This is a bio that he sent to NADEFA a few months ago, when soliciting a position with them-
Good Morning Kent, I will condense this for you in a quick updated format for you, I know you don’t have time to go through 10 pages of reference material. So I will try and keep this to one page.
I grew up in the beef cattle and farming industry and family had a hunting and guiding operation in NW Colorado for 28 years. At 21 I entered the Military and served 20 years in the US Army.16 Years with USSCOM, CAG Retired at the rank of Sgt Major. Military accomplishments and MOS supplied upon request. I undertook my studies in Biochemistry first and later my second major in Wildlife management and conservation science. Upon separation from military in 2004 I moved full time into developing a better more informative and modern form of wildlife management and consulting company. I implemented better ways for land owners to manage their land, conduct soil, water and plant tissue analysis and programs for better crop production and save money in the process. I developed our own soil water and plant testing lab and have the ability to do in the field analysis and real time results with our mobile testing equipment I also moved into the area of health and nutrition and have been raising deer for nutritional research and digestive physiology studies, In 2009 I took my Biochemistry experience to develop species specific feeds for cervids.I also am heavily involved in both Nano and Colloidal technology research and Spiro plasma research. In 2008 I became more involved in infectious diseases related to cervids both captive and free range. I started tracing back the history of CWD and its possible transmission vectors. Also looking at which species genotype of deer are or could be more susceptible to cwd. I also have a very intensive background in the studies of viral diseases related to cervids.In 2009 I was contracted by Barenbrug Industries to head up their southeastern US for development of new accounts in their wildlife seed division and maintain the current accounts and increase their sales numbers. My sales numbers from 2009 to 2011 were averaging over $479,000 yearly with an average of 21% growth in new product sales per year. I did a multi-state land and wildlife management tour in 2010 that was targeted to farm and Ag shows and Outdoor Sportsman’s shows. It was educational program to show case interest in areas of high end deer management and captive cervid farming. I have personally designed and build 6 farms for private land owners that went into deer farming, we also include an informative course on animal husbandry, deer handling, shots and medications, fawn care, handling and transporting, etc.. And our free range clients programs have to date over 570,000 acres utilizing our advanced methods of top end deer management and bodybuilding for bucks programs. Education has been a forefront of our programs and by supplying the proper needed information to individuals wanting to learn how to get better use from their land resources. I have been promoting the captive cervid industry for 7 years now and through science based research and facts have been an advocate for the producers and captive cervid industry. I have gained a foot hold in helping dispel a lot of the misinformation that has been spread about the industry by media and independent conservation groups and animal activist groups. I speak to State House and Senate personal on issues related to the industry. I was appointed last spring to serve on a Cervid Disease task force for the NC wildlife commission and also represent the NC deer and elk farmers’ asso as on staff biologist and consultant to speak at state hearing regarding the captive industry. I know there is a lot of information I could cover here but I know you don’t have time to read a 8 page set of documents. I look forward hearing from and meeting with everyone on the board and feel that through promotion, recruiting new members to NADEFA memberships and offering modern science based information to the public to bring us to the forefront of the industry showing that we are a united organization of professionals in the fields of cervid research, agribusiness/deer farming alternative live stock I can effect a better information base to the public about or producers and the organization. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Jon Charles, President. Delta Wildlife Management
Office 919-886-7122
Mobil 919-264-0797
