Resume

• 1997

  O'Toole & Associates

  O'Toole & Associates

  Manager

  Regulatory Affairs

  Directed several functional areas with broad based corporate accountability for health

  safety and product safety for all domestic and international operations. Reporting to the Executive Vice President Administration and Human Resources with a staff of four full time and nine part-time professionals and a budget in excess of $1.5 million.

  USG

  Director

  Safety & Health

  Reporting to the CEO

  provided support to seven regionally operated businesses across the US. Worked closely with regional management teams to ensure compliance with company

  federal and state regulations and developed policies and practices that focused on reducing risks and eliminating hazards. Developed proactive OH&S strategies

  objectives and processes. Ensure the OH&S community has the skills

  tools and processes required to build programs

  and deliver excellent service to managers and employees.\n•\tLost time injury rates decreased by 30% over a two year period to 0.25.\n•\tTotal injury rates decreased from 5.65 to 3.38 over a two year period.\n•\tWorkers’ Compensation Experience Modifier Rate (EMR) reduced to 0.77.

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  Professor

  I am the Program Coordinator for the Aerospace an Occupational Safety Degree program and as such

  schedule classes

  advise students and teach undergraduate and graduate classes in the areas of occupational safety

  safety management systems

  systems safety

  and industrial hygiene.

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Director

  Regulatory Compliance Programs

  Directed several functional areas with broad based corporate accountability for health

  safety and product safety for all domestic and international operations. Reporting to the Executive Vice President Administration and Human Resources with a staff of four full time and nine part-time professionals and a budget in excess of $1.5 million.

  USG

  Associate Professor

  Taught classes in Occupational Safety

  Industrial Hygiene

  Human Resources

  and Organizational Leadership and Supervision within the Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Instruction was focused on introducing and broadening students’ appreciation of these disciplines and their potential impact in their current and future careers. Conducted sponsored research in areas of behavioral safety

  perception surveys and employee participation. Published in scholarly journals and presented at professional conferences.

  Purdue University Calumet

  Outstanding Performance Award - Applied Aviation Sciences Dept. - 2012

  Department of Applied Aviation Sciences - College of Aviation

  President's Award

  ASSE

• 1992

  PhD

  Public Health

  Safety Management Specialist (SMS)

  Board of Certified Safety Professionals

  SMS-203

• 1986

  American Society of Safety Engineers

  American Society of Safety Engineers

  MS

  Safety Engineering

• 1974

  MA

  Industrial Psychology

• 1970

  BA

  Behavioral Psychology

• The Academic Practice Specialty of ASSE is a group of individuals

  mostly academics

  who look to share best practices in teaching

  research

  and curriculum related to the field of Safety

  Health and the Environment.

  ASSE

  Leadership

  Workplace Safety

  Safety Management Systems

  Research

  Accident Investigation

  Construction Safety

  Fire Safety

  Ergonomics

  Policy

  Industrial Safety

  Human Factors

  Industrial Hygiene

  Human Resources

  Hazard Recognition

  Performance Metrics

  EHS

  Training

  Occupational Health

  Management

  Safety Training

  Leading Measures: Enhancing Safety Climate and Driving Safety Performance

  Leading Measures: Enhancing Safety Climate and Driving Safety Performance

  Modeling Safe Behavior - Everybody's Doing it.

  Choosing a Career Path – Why not Safety and Health? Identifying Factors that Influence Students’ Choices – Part 1

  This article examines how a university certificate program in emergency management aimed at safety professionals enhanced their value to both their employer as well as the local community.

  Equipping the safety professional with emergency management knowledge and skills: The emergency management certificate program

  The Relationship Between Employees' Perception of Safety and Organizational Culture

  Employee Safety Perception Surveys: Key Steps in the Development and Analysis of Results

  Mike

  Purdue University Calumet

  Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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  USG