Curtis Patton Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Washington, US

Subject Matter Expertise across the organization for all matters pertaining to the legislative compliance, storage & transportation of Hazardous products. Manage and facilitate an aligned company approach to Hazardous substance compliance throughout the Supply Chain & maintaining standards across all organizations to ensure a consistent compliance program..

Seattle, WA, US

• Hired to build a global hazardous storage and waste team to address compliance gaps. I provide strategic direction, managed hazardous materials storage and waste management functions within Amazon global customer.
• Authored the WW Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Material Storage standards adopted across Amazon’s Worldwide Consumer business.
• Enhanced automatic identification of hazardous materials 30% by deploying the Global Harmonization System (GHS) into the hazmat classification of products for review of 1M+ new products annually.
• Reduced risk by deploying international waste tracking system that enabled real-time visualization of cost and volume.
• Managed storage and shipment of hazardous products worldwide for the Amazon network.

Annapolis, MD, US

• I planned, directed, coordinate, and oversaw operations activities for this startup company. I grew annual revenue from zero to 5M within 5 years. Managed seven direct reports; developed annual budgets with P&L.
• Spearheaded a computer-based audit software solution, AuditPro, to identify environmental and safety issues at universities, enhancing risk management efficiency.
• Developed and implemented market strategy that lead to 100% growth YOY for the first 4 years.
• Identified and provided justification for the acquisition of Turning Bird consulting LLC which lead to an 80% growth in our education market.
• Created an on-site environmental support product for higher education market that lead to $500,000 in vertical sales revenue within the first year.

Bannockburn, Illinois, US

• Hand-selected to take the integrated waste program developed at Nicklin Associates and develop it into a Stericycle program to be rolled out nationwide. Served as a subject matter expert in operational strategy and.
• Maintained 100% customer retention rates across 30 key accounts generating $8M+ in annual revenue.
• Orchestrated effective training programs while integrating a customer-first focus to accelerate a cultural shift.
• Directly responsible for P&L and management of 20 integrated waste contract sites across the country.
• Managed the project budgets for the installation of 4 on-site medical waste treatment plants in excess of 6M.

• Hired to provide standardization in policies and consistency in program / cost. Set up budgets and P&L for all contracts and tracked on a monthly basis. Directed all aspects of staffing, performance management.
• Led Washington Hospital Plant optimization achieving a 30% increase in daily process capacity and eliminating weekly backup of medical waste by analyzing processing data and adjusting workflow to accommodate.
• Managed the 2M+ project installation of the on-site medical waste treatment plant at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Provided Medical waste, Solid waste, hazardous waste & recycling services to 100 healthcare hospitals and clinics across 6 states.

Washington, DC, US

• Led support services during the September 11th terrorist attack of the Pentagon.
• On behalf of Senior Vice President of Nursing, served as the Director of Environmental & Linen services for a 900-bed, Level III regional Trauma center and acute care facility. Led and had the profit and loss.
• Oversaw replacement of medical waste incinerator that slashed waste processing cost by $4M annually by sourcing a viable rotoclave technology through Nicklin Associates to install onsite.