Kurt Thompson has been in the landscape and irrigation industry since 1982, working as a landscape and irrigation contractor, in landscape and irrigation wholesale distribution, irrigation manufacturing, and water use consulting & training. He is the owner of K. Thompson and Associates, an outdoor water use training, evaluation, and planning company. He is also a principal in IrriTech Training, an online and face-to-face training provider. Since 1988, Kurt has been educating thousands of contractors, architects, designers, and golf course superintendents. His speaking and training resume includes many of the United States and Canadian irrigation and turfgrass associations, universities and community colleges, as well as distributors and contractors. He is a nationally recognized author and collaborator of many certification and training manuals and programs, study guides, training courses and presentations. He is the lead irrigation AP trainer for the Florida Water Star program and continues to be a lead instructor for the Irrigation Association. Thompson is one of only a few people in the world to currently hold all nine of the IA's landscape irrigation certifications.