Mark P. Alavosius, Ph.D.
Mark P. Alavosius, Ph.D. is assistant professor of psychology in the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his BA in psychology from Clark University in 1976 and earned his MS (1985) and Ph.D. (1987) in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
As President of MPA & Associates, Inc., Dr. Alavosius works with specialists in instructional design, multi-media interactive systems, software development, business strategy, and performance management to develop and provide behavioral systems to improve performance in business and industry. He held faculty appointments in the Behavior Analysis and Industrial/Organizational Program at Western Michigan University and the Behavior Analysis Program at West Virginia University. His interests are in developing behavioral and instructional systems to improve work performance particularly in the areas of health and safety.
Dr. Alavosius has a proven track record with NIOSH as a recipient of Small Business Innovations Research Grants to develop and test behavioral safety technologies. With over twenty years of experience in behavioral approaches to work performance and occupational health & safety, Dr. Alavosius has over 100 publications and conference presentations.
Tim Ludwig, Ph.D.
Workshop 1: Behavioral Safety Accreditation: What it is and How it Sustains Outstanding Safety Performance
Workshop 5: “Assessing Safety Culture: How to Know What You May Not Know”
Tim Ludwig earned his Ph.D. at Virginia Tech researching the benefits of employee-driven behavior based safety programs under E. Scott Geller. Dr. Ludwig is a full professor at Appalachian State University where he was named a University Deans’ Distinguished Graduate Faculty for his contributions to the nationally recognized Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management Masters program. Dr. Ludwig’s teaching has been recognized with the North Carolina University Board of Governors’ Excellence in Teaching award and he has been inducted into Appalachian State University’s Academy of Outstanding Teachers.
Dr. Ludwig is currently serving as the President of the Organizational Behavior Management Network and the current editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles that empirically document the successes of methods to improve safety and quality in industry through behavior-based management. His book Intervening to Improve the Safety of Occupational Driving reviews 10 years of behavior-based safety in the product delivery industry. His upcoming book, Best-in-Class Safety benchmarks how companies with the best safety records succeed. Dr. Ludwig serves on the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies’ Behavioral Safety Accreditation Board that reviews best-in-industry safety practices and offers independent, objective feedback on safety programs.
Within his consulting practice at Safety Performance Solutions, Dr. Ludwig has helped design, deliver, and implement safety programs at Corning, Albany International, TRW Automotive, Eastman Chemicals, Domino’s Pizza, Carolina Medical Center, Kimberly Clarke, Connectiv Energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), SuperValue, and Nucor Steel. He has continued this research for two decades integrating his empirical findings into his safety consulting. He also has provided his expertise in TQM, strategic planning, and human resources development to numerous private and government organizations over the past 15 years. Clients include the US Navy-Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), US Department of Energy, US Department of the Interior, National Grocers of Canada, the Deaconess Hospital System, Boyles Furniture, and Alex Lee Inc. of North Carolina.
Dr. Ludwig’s recent keynote presentations include speeches at International Conference on Occupational Risk Prevention, A Coruna, Spain; AmCham’s Health Safety and Environment Conference & Exhibition, Trinidad; Behavioral Safety Now, Kansas City, MO.; and the Behavior Management Training Leadership Conference, Darington, United Kingdom.
Cloyd Hyten, Ph.D.
Workshop 2: Using the PIC/NIC Analysis for Understanding At-Risk Behavior
Workshop 6: Effective Safety Leadership
Cloyd Hyten received his doctoral degree in Behavior Analysis from West Virginia University. He co-founded the Department of Behavior Analysis at the University of North Texas in 1990 and was a professor for many years, training graduate students and consulting to organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Cloyd is a Certified Performance Technologist and is currently a Senior Consultant at ADI where he works with numerous clients on safety and performance improvement programs. He is also President-elect of the Organizational Behavior Management Network.
Bart Sevin, Ph.D.
Workshop 2: Using the PIC/NIC Analysis for Understanding At-Risk Behavior
Workshop 6: Effective Safety Leadership
Bart Sevin received his Ph.D. in behavioral psychology from Auburn University and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). As a consultant with ADI, the Human performance Company, Bart works with clients in the implementation of Behavior-Based Safety systems.
He also works with a wide range of employee populations and clients providing on-site support and consultation at all organizational level.
Angelica C. Grindle, Ph.D.
Workshop 3: Introduction to Behavioral Safety
- Project Manager with Quality Safety Edge, a company that specializes in the application of behavioral technology to employee driven safety and quality improvement efforts.
- Over six years experience successfully designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral and process improvement systems in a wide variety of organizational settings.
Projects include:
- Cross-business unit process redesign
- Strategic organizational design
Clients include:
- Archer Daniels Midland
- Alticor Corporation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Menasha Corporation
- Georgia Pacific
- Lear Seating
- Borgess Hospital
- A presenter at local and national conferences and author of articles appearing in the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management and the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. Contributor to The Values-Based Safety Process: Improving Your Safety Culture with Behavior-Based Safety by Terry McSween.
