Curriculum Vitae

     I. Education               

                            SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY                                                                           San Marcos, Texas

                           Master of Science in Wildlife Biology                                                                                                           GPA 4.0          

                            SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY                                                                           San Marcos, Texas

                           Bachelor of Science in Wildlife Biology, Minor Geography                                                                   GPA 3.83

     II. Areas of Specialization

· Wildlife Conservation, Habitat Management, Soil & Water Conservation, White-tailed Deer Ecology and Management

     III. Research Interests

· Ecological impacts of white-tailed deer populations, Morphological characteristics of white-tailed deer, Habitat enhancements for wildlife populations

     IV. Professional Experience

TEXAS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, LLC.                                                                                         Austin, Texas

President                                                                                                                            November, 2004 to Present

 

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY                                                                                        Austin, Texas

Manager: Natural Resource Management Department                                        June 2001 to November 2004

 

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY                                                                                        Austin, Texas

Senior Natural Resource Coordinator                                                                               April 1999 to June 2001

 

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY                                                                                       Austin, Texas

Land Resource Coordinator III                                                                                           July 1997 to April 1999

 

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST                                                                                                                      Big Wells, Texas

Consultant                                                                                                                                                     1994 - 1997

     

EL RANCHO POBRE                                                                                                                            Big Wells, Texas

Owner/Operator/Wildlife Biologist                                                                                                            1991-1997

 

SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY                                                                              San Marcos, Texas

Research Biologist                                                                                                                  May 1995 to May 1998

 

TPWD-SWT  QUAIL RESEARCH FACILITY                                                                        Hays County, Texas

Manager                                                                                                                                                        1993 - 1995

     V. Professional Associations

                    ·  Board of Directors, Texas Organization of Wildlife Management Associations

                ·  Board of Directors, Wild Basin, Austin

                ·  Scholarship Committee, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society

                ·  Land Stewardship Committee, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society

                ·  Registration Committee, The Wildlife Society

                ·  President, SWT Chapter of the Wildlife Society

                ·  Vice-president, SWT Chapter of the Wildlife Society

                ·  Member, Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society

                ·  Member, The Wildlife Society

                ·  Member, Quail Unlimited

                ·  Member, Texas Wildlife Association

                ·  Member, Ducks Unlimited

     VI. Awards & Recognitions

                · Texas Environmental Excellence Award; Agricultural Division, Texas Natural

                         Resource Conservation Commission.

                · Appreciation of Support, Texas Organization of Wildlife Management Associations.

                · Lone Star Land Steward Award, Post Oak Savannah Region, Texas Parks & Wildlife

                       Department & Texas Private Lands Advisory Board.

                · Statewide Lone Star Land Steward Award, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department & Texas

                        Private Lands Advisory Board.

               · Academic Achievement Award, Southwest Texas State University, Biology Department.

               · Tri Beta Biological Honor Society.

               · Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Wildlife Management, Southwest Texas 

                      State University student Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

               · Award of Service, Southwest Texas State University Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

     VII.  Publications & Public Speaking

                             · Living with the White-tailed Deer in the Burbs Texas.  The Woodlands,

                                Texas.  April, 2007.

                            ·  White-tailed Deer Food Habits and Preferences in the Cross Timbers and Prairies 

                                 Region of Texas.

                              http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/media/pwd_rp_w7000_1017.pdf

· Management of White-tailed Deer in Suburban Texas. Horseshoe Bay POA, Texas.  April, 2002.

· White-tailed deer management Canyon of the Eagles. The deer dilemma: pets or pests: A public symposium presented by the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Program. February, 2001.

· Pedernales River Watershed: Brush Control Planning, Assessment, & Feasibility Study. Lower Colorado River Authority. Chief Editor. 2000.

· The Seasonal Food Habits of the White-tailed Deer in the Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecological Region of Texas. East Texas Deer Study Group Annual Meeting, May, 2000.

· Management of White-tailed Deer in Suburban Texas. City of Lakeway, Texas, 2000.

· Predicting gross Boone and Crockett scores and live body mass at ages 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 years in white-tailed deer on the basis of the previous years’ antler characteristics and body mass. Twenty-second Annual Southeast Deer Study Group Meeting, Co-author. 1999.

· Management of White-tailed Deer in Suburban Texas. Oak Ridge Subdivision, Llano County Texas, 1999.

· Management of White-tailed Deer in the Balcones Canyonlands Preserve System, Austin, Texas. Balcones Canyonlands Preserve Management Plan, Tier II, Chief Editor. 1999.

· Seasonal food habits of white-tailed deer in the Cross Timbers and Prairies Ecological region of Texas during drought. Thirty-third Annual Meeting of the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society, February, 1998.

· Management of White-tailed Deer in Suburban Texas. City of Sunset Valley, Texas, 1998.

· White-tailed Deer Management in the South Texas Brush Country, Austin Woods & Waters, March, 1995.