Experience

Holly Energy Partners

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Health And Safety Manager

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Dallas, TX

• Corporate Safety Specialist

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2020

  Dallas/Fort Worth Area Responsible for the development of health and safety standards, policies, and procedures. Serve as a subject matter expert on various multidisciplinary teams (i.e., operations, maintenance, engineering, etc.) focused on operational excellence and safety performance.



Koch Agronomic and Energy Solutions, LLC

• Corporate Safety Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Jan 2017

  Wichita, Kansas Area Responsible for industrial hygiene, occupational medical, emergency response, and safety management system development for Koch Agronomic and Energy Solutions' operations globally to include: Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia, France and the United Kingdom.



Koch Fertilizer

• United States

• Health and Safety Director

  • Apr 2006 - Oct 2011

  Wichita, KS Responsible for corporate and plant level staff that provides industrial safety, occupational health, and process safety direction and oversite to four US ammonia plants and one Canadian plant. Staff was responsible for managing the company Learning Management System for all of EHS, operations, and maintenance training by coordinating with other capability groups. Integrated plant safety inititives with ammonia terminal operations by working with terminal corporate safety staff.



Koch Industries

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Health and Safety Manager

  • Apr 2002 - Apr 2006

  Wichita, Kansas Area Worked with various Koch companies in developing management systems, achieving OSHA VPP Star Status, and providing general health and safety support.



US Army National Guard

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Operations Officer

  • Jun 1987 - Sep 2004

  Texas, Louisiana, and Kansas Served in variety of part time roles to include: squad leader for a medical platoon while serving as enlisted soldier in Texas. Commissioned as a Medical Service Corp Officer and served in the following roles in various units in Texas, Louisiana, and Kansas: platoon leader, executive officer (XO), company commander, and medical operations officer.



DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations

• Industrial Hygiene and Behavioral Safety Lead

  • Mar 1999 - Mar 2002

  Greater New Orleans Area Assisted with implementation of VPP at four operating sites. Designed and develop industrial hygiene program. Provided direction and oversite to the companies Behavioral Based Safety program modeled after the Behavioral Safety Technology system. DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Company (DM) was created solely to provide management and operating services to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) project.



ICU Environmental Health and Safety

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial Hygienist

  • Sep 1996 - Feb 1999

  Houston, Texas Area Provided industrial hygiene and safety support for various client projects such as “purge and clean” of a methanol unit contaminated with nickel carbonyl, air and noise monitoring during chemical plant Turn Arounds along the Houston Ship Channel, HAZWOPER training in a steel mill, and hydrogen sulfide monitoring on larger ocean going vessel.



Texas Department of Public Safety

• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Criminalist (DNA analysis, crime scene investigation, etc.)

  • May 1992 - Aug 1996

  Houston, Texas Area Conducted DNA analysis of biological samples retrieved from crime scenes. Assisted in the set up of DNA lab capable of PCR as well as RFLP analysis. Served as safety officer responsible for the health and safety of personnel involved in a wide variety of operations to include chemical lab analysis as well as training for chemist supporting clandestine lab raids. Participated in various crime scenes in various areas of Texas (i.e., primarily greater Houston and Waco, TX).