Marcelo Simone
Palmetto Branch Manager
Marcelo Simone serves as Palmetto Branch Manager for Steadfast Alliance, where he leads maintenance and irrigation operations and is building a branch that keeps raising its own ceiling. With 14 years of experience across maintenance, construction, irrigation, landscape design, and management, he brings a well-rounded view of the green industry. His background includes roles with Jacobsen Landscape Design/Construction, Monello Landscape Design/Construction/Maintenance, and United Land Services.
Marcelo holds the Landscape Industry Certified (LIC) credentials through the National Association of Landscape Professionals (NALP). He is also a Hunter Industries certified irrigation designer and is landscape design certified. He started his first company as a teenager, retained over 98 percent of his snow route customers in a single season, and placed in the top 50 at the National Collegiate Landscape Competition several times. His work has also been featured in NJLCA magazine.
His leadership is still rooted in his days in the field, and he won’t ask others to do what he wouldn’t do himself. To Marcelo, “The Steadfast Way” means moving toward the goal no matter what is in front of you, knowing the herd will make progress through any challenge.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil, and raised in New Jersey, Marcelo now lives in Clearwater. He enjoys live music, rock climbing, road cycling, and kayaking. His personal philosophy: “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
