2013 P Gomes Personal History.pdf - Phytosanitary Resources

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
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From: 1989-07-05 To: 1990-04-30 Title of position: Agriculturist – Plant Pest Program Management
Employer (name and address) and type of business: Number & kind of staff supervised: None
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Policy & Program Development
Plant Protection Management Systems
6500 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
Duties: Responsible for design and development of new or improvement to plant protection programs within APHIS.
Identified critical management issues and trends. Proposed actions to be taken by the Agency in response to new pest
threats. Served on planning and review teams including the Hawaiian Governor's Task Force to Deal with Exotic Fruit
Flies to evaluate feasibility of eradicating four fruit flies species. Identified new plant pest threats and evaluated potential
pathways of introduction and risks to US agriculture. Assessed National research needs and priorities for dealing with
exotic fruit fly species, developed a National Strategic Plan for Fruit Flies, drafted a National Policy on the Use of
Irradiation, and conducted a study to eradicate melon fly from Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands. Headed up a comprehensive admininistrative and operational program review of Medfly eradication project in
Los Angeles .
From: 1988-07-01 To: 1989-07-04 Title of position: Work Unit Supervisor/Officer-in-Charge
Employer (name and address) and type of business:
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection & Quarantine
International Programs
U.S. Consulate - Hermosillo
Sonora, Mexico
APHIS Foreign Service Assignment
Number & kind of staff supervised: 66 - foreign national staff
Duties: Served as work unit supervisor overseeing cooperative plant health programs in the Mexican states of Baja
California Norte, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Chihuahua. Directed the activities of 66 Spanish-speaking foreign
national personnel. Managed cooperative programs within Mexico dealing with exportation of peaches and oranges from
the Sonora Pest Free Area, agricultural quarantine at airports and road stations, exotic pest detection, fruit fly surveillance
and suppression using sterile Mexican fruit flies along the US-Mexico border, biological control of Hydrilla (federal
noxious weeds) using sterile triploid carp, detection & eradication of cotton bollweevil in northern Sonora and
Chihuahua, control of fruit fly outbreaks within fruit fly free areas, developing & revising protocols and work plans.
From: 1985-06-01 To: 1988-06-30 Title of position: Assistant Area Director - Central America &
MOSCAMED Director
APHIS Foreign Service Assignment
Employer (name and address) and type of business:
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection & Quarantine
International Programs
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Number & kind of staff supervised: 12 - foreign national staff
Duties: Served as Assistant Area Director for Plant Health Programs in Central America & Panama. I also served as
Director of the MOSCAMED Eradication Program in Guatemala, Belize and Mexico. I directed the day-to-day activities
of 12 foreign national personnel and provided managerial oversight to the multi-national MOSCAMED Cooperative
Program with over 900 employees, two mass-rearing facilities for production and release of sterile insects, a fleet of over
250 vehicles. Managed cooperative programs for the USDA within the Central America included exportation of mangoes
treated with methyl bromide, exotic fruit fly detection, release of sterile Mediterranean fruit flies, aerial application of
insecticidal baits to control Medfly, detection of the Africanized honey bee in Central America, plant health training on
pest identification and fumigation, operation of quarantine road stations and control of fruit fly outbreaks within fruit fly
free areas. I provided oversight into the design and construction of fruit fly rearing and release facilities, procurement of
spray equipment, new vehicles, equipment for use in mass-rearing Medflies and insect diet ingredients.