- A member of the Association for Behavior Analysis and the Organizational Behavior Management Network.
- Recipient of numerous scholarly awards.
- M.S., Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Western Michigan University.
- Ph.D., Applied Behavior Analysis, Western Michigan University.
Dr. John Austin
Workshop 4: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (morning)
Workshop 9: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (afternoon)
Dr. John Austin is an internationally recognized expert in providing behavior-based solutions to organizational challenges. He is founder of Reaching Results, a consultancy for management, motivation, leadership, and safety. Dr. Austin is also a Professor of Psychology at Western Michigan University. He has consulted with organizations for 20 years to improve productivity and safety in various industries including:
Aviation, Health care and hospitals, Chemical, Higher education, Construction, Public accommodations,Food service, Transportation, Glass and plastics manufacturing, Utilities, Government, and Retail.
John has experience in occupational safety, motivation, performance measurement, leadership development, coaching, and organizational change management.
In the area of improving human performance he has published nearly 100 articles and chapters, delivered over 200 presentations at regional, national, and international conferences, and has published three books, Organizational Change, Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis, and Mindfulness at Work.
At Western Michigan University, John has taught college and graduate level courses and conducted research in the areas of occupational safety, organizational performance improvement, consultation, motivation, and behavior change for 15 years. He earned his BA from the University of Notre Dame, and his MS and PhD from Florida State University. He is past Editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and on the board of editors for four other comparable scientific journals, including the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.
John is past Director of the Organizational Behavior Management Network, a Trustee at the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, and a leading member of the UK & USA based BMT Federation (www.bmtfed.com), a group of independent consultants that specialize in using behavioral science techniques to improve business performance.
Bob Cummins
Workshop 4: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (morning)
Workshop 9: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (afternoon)
Bob Cummins is a graduate of Portsmouth University and Chartered Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Bob is a strategic leader with over 20 years experience within the private and public construction sectors.
Bob moved from construction management into Health and Safety Management in 1997 and has worked for a number of multinational companies and large projects. He is a frequent speaker at Health and Safety conferences including the BMT Federation, RoSPA and IOSH. His areas of expertise include; Safety Leadership and Coaching, Behavioural Management and Science, and Strategic and Business Safety Management.
Over the last 5 years Bob has specialised in leading strategic Health and Safety management and improved performance throughout multi-million pound programmes and projects.
During his time at Scottish Water Solutions Bob successfully reduced injuries by over 200% whilst maintaining an efficient and effective delivery model for the £1.2bn capital programme.
After significantly improving Scottish Water Solutions Health and Safety performance Bob joined Transport Initiatives Edinburgh Ltd as the Head of Engineering, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment. Transport Initiatives Edinburgh is the Client organisation providing feasibility studies, procurement management and project management for the Edinburgh Trams Project.
Bob’s challenge with Edinburgh Trams involves one of the UK’s largest civil engineering projects through the heart of the historic capital. Bob has driven a Health and Safety strategy that has resourcefully improved the management, focus and performance of Client and Contractors.
Bob is also a director of Alternative Safety Limited (ASL). Its goal is to challenge much of the current entrenched thinking about Health and Safety. ASL works with a number of experienced business leaders, behavioural practitioners and safety professionals; supporting major national clients across the globe, improving their management and safety performance, reducing injuries and increasing efficiency.
Nicole Gravina, Ph.D., Consultant
Workshop 4: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (morning)
Workshop 9: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (afternoon)
Nicole is also a faculty member at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in Performance Management, Occupational Safety and Health Psychology, Systems and Processes, and Applied Behavior Analysis. She has delivered presentations and workshops at national and international conferences and has published numerous research articles.
Nicole serves on the editorial board at Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, the board of directors for the Mid-American Association of Behavior Analysis, and the Board of Advisors for the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies. She obtained her Master’s in I/O Psychology and her Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis from Western Michigan University and completed a research fellowship at Liberty Mutual Safety Research Institute.
Safety Highlights:
Led a BBS rollout at Pfizer in the injectable inspection unit that earned the prestigious Pfizer Year-End Award in Health, Environment, and Safety
Howard Lees
Workshop 4: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (morning)
Workshop 9: 10 Years of BBS Success Stories and How it was Done (afternoon)
Howard Lees is a British Chartered Civil Engineer with 40 years construction experience. In the 1990′s Ho ward was Operations Manager for Bechtel Water and Construction Oversight Manager for Bechtel in Europe. Howard lead major work programmes in the public and private sectors, up to £2.8bn programme value and with up to 3000 staff. He had an exemplary track record in delivering profitable safe projects and improving group performance whilst managing these programmes. A number of current successful leaders of major projects around the world worked within Howards organisation during this period.
