About Me
Joseph Ortiz has been working in the Medical Cannabis Industry in New York for over five years. He has been a Medical Cannabis Patient for +16 years in multiple states. He has a passion for the entire cannabis industry.
In his short tenure working for one of NYS’s RO’s (aka: MSO’s), Joseph consistently delivered the highest sales revenue; totaling over +$2million in sales in the time span of under 2 years. He achieved this, while creating a new MMJ Card patient assistance onboarding program, to help new NYS MMJ Patients access their NYS MMJ Certificate & Card at the while at the dispensary.
In late 2019 Joseph started running the in-shop I.T., & Patient Outreach for The Botanist Medical Cannabis Dispensary & was trained on each specific software manufacturer dispensary software: BioTrackTHC, Weedmaps, Leafly Business, iHeartJane, NYS PMP system, and 8x8 VOIP phone systems. Joseph also has an exceptional understanding of the NYS MMJ Patient & Practitioner elements of the NYS MMJ program.
Joseph is an experienced Firefighter/EMT, with a demonstrated history of working in public safety. Skilled in Firefighting, victim extraction, managerial/scene control, MS Office, de-escalation techniques, customer service, strategic planning with strong understanding of para-military, and professional/corporate structure/leadership duties.
Joseph was injured in the line of duty as a Class-A Interior Firefighter. Throughout his +17 years of recovery. Joseph found that the best medication to increase his quality of life, while handling his severe chronic issues derived from his injuries was; Cannabis!
It was through this first hand experience with severe chronic pain, after having +30 Orthopedic surgeries, while still having the knowledge from being an EMT. Joseph began researching to find a safe, & effective way to achieve an increased “quality of life”. Through this search he found cannabis to be the best/most functional option.
In his role as a Founder & CEO of Private Caregivers Collective, Joseph has relied on his extensive knowledge of peer-reviewed science based studies; accompanied by his +5 years of cannabis cultivation and cannabis patient consultation experience he has developed the most efficient, yet cost effective, all-in-one/set-n-forget home organic cannabis cultivation system.
Joseph provides a myriad of skills that can be utilized most effectively to educate the public on Cannabis, & it’s public health benefits. He’s leveraged this knowledge to help dispensaries, attain larger market share by increasing their consumer acquisition and retention.
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