CAT FINANCIAL - Key Persons
Abby specializes in building and implementing communication strategies to launch and support cultural initiatives. She works with executives, safety champions and communications professionals to build multi-channel messaging campaigns that maximize communication opportunities.
As project coordinator, Alyssa is responsible for managing all signed contracts. She acts as the liaison between the customer, consultant and production team to ensure deliverables in the contracts are scheduled, materials arrive on time for events and she also works with accounting on the invoicing. Alyssa is naturally skilled at connecting people and processes.
Amy is our proposal writer and Salesforce administrator. She excels at developing and improving processes and is pursuing education in computer information systems and a certificate in Database Administration.
As the graphic designer of the team, Brad is the creative mind behind our consulting and marketing materials, specializing in video, photography, web design and training program development.
Job Titles:
- Global Consulting Manager
Brett is a Certified Safety Professional who has more than 25 years of experience working with everyone from executives to front-line employees. He joined the team as a consultant and moved to overseas to launch the consulting business in Australia. Upon his return to the United States, he became the Global Consulting Manager leading our team of experienced consultants.
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Chip brings more than 20 years of leadership, management and supervisory experience, as well as a keen ability and skill-set to lead organizations through the culture-change journey. Chip has a strong track record of producing results and is effective at clearly communicating concepts, promoting teamwork and staying focused on organization objectives. Chip is a certified Six-Sigma Black Belt and is a Certified OHSAS18001 and ISO9001/14001 Lead Auditor.
Danielle is responsible for a host of administrative support activities including printing, organizing and shipping all materials for customer events. She also supports customer-facing survey activities.
Job Titles:
- Director of Research & Development
David has served since 1979 as an organizational development professional helping teams and companies of all types build and sustain safety and cultural excellence. Starting as a consultant on our team, he now overseas the research and development of new products and services for Caterpillar Safety Services. He's also the author of two leadership books called "The Excellent Experience" and "12 Steps to Excellence."
Job Titles:
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Job Titles:
- International Sales Manager
Jamie manages all speaking engagements and events for Caterpillar Safety Services while also having responsibility for lead management in Salesforce. Her high energy brings life to the team.
Jennie-Fe joined our team with 15 years of cross-functional human resources experience with a strong emphasis on change management, culture/work environment assessments and employee engagement. She has a strong background in facilitating interactive workshops and training professionals of all levels, both in English and Spanish.
Job Titles:
- Operational Risk Consultant
Residing in Australia, Jenny has almost 20 years of local and international consulting experience with some of the world's most respected mining, construction, engineering and manufacturing organizations. With a Masters in Organizational Psychology, Jenny is passionate about the psychology behind safety, strategic development, culture change and transformation, leadership development and change management.
Job Titles:
- Account Manager
- Product Support Manager
Jodi originally joined the team as an account manager and transitioned into a leadership role where she manages the production team out of Portland, Oregon. She manages the custom training projects for our team and earned her Project Management Professional certificiation.
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager
Justin, a Certified Safety Professional, served as an EHS professional at a Caterpillar manufacturing facility that was using the services of Caterpillar Safety Services. He joined the team as a consultant and transitioned into account management. Now as the business development manager he inspires our account managers and is a well known keynote speaker and writer on the topic of safety culture.
Kelly has over 15 years in business-to-business sales experience. She has a wide range of experience in various industries including IT, healthcare, manufacturing, finance and public sectors selling services, hardware and software solutions.
Kevin has worked his way from a front-line journeyman to an executive leader, totaling over 37 years in utility experience, providing him with rich insight and experiences to relate to all levels of an organization. He has 20 years of safety and operational experience primarily in the electric and gas utility industry, and he holds a level of expertise in leadership, safety culture and safety process improvement.
Job Titles:
- Lifecycle Support Manager
Rachel has a background in communication but transitioned to marketing in 2011. As the business grows and evolves, so does marketing. Rachel is passionate about collaborating with others to meet goals and adores the culture of this unique team at Caterpillar.
Rick started his 20+ Caterpillar career after four years in the US Air Force as an Aviation Technician. Utilizing his experience as a certified Six Sigma black belt, Rick confidently leads diverse teams to develop or improve processes using continuous improvement tools. His hands-on experience in a variety of industries allows him to fully connect with front-line employees while his consulting background allows him to comfortably interact with senior leaders.
With a background in Continuous Process Improvement, Rob understands first-hand how to implement processes that result in improved quality, safety and production while decreasing company costs. That's why he's passionate about sharing our continuous improvement process with customers. He's worked across multiple industries including Quarry & Aggregates, Paving, Heavy Highway Construction, Safety and Concrete & Asphalt Supply.
Samantha has a background as an engineer, but has shifted her career toward strategy and marketing. She excels at developing and implementing strong strategic plans for marketing and other areas of the business.
Job Titles:
- International Business Development Manager
As a 30-year United States Air Force veteran, Seth has executive operationally-focused experience, managed safety programs, investigated crashes and effectively implemented lean management processes. He is a dynamic and engaging instructor with experience teaching college level academic courses at Purdue University. He has led diverse teams of individuals and successfully implemented strategic plans.
With more than 15 years of experience in the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) profession, Shae applies knowledge from his experiences to his current role as an account manager. His passion is to educate others on the process of empowering front-line employees, engaging and educating supervisors in positive accountability practices, and supporting leaders to be visibly committed to improving safety culture.
Tim's background is in safety, environmental and industrial hygiene. He is a skilled practitioner and strategist of the Zero-Incident Performance (ZIP™) Process - the formula behind Caterpillar's renown injury reduction journey - implementing the process within 10 different Caterpillar manufacturing facilities prior to joining our team. Tim excels at helping organizations in a variety of industries match specific pain points with proven solutions and he's passionate about making a positive impact on people and supporting companies in reaching new levels of achievement.
Todd is a Certified Safety Professional with more than 30 years of experience. He's served companies in the utility, construction, forestry, pipeline, mining and manufacturing industries to help them improve their safety culture performance. Todd's experience and contagious passion for safety excellence allows him to connect with all levels of an organization.
Todd manages the set up, data collection and out-puts for all Safety Perception Surveys and Safety Leadership Assessments. He also is the site administrator for SafelyHome, our online learning center, and go-to tech support contact on the team.
As a Safety Professional at a publicly owned utility that was a customer to Caterpillar Safety Services, Tristina joined the team with hands-on experience implementing our continuous improvement process. She brings high energy to her work and is passionate about supporting organizations create and sustain a positive safety culture.
Valerie specializes in connecting industry leading companies with customized cultural solutions for management challenges. She has more than 10 years of experience forging partnerships with global organizations in pursuit of systems, process and performance excellence.
Once serving as a Director of Corporate Safety for a Fortune 500 company that was a customer to Caterpillar Safety Services, Zach joined the team as a consultant and transitioned into account management, then business development manager, and now proudly leads this passionate team as the general manager.