In 1999 he was asked by Bechtel to train in Behavioural Science in the USA. On graduation Howard was responsible for working to improve the professional culture within the Bechtel Corporation. With colleagues, he developed a programme for the dissemination of applied behavioural science tools and
deployed them to both Project and Functional groups by means of coaching and workshops.
He assisted in the reorganisation of the global Bechtel business. Working with the major business units to improve leadership and accountability, he delivered specific improvement plans to a number of major UK projects including Coryton Power, Great Yarmouth Power, The Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Also Dabhol Power in India and the Bechtel regional offices in London and New Delhi comprising over 6000 professional engineers. Howard is now the leading UK practitioner in Behavioural Management Techniques (BMT). He is the founding member of the BMT Federation and an international speaker on business, leadership and safety. In 2004 he set up Hollin Consulting Ltd which specialises in applying behavioural science within businesses to improve safety and efficiency. He has written six popular books on the use of BMT and is now executive coach to a number of emerging leaders in a number of different fields and industries in the USA, UK and New Zealand.
Over the years Hollin Consulting have continued to provide consulting services working on the West Coast Route Modernisation (£11bn) project for Network Rail; they have expanded consulting activities winning major cultural change contracts at United Utilities and Scottish Water. During this period they have developed the Hollin BMT materials, cemented links to USA behavioural expertise and worked with clients to improve workplace efficiency and safety. During this period the business has expanded and the Hollin list of major engagements now includes Bechtel, Carillion, Network Rail, Scottish Water, Costain, Veolia, MWH, The City of Edinburgh Council, Galliford, Morgan Est, Atkins, Southern Water, United Utilities, SPSA, Turriff, 4Delvery, Wrexham Borough Council and Mouchel.
Judy Agnew, Ph.D.
Workshop 6: Effective Safety Leadership
Dr. Agnew is a Vice President and Senior Consultant with Aubrey Daniels International. For eighteen years she has specialized in designing behavior based business solutions. Her Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis combined with a myriad of consulting experiences enables her to develop customized behavior based interventions that are well grounded in the science of behavior.
Dr. Agnew has worked in industries as diverse as oil and gas, food and non-food manufacturing, mining, forest products, distribution, assembly, and retail. This range of industries has provided her with experience dealing with diverse employee populations and a wide range of organizational issues.
Some of her clients include: PECO Energy, Shell Oil, Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Assurant Health, The Orange County Register, Kroger, Wal-Mart, Potlatch, Toro, and M&T Bank.
Dr. Agnew is also the co-author (with Gail Snyder) of a behavior based safety book entitled “Removing Obstacles to Safety.”
Grainne A. Matthews, Ph.D.
Workshop 7: Advanced Topics in Behavioral Safety
Recent clients include:
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Mike Diehl, CSP
Workshop 8: Beyond the Plateau – A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement
Senior Technical Consultant – Organizational Safety Performance Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
Mac Bell, CSP
Workshop 8: Beyond the Plateau – A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement
Senior Technical Consultant – Organizational Safety Performance Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
Jim Houlihan, CSP, ARM
Workshop 8: Beyond the Plateau – A Systems Approach to Continuous Improvement
Jim’s current responsibilities include development of process and resources to support Organizational Safety Performance consulting services delivered to customers worldwide.
- Over 33 years of safety consulting and management experience with Liberty Mutual Loss Prevention,
- Works with large, multi-site customers to assess, develop, and implement comprehensive performance improvement processes,
- Over one hundred presentations delivered to professional, dedicated or customer conferences including over three dozen keynote addresses.
- Broad based geographical exposure having worked in Northeast, Southern and Middle Atlantic Regions while traveling nationally for large customer projects over the course of three decades.
- Outstanding training and facilitation experience and success with all organizational levels across a spectrum of industries. Noted for his ability to address senior management or hourly workers, connecting well with each.
- Consulted on the design, piloting and implementation of a phased safety process improvement strategy for a large, international contractor. The comprehensive strategy is still unfolding eleven years later with dramatic, validated results and recognizable culture change at all levels through most all of the 140 companies.
- Participated in the creation and support of LMIG’s AOSE™ consulting model and Performance Leadership™ behavioral safety process through direct customer consulting engagements, mentoring of customer and internal champions, development of training and marketing resources, validation of risk reduction returns and data collection technology.
- Introduced and facilitated the Performance Leadership™ process to the nation’s largest passenger rail service; achieving quantified risk reductions in areas such as handling luggage, changing couplers , training and detraining safety, and operating track-laying machines
- Involved in projects that assess or develop “upstream safety indicators,” cultural or performance change strategies and world-class safety interventions.
- Ability to facilitate highly diverse teams to achieve objectives efficiently and deliver creative, hard-hitting outputs.
- Recognized as a spontaneous, engaging public presenter, comfortable working without notes in large groups while staying on time
- Bachelor of Science in Business Management – Virginia Commonwealth University
- Master of Arts in Theology – Eastern Seminar
- Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
- Associate in Risk Management (ARM)