Because our team of experts has such diverse backgrounds we can bring custom solutions involving hazardous materials incidents, industrial hygiene sampling and analysis issues to almost every industrial setting. Dealing with safety and health and multimodal transportations activities fits neatly into our teams skill set. Crisis management and development of plans and programs are part of our diverse portfolio.
Responder, has on its team recognized leaders in many diverse areas and is headed by Manny (Manuel) Ehrlich, our president. Manny, with over thirty five years of chemical industry experience is a well established trainer, facilitator and emergency response incident manager. Manny routinely performs extensive analysis, program development and training in all areas of hazardous materials incident management, transportation regulatory issues and competency evaluations for the chemical industry and third party logistics functions.
Members of the Responder team include:
| Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr |
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Thirty five years of increasingly responsible and diverse positions within the Chemical Industry. Extensive experience in leading top-performing organizations for Fortune 500 companies. Exceptional skills in organizing and developing a "best-in-class" emergency response function in one of the top ten chemical companies in the world.
Major accomplishments in organizational analysis/diagnosis, staff development and training, team/consensus building, and public speaking. Proven abilities in crisis management; adept in handling resolving complex, ambiguous situations, particularly as they involved complex emergency response incident investigations. Acquired valuable expertise in cross-cultural communications and trade while directing select overseas operations for international corporations. Successful labor negotiations record. |
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Christine Bisesi, MS, CIH, CHMM
President of Enviro-Health, Inc. |
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Christine is well grounded in health, environmental, industrial hygiene and regulatory affairs that include transportation, environmental and OSHA CFR's. As a former OSHA CHSO Christine has an extremely diverse client base that includes many major chemical companies as well as NASA's Research Center . Enviro-Health provides services for all aspects of environmental and occupational health and safety issues including ergonomics and information and data management. Please visit www.Enviro-Healthinc.com for additional information. |
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| Michael Bisesi, PhD |
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Dr. Bisesi is professor and chairman of the Department of Public Health and has a faculty appointment in the Department of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine .
Dr. Bisesi's background includes comprehensive practice in environmental and occupational health science. His areas of expertise include human exposure assessment of chemical and biological agents, human illness prevention, and environmental toxicology. He has extensive publications in the industrial hygiene and environmental and occupational toxicology arenas. Dr. Bisesi is a part time consultant in Enviro-Health, Inc. |
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| Clyde B. Strong |
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| Clyde is the president of Clyde B. Strong and Associates. Widely recognized for his outstanding contribution related to oil spill prevention and remediation, he is nationally recognized as an outstanding trainer. As part of the DOT Association of American Railroads, Pueblo , CO organization, Clyde started the hazardous materials training program which gained national recognition. He was an instructor at Texas A&M and has publications in Emergency Response and Hazardous Materials management and marine biology related issues. |
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| Kelly Elder |
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As the former lead instructor at the Pueblo CO Association of American Railroads training center, Kelley directed the daily operation of the Hazardous Materials Training Center . He was the primary developer and lead instructor for the Hazardous Materials Technician Course (NFPA/OSHA level), Tank Car Safety Course (Version II), Railroad Emergency Response Course, and the Hazardous Materials in Rail Transportation Course.
Kelley is now the principal of E 2 S 2 , an organization providing environmental, safety, hazardous materials, and transportation consulting services to businesses, industry, and communities throughout the United States and in the Bahamas . In addition, resulting from his Air Force experience K elley has extensive background in instruction related to WMD |
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| Randy Hicks |
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With over twenty years of experience with BASF Corporation, Randy provided on-call services for BASF's Emergency Response function for 15 years. He has an outstanding background in DOT and OSHA regulations. In addition to having more than 10 years of on call experience with BASF's Emergency Response Function, Randy has vast experience at the public relations interface for the Wyandotte Michigan site. |
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| Rem Gaade |
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Former Chief of Hazardous Materials and Special Operations, Fire Fighting Division of the Toronto Fire Department. Rem has 35 years of fire service experience. He was chairman of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs' HazMat committee for eight years and is a member of the Standing Committee on Hazardous Materials and Activities of the National Fire Code of Canada. Rem has lectured widely on hazardous materials response and WMD preparedness . He is currently an emergency planning and education consultant, principal of Gaade & Associates, based in Oakville , Ontario . Rem is a voting member of the NFPA's Technical Committee on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel, which has responsibility for NFPA Standards 471and 472. Rem is well- experience d in private as well as public sector emergency planning , risk assessments, and critical infrastructure issues . Learn more of his background and experience at http://www.wmd-hazmat.com/msg7.htm |
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| Jim L. Shephard |
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| Jim is the president of Shephard's Industrial Training, Inc., headquartered in Memphis, TN. Jim enjoys more than 20 years of specialized experience in the development and delivery of customized training programs. Shephard's programs address all facets of operation related to the use of equipment designed for material handling. Shephard's employs the most advanced management skills in areas ranging from accident investigation to train the trainer programs. Shephard's has been recognized by National and International material handling publications as having the leading edge in providing consulting services for material handling operations as well as the development of real world, site-specific industrial operator training programs. For more details please visit www.Shephardsystems.com |
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