Louie Hodge
Colorado Springs
Summary
Results-driven professional with extensive entrepreneurial and management experience. Proven ability to foster strong relationships with clients and team members while effectively overseeing administrative and sales operations. Demonstrates strategic business acumen and decisive judgment to consistently achieve organizational objectives. Established successful business operations from inception, leveraging scalable strategies to seize emerging opportunities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner
LLC (Private Estate Gardening)
CO Springs
01.2024 - Current
- Owner & operator of flourishing estate garden business in CO Springs
- 15 contracted maintenance clients
- Over $75k in sales within 2025
Landscape Manager & Business Developer
Non disclosed
Colorado Springs
12.2022 - 01.2024
- Building ethical work culture throughout company
- Overhead manager to all foreman & employees
- Managed entirety of production tracking in CRM & on paper
- Analysis of margins
- Material ordering & project scheduling
- ALL client relations
- Designed & executed plan to gradually lead business to more OSHA compliance
- Fleet management
- Employee onboarding management
- Oversight for 20 full maintenance accounts & managed annual contracts
Estate Account Manager
PLM
Seattle
05.2022 - 12.2022
- Overhead manager to all planning and execution of landscape on private affluent estates
- Managed entire production "paper trail"
- Analysis of margins, hour use, labor allocation weekly, monthly, etc
- Coordinating irrigation repairs, enhancement projects, construction projects
- Oversight for 3 celebrity, and 17 residential full maintenance accounts & managed annual contracts
Estate Gardener
Baloghs Garden
Denver
03.2021 - 12.2022
- Supervised crews of 2-4 gardeners on residential client properties
- Managed between 20-25 residential properties
- Coordination of schedule, preparing truck with adequate tools for daily jobs, managing gardeners through daily operations
- Gardening tasks included but were not limited to: pruning, weeding, annual or perennial planting/transplanting, maintained fertilization, debris removal, fall leaf removal, winterization, project coordination, etc.
Marijuana Infused Products Manager
Organic Alternatives
Fort Collins
04.2021 - 02.2022
- Have completed METRC training and use of other inventory systems
- Destemming, hand manicure, packaging flower by hand and by machine
- Harvest, post-harvest, and cure room work
- Main time at company was spent managing a MIP post-extraction laboratory
- Have completed many state regulated cannabis transfers from OPC to REC, OPC to MIP, etc
Organic Vegetable Farm Manager
Fort Hill Farm
New Milford
05.2017 - 08.2018
- Maintained several acres of organic crop fields, assisted with irrigation management
- Led seed transplants, tomato grafting projects, pest control, and weed control
- Managed the farm market three times a week, implemented a POS Square system, and started an "RSA" program (restaurants serving agriculture) which allowed local restaurants to purchase from us
- Started a relationship with two local food banks
Education
Bachelors - Horticulture Management, Business Management & Marketing
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO05.2022
High School Diploma -
Indiana University College Preparatory School
Online07.2018
Skills
- Growth and goal orientation
- Communication and problem-solving
- Client management expertise
- Commitment to continuous learning
- Proficient in Microsoft, Google, and CRM tools
- Data tracking accuracy
- SOP development and documentation
- Physical lifting capacity (80 lbs)
- Tool operation experience
- Horticulture knowledge across US zones
- Time management skills
- Pruning techniques
- Disease and nutrition assessment
- Plant identification skills
- Truck operation proficiency
- Crew management capabilities
- Client relations expertise
Pronouns
He/Him
Timeline
Owner
LLC (Private Estate Gardening)
01.2024 - Current
Landscape Manager & Business Developer
Non disclosed
12.2022 - 01.2024
Estate Account Manager
PLM
05.2022 - 12.2022
Marijuana Infused Products Manager
Organic Alternatives
04.2021 - 02.2022
Estate Gardener
Baloghs Garden
03.2021 - 12.2022
Organic Vegetable Farm Manager
Fort Hill Farm
05.2017 - 08.2018
Bachelors - Horticulture Management, Business Management & Marketing
Colorado State University
High School Diploma -
Indiana University College Preparatory School