I am a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), Certified Safety Professional (CSP), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), Safety Management Specialist (SMS), EPA Nationally Qualified Asbestos Consultant, Licensed Asbestos Consultant in Texas, and OSHA Hazmat Qualified.

My experience encompasses the leadership and management of teams of Health, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) experts including industrial hygienists, safety professionals, environmental engineers, medical doctors, nurses, and technicians in workplace incidents and exposures to industrial chemicals and substances such as asbestos, benzene, welding fumes, lead, mold, pesticides among others. My accomplishments include participation as an expert forensic HSE investigator in legal proceedings including written and oral depositions and product liability cases.

I am a hands-on, result driven HSE leader with unified technical, business, communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. I possess greater than 35 years of leadership in senior management roles. I have founded 3 full service-consulting firms with a staff of up to 40 full-time professionals. My experience is focused in consulting & engineering entities, Global 2000 Companies, positioned locally and internationally, and other leadership roles including management of HSE programs as a Chief Master Sergeant (CMS) Superintendent Industrial Hygienist in the USAF.

I am centered on HSE improvements that make sense, impact the bottom line, and make companies look superior from an HSE perspective in local and international communities. I have also served in the USAF where I led HSE professionals and their associated activities on United States and Foreign Military installations around the world.

Education:

• M.S., Environmental Studies Friends University
• B.S., Industrial Management Newman University
• B.S., Business Administration Newman University
• A.S., Industrial Hygiene Community College of the Air Force
• A.S., Applied Science Butler County Community College

Services:

• Expert Testimony
• Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• Industrial Hygiene and Safety Audits and Assistance
• Asbestos Management
• HSE Policies and Programs
• Risk Management
• Regulator Interface, IAQ, and Training
• Safety Management Systems (SMS)
• Training, Expert Testimony associated with the occupational workplace and toxic tort
• QA/QC of PSM
• Emergency Planning
• KPI tracking
• Hazmat Support

Certification:

• Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH)
• Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
• Certified Hazardous Material Manager (CHMM)
• Safety Management Specialist (SMS)
• Registered Environmental Property Assessor (REPA)
• Occupational Health & Safety Technologist (OHST)
• EPA Asbestos Qualified Consultant
• Licensed Asbestos Consultant (LAC) in the State of Texas
• OSHA 40-Hour Hazwoper Qualified
• Past President of American Industrial Hygiene Association-Wheatland Chapter
• Current and Past CO-Chair of American Society of Safety Professionals-North Section
• Past President of Rotary International

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