Landscape Management, December 2015
backstory interView BY mArisA pALmieri Miles Rush Rush with wife Erin and children Aidan 10 and Addison 7 Were a busy family like most Three out of the four of us are black belts in taekwondo wOrk experienCe Various stints from 1992 1999 Vice President of Operations Branch Manager Partner My stepdad was Vince Patterozzi the head groundskeeper for the Cleveland Browns and eventually the Baltimore Ravens I worked with him when I was 12 or 13 at the Browns facility I helped paint picked up trash and mowed the front areas of the property I couldnt have been more prepared for this industry I moved my family back to Columbus Ohio in 2010 I commuted to Texas weekly for two and a half years for my job at Native Land Design LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET December 2015 76 Rush was one class shy of graduating when he accepted a job with TruGreen LandCare He got his degree in 2011 when OSU allowed his transfer credits from Heidelberg to meet graduation requirements PHOTOS mileS ruSH iSTOCK COm Traveler1116 DmP1 I ended up at OSU under the pretense that I would get my turfgrass degree and work in the NFL Partner Branch Manager Weed Pro Lewis Center OhiO eduCAtiOn Berea High School Berea Ohio Class of 1997 Heidelberg University 1997 1998 Ohio State University Bachelors of Science Turfgrass Management 1999 2002 Class of 2011 Grounds Crew Cleveland Browns Baltimore Ravens 2002 2004 Area Manager TruGreen LandCare Austin Texas 2004 2006 Branch Manager TruGreen LandCare Houston 2006 2007 Branch Manager TruGreen LandCare Austin Texas 2007 2013 Native Land Design Austin Texas 2013 present Weed Pro I went to a career fair to practice interviewing I met a group there from TruGreen that I enjoyed talking with Next I went to Texas and interviewed I really liked the people and Austin was incredible so I talked my wife into taking an adventure I met Weed Pro owner Rob Palmer through a peer group His passion for our people and the care we have for the customer Its not just a business its a way of life I knew it was right for me wOrds Of wisdOm dont get comfortable Once you do its diffcult to go back to growing You lose the edge theres no black and white every situation is gray Analyze it from both sides and check your ego at the door dont be scared Believe in yourself whatever the challenge is you can fgure it out im going to say yes and fgure it out on my way
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