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David Payton is a seasoned operations and environmental health and safety (EHS) leader with 25 years of experience driving safety and performance across construction, telecommunications, maritime, manufacturing, and government projects. Rising from an ironworker to operations management, and then transitioning into EHS. He has led EHS programs for global and national companies through innovative training and compliance strategies. David holds degrees in Structural Technology and Occupational Health & Safety, along wit many certifications, cementing his authority in high-risk industries. David’s goal is to inspire organizations to elevate their EHS Culture and foster resilient teams, as we all have a responsibility to give back and do our part to be a positive impact on the world around us.

Ray McGuire, CSP, is a seasoned operations leader with over 23 years of experience at Nestlé, driving safety, health, and environmental excellence. Currently, he serves as Director of Operations Start-up at Nestlé, overseeing the launch of a $930 million greenfield factory and automated distribution center. In this role, Ray is responsible for directing critical aspects of the project, including safety, health, and environmental standards, equipment and building design, operational flow optimization, and talent development.

Ray’s expertise spans safety strategy, environmental sustainability, operational efficiency, and team leadership, with a proven track record of achieving world-class results and award-winning safety performance. Throughout his tenure at Nestlé, he has held various leadership positions, including Safety Health & Environmental Director for Nestle Foods Division and Regional SH&E Manager. Ray’s commitment to safety and sustainability has earned him multiple awards, including the NUSA Chairman’s OMP Award for Safety Excellence.

A veteran of the U.S. Army and Army National Guard, Ray served as a Civil Affairs Officer in Iraq. He brings a unique blend of military discipline and corporate expertise to his role, driving operational excellence and safety excellence across Nestlé’s operations.

Results driven EHS/L&D professional with 15+ years experience in construction, manufacturing, government projects, and oil and gas. Very competent program developer, culture change agent, facilitator/trainer, compliance auditor, and safety leader.

Qualifications:
Board Certified Safety Professional
Experienced and successful leader and manager
Lean certified
Culture change agent
Program development and evaluation designer
Behavior-based safety coordinator
Emergency response manager
Public relations

James is an accomplished Safety Professional with over 17 years of experience. He has worked on both OSHA and MSHA job sites, civil construction, industrial construction, plant operations, overhead transmission and distribution, substation construction, and warehouse/manufacturing.

He has been instrumental in bridging current industry practices with modern technology. Throughout his career, he has focused primarily on continuous process improvement and behavior based initiatives. He can best be described as a motivated team player and an energetic thinker with an unique ability to make things happen.

James is also a proud former U.S. Marine Corps Officer (Captain) and Afghanistan War veteran.

Yasser has been in the HSE field for the past 17 years, spanning Active Duty service in the US Navy, and working for and with global industry leaders across western Europe and North America across Managed Services, Heavy Industrial Manufacturing, and Supply Chain (Warehousing, Distribution, and Logistics). Yasser’s passion lies in building programs and Safety Management Systems with a focus on applying cutting edge Adult Learning psychology and change management methodologies to hone in on the most important influencing factors for those impacted by safety to make it as personal and useful to them as possible.

Dynamic Health, Safety, and Environment executive with over 16 years of proven success across heavy civil, transportation, general industry, Mine Safety – OSHA, and environmental sectors. I am an authorized OSHA outreach trainer for Construction, General Industry, Disaster site workers, and Maritime, backed by credentials from USF and Volunteer State. I hold an Executive Master in Business Administration and a Master in Integrated Management Systems, alongside certifications in ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and a diploma in Safety and Health. As an adjunct professor at Florida International University, I passionately teach the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program in Safety and Health for construction management masters, empowering the next generation of leaders. Additionally, I proudly hold the Envision Sustainability Professional certification. My leadership is characterized by strong values of Empathy, Selflessness, Authenticity, Decisiveness, and Accountability.

As a broad practitioner, Catherine supports Amentum’s commitment to prioritizing environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance excellence. She leverages her Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) knowledge, combined with her expertise in safety management systems, to support Enterprise strategic growth and cultivate a safety culture where doing the right thing, is just the norm. Her career is marked with implementation of transformational EHS initiatives, including those focused on employee mental wellbeing and psychological safety.

She brings a passion for increasing the awareness of the mental distractions that causes people to lose focus or skip critical points that often leads to incidents. With honed project planning skills and training development, she continues to underpin the efforts to excel in providing safe and reliable service solutions, always with an eye towards innovation and adaptive strategies to meet the evolving needs of the industry.

I am a highly analytical and self-motivated professional with a track record of successfully overseeing all facets of environmental, health and safety processes. My employee engagement helps to build better businesses and improve safety cultures.

My professional experience in environmental, health and safety management, regulatory compliance, auditing, lean methodologies, compliance reporting, team leadership and employee training, coupled with my adaptability and determination, certainly make me a valuable asset. I am eager to demonstrate my ability to perform and coordinate safety functions in an efficient and productive manner, while maintaining exemplary standards of efficiency, accuracy and attention to detail.

During my career,https://focusnetwork.co/ohsleaders.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=72533# I have successfully worked with senior management to effectively prioritize activities, increase engagement, achieve defined objectives and translate EHS requirements. I have also demonstrated ability to improve processes, increase efficiency, develop operational solutions, motivate teams and attain major compliance goals.

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