditions.

    • Fort Collins Tree Care

      May 2017 - May 2019
      Vegetation Management and Plant Health Care technician

      Worked as a Vegetation management and plant health care technician for the first year. Which included learning all new equipment and pesticide's in order to conduct applications. After Year one I moved into a supervisor position in which I was writing management plans, bidding, conducting applications, and post monitoring for Vegetation management specifically. I continued to work with this company throughout my semesters until I moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

    • Aspen Tree Service

      May 2019 - Sept 2021
      Vegetation Management and Lawns Supervisor
    • Nutrien Solutions VM

      Sept 2021 - Oct 2023
      Territory Sales Manager

      IVM Territory Manager covering Colorado and Kansas. Drone Program Developer- Timberland department

    • Nutrien Ag Solutions

      Oct 2023 - Aug 2024
      UAV Chief Pilot

      Nutrien Ag Solutions UAV/UAS Chief Pilot covering North America. Responsible for all 107 and 137 operations, training, registration, and tracking of pilots.

    • Nutrien Solutions VM

      Aug 2024 - now
      IVM Eastern Regional Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Arborist

      International Society of Arboriculture
      Aug 2021
    • Gunsmith

      Penn Foster
      Mar 2013
    • Pesticide Applicator

      Kansas Department of Agriculture
      Sept 2022
    • Remote Pilot

      Federal Aviation Administration
      Nov 2019
    • Pesticide Applicator

      Colorado Department of Agriculture
      Aug 2018
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Firefighter

      Issued by Ault Pierce Fire Department on Oct 2015
      Ault Pierce Fire DepartmentAssociated with Dustin Polasek
    • Training and Education Committee

      Issued by COLORADO WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION on Mar 2022
      COLORADO WEED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONAssociated with Dustin Polasek
    • Industry Chair

      Issued by County Weed District Association of Kansas on Apr 2022
      County Weed District Association of KansasAssociated with Dustin Polasek