Our Team

Business Development Manager

Mike Hedekin

BA FROM SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
SAN DIEGO LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY SINCE 2000

Mike has lived in San Diego for 35 years. He graduated from San Diego State in December 1993. He has been in the landscape business for 17 years and has been employed at Landsystems for the past 15 years. Mike is a Certified Arborist.

He has been married for 20 years to his wife who is a professor at a local community college and they are raising two girls ages 15 and 11. When he is not working , he enjoys spending time with his family, going on hikes, riding bikes and going to the beach to surf and body surf.

Regional Operations Manager

Landsystems Regional Operations Manager provides the over-all supervision for the maintenance staff. Commitments of the Regional Operations Manager include strategic and operational planning, development and execution of the agronomic schedule and management of all maintenance practices.

Matt Shaffer

BA Social Science and Ag Business Chico State University
San Diego Landscape Management and Maintenance Industry Since 2002

Matt grew up in San Diego and using the canyons, beaches and sports fields in the north county as his own personal playground. This time spent outdoors infused a passion for the landscape that still beckons to this day. His time in Chico, California allowed him insight to the “big world” outside of his sleepy, beach town Encinitas. This sparked a travel bug that has taken Matt on several backpacking trips throughout Europe and Central America. Matt spent a year in the beautiful state of Nayarit, Mexico where he was a tour guide for an eco-tourist resort, sharing his passion for the outdoors while leading guests on kayaking, surfing and hiking trips.

Settling back into the north county of San Diego there was a natural and focused direction to enter the landscape industry. Starting with his boots on the ground Matt has worked for several well known landscape companies while gaining valuable experience and knowledge along the way.

Matt and his wife stay busy raising their three children in Carlsbad. Over the years Matt has enjoyed coaching his kids in various sports, all the while taking advantage of all that California and the western states have to offer by taking family trips wherever and whenever possible. When there is down time, Matt enjoys firing up the bbq and and enjoying a few local craft brews with family and friends.

Horticultural Services and Project Management

Responsibilities and commitment include management of all horticultural services including but not limited to developing plant health care strategy, landscape strategy, irrigation review and management, and designing a long term investment protection plan and overall management of site enhancement implementation.

The Horticulturalist/Project Manager responsibilities will include securing the property asset, horticultural site analysis, presenting and executing a long term strategy for implementation of landscape repair and enhancement, reviewing soils analysis reports, communicating and directing fertilization and agricultural schedules.

Kim DeGraw

BA/S Liberal Studies, Earth Sciences and Horticulture Cal Poly Pomona
Landscape Construction, Project Management and Maintenance Industry Since 2000

A Southern California native, Kim graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Liberal Studies with a minor and focus in Landscape Horticulture. While attending college, Kim worked at Rainbow Garden Nursery in Glendora CA, where she managed the nursery operations, client design consultations and sales.

Kim’s passions, including anything water related set her in search of a home and career in the San Diego area. In 2002 Kim and her husband moved to Encinitas Ca where she gained employment with a leading landscape construction development company and looking to further her experience in the industry Kim joined Landsystems in 2008 as one of Landsystems first project managers.

Kim resides in Encinitas Ca with her husband and son. Her interests include taking surf trips, camping and spending time at the beach with friends and family.

Kari Conradie

BS Horticultural Science Montana State University
Landscape Construction, Management and Maintenance Industry Since 1998

Born and raised in beautiful South Dakota, Kari Conradie is a graduate of Montana State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Horticulture emphasizing in Landscape Design. While attending college and after graduation in 2000 she successfully ran a private landscape design business in Montana. She has also worked with several garden centers including The Tree Factory in Bozeman MT where she specialized in greenhouse management, sales and landscape design.

Looking to further her career and growth in the landscape industry, Kari ventured out west in 2002, finding herself settling in San Diego, CA where she found employment as a project manager for the nations’ third largest landscape development company.   With a desire to expand her capacity as a landscape management professional and horticulturalist, Kari achieved her next employment goal as project manager and horticulturalist team member at Landsystems in 2009. With nearly two decades of experience in the industry Kari has dedicated herself to continuously developing the skills of landscape construction, water management, plant science and proper landscape maintenance practices.

Kari resides in Escondido CA, where she enjoys the company of her husband and two children, beach activities such as Over The Line and gardening at her home.

Area Operations Manager

Landsystems Area Operations Manager provides the supervision for a specified book of business/maintenance team and along with the Horticultural Staff and Project Commitments of the Operations Manager include ensuring a safe work environment, communicating client requests and work orders with management and leading the maintenance team in conducting proper and complete execution of tasks and the implementation of the agronomic schedule.

Responsibilities will include daily task prioritization and task sequencing. He will work jointly with the Operations Manager insuring that all tasking instructions, requests and issues are addressed in a timely and complete fashion and that all industry standard maintenance practices and safety protocol are being followed.

Saul Villa

Irrigation Tech Certified, CLT Certification
San Diego Landscape Management and Maintenance Industry Since 2004

Long time resident of San Diego County, Landsystems Area Operations Manager Saul Villa has earned his role in the company with hard work and a dedication to success, earning his education from the ground up.   In the early years of his career Saul was in the trenches along with his colleagues, pulling weeds and upholding industry standard landscape maintenance practices. But Saul had a passion to accomplish more in his career.

In his first year of Landsystems employment, Saul achieved Foreman status with one of the nations leading landscape maintenance companies. As a foreman Saul lead his maintenance team practicing and perfecting the art of landscape.   He became educated in chemical application, water management, pest control, and field management through company training programs and through his diligent daily routine.   By 2006, Saul was promoted to supervisor. This was the challenging environment that propelled him to strive towards securing the position he now holds with Landsystems.

When at work, Saul is an avid hunter and spends much of his spare time on adventures in the San Bernadino and Sierra mountains. He is a father of three small children and resides in San Marcos Ca.

Civil Garcia

IRRIGATION TECH CERTIFIED, CERTIFIED PESTICIDE APPLICATOR
SAN DIEGO LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY SINCE 2003

Civil was born and raised in the beautiful state of Nayarit, Mexico. He moved to the United States as a young man and began working in the landscape industry in San Diego. Civil has been with Landsystems for 14 years; started as a crew member on a maintenance route and quickly moved through the ranks of crew foreman, irrigation technician, field supervisor and is now a Senior Area Manager. Civil has also gained valuable education during this time and has earned certifications in irrigation and chemical application.

Civil’s passion for the landscape is passed along to his crews and he puts a lot of energy and time with his crews on properties to ensure the property is looking and functioning at it’s best all year long. This passion and enthusiasm are key ingredients to Civil’s success and is appreciated by clients and fellow team members alike.

Civil is also busy raising his two young children and enjoys spending time with them playing at the park, having BBQ’s, watching movies and visiting amusement parks. Wherever his is, whatever he is doing you can bet he has a smile on his face!!

Myesha Rozar

Service and Operations Support

Laura Pineda

Service and Operations Support

Yvette de Boer

Office Manager