Built the business from the ground up, performing all aspects of the operation, including product development, marketing, customer service, sales, training, and licensing. Developed an effective training methodology combining established techniques and a modern approach.- Drove business growth by partnering with local pet stores and veterinarians to build a referral pipeline and offering competitive rates, resulting in high levels of success and customer satisfaction.

- Provided sustainable solutions to dynamic environmental, health, and safety (EHS) challenges through client facility audits and employee training.- Shifted clients’ culture regarding safety by conducting in-depth audits, identifying hazards and risk factors, and presenting findings to leadership teams.

Advanced to this role to develop and implement comprehensive EHS policies, programs, and procedures with an emphasis on EHS management systems. Served as Lead Corporate Safety Auditor, coordinating the company-wide safety auditing program.- Integrated EHS programs from three companies post multi-company acquisition, leading an interdisciplinary team, incorporating best practices, and developing a new EHS manual within six months.- Standardized audit process across the company, eliminating sources of potential error, and delivering more comparable results company-wide.

Strategically guided the development and implementation of a comprehensive EHS program focusing primarily on injury prevention and injured worker management, including behavior-based safety programs. Oversaw Worker’s Compensation Administration and EHS performance auditing for the Gulf Coast Region, encompassing over 6,000 employees. - Reduced reported hand injuries by 50% within three months by developing a multi-tiered approach to minimizing root-cause events.- Achieved a company record low for OSHA Recordable Injuries during a four-year period, reducing from a rate of 0.58 per 100 workers to 0.28.

Performed all business operations while providing safety supervision, in-the-field safety monitoring services, and policy procedure review and revision for clients.- Provided contracted hazard assessment and control services for a major construction company during Hurricane Katrina recovery in New Orleans.- Provided safety and industrial hygiene services for two contractors performing turnaround and decommissioning work at a major U.S. refinery.PRIOR ACCOMPLISHMENTSKencoil | Environmental, Health, Safety & Quality Assurance ManagerDeveloped and implemented comprehensive Environmental, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Quality Management System (QMS) programs, including transitioning QMS to ISO 9001-2000 certification.Orion Refining Corporation | Environmental, Health & Safety Program CoordinatorDeveloped, implemented, and managed a comprehensive industrial hygiene program for a start-up refinery. Implemented an ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System (EMS), making the refinery only the second in North America to achieve this distinction.Baltimore Gas and Electric, Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant | Industrial HygienistImplemented the company industrial hygiene program as the first on-site IH in the plant’s 20-year operating history, assessing and minimizing lead, asbestos, noise, volatile organic compounds exposures, strengthening confined space entry atmospheric monitoring procedures, and implementing the site’s first comprehensive non-nuclear respiratory protection program.EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. | Industrial HygienistDeveloped and delivered an in-house EPA-certified Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training program for workers and supervisors saving the company $500,000 in training expenses.