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SPS PersonnelSafety Performance Solutions is led by E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Virginia Tech. These efforts include conducting site safety assessments, educating site managers and line employees, designing customized training and implementation processes, and helping establish performance measures for the new/desired safety culture. SPS team members travel extensively to address professional organizations, senior management teams, union leadership, and hourly work teams. Safety Performance Solutions' key team members are: Scott Geller
His recent books in occupational health and safety include: The Psychology of Safety; Working Safe; Understanding Behavior-Based Safety; Building Successful Safety Teams; Beyond Safety Accountability: How to Increase Personal Responsibility; The Psychology of Safety Handbook; Keys to Behavior-Based Safety from Safety Performance Solutions; The Participation Factor; People-Based Safety: The Source; Leading People-Based Safety, and People-Based Patient Safety: Enriching your culture to prevent medical error; coauthored by Dave Johnson. His latest book is The Courage Factor, coauthored with Bob Veazie and recently published by Coastal Training Technologies Corporation. Dr. Geller has been honored with all three university-wide teaching awards at Virginia Tech, and is a widely sought-after speaker at safety and industrial conferences, such as ASSE, NSC, and VPPPA. He has addressed audiences throughout the world including Africa, Asia, Australia. He also frequently keynotes at corporate-sponsored events. Recent examples include presentations for American Electric Power, ExxonMobil Chemicals, Infineum, and Monsanto. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the World Academy of Productivity and Quality. For a peek into Scott's leisure time as the drummer in an Oldies Band, click here: Magic Moments Anne French
Dr. French has managed single-site and multi-site projects in behavioral-based safety management processes for a wide variety of industries. Some of Anne's multi-site projects include Honeywell, Square D, Cargill Grain, Advanced Elastomer Systems, and 3M Company. A sample of single-site projects includes Valero Energy, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Depuy (Johnson & Johnson), Ecolab, and Nabors Well Services. Typical speaking engagements include a variety of corporate and professional society conferences (e.g., NASA, Duke Power, American Trucking Association Management Conference), and national and regional safety conferences (ASSE, VPPPA, Virginia OSHA Safety Conferences, Frito Lay Annual Safety Conference, and Behavioral Safety NOW). Anne is a professional member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and a member of the National Safety Council. Her favorite past time is golf. Anne is a member of the National Safety Council and the American Society of Safety Engineers. Joanne Dean Joanne earned her B.A. from Elon University with a major in Health and Physical Education and has more than 36 years of teaching experience. She has had leadership positions in pharmaceutical sales, public relations with the New Orleans Saints, operational support with the Dodgers organization, 17 years of service as a safety professional and continues to add to her 35 years as a health and fitness instructor Mike Gilmore
Before forming Safety Performance Solutions in 1995, Mike spent five years as a consultant with Make-A-Difference, Inc., where he and partners Scott Geller and Steve Roberts assisted clients to design and implement behavior-based safety initiatives. Mike routinely works on projects that go beyond the 'standard' observation and feedback implementations, focusing on the application of BBS principles to improving other safety management systems, such as incentive programs and disciplinary procedures. Mike has worked with clients in the U.S. and abroad including ExxonMobil Chemical, Hewlett-Packard, LL Bean, Union Pacific Railroad, North Star Steel, Pfizer, Monsanto, Imperial Oil, and Los Alamos National Labs. Mike has given keynotes, invited addresses, and workshops at a variety of regional and national conferences throughout North America Miguel Jover
Tim Ludwig
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. With Safety Performance Solutions, Tim has promoted safety programs at Eastman Chemicals, Domino’s Pizza, and Watauga Medical Centers. At Appalachian State University, he is a University Deans Distinguished Graduate Faculty in the nationally recognized Industrial/Organizational Psychology-Human Resources Management Masters program. Tim'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 is an associate editor of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management . He is the author of the book Intervening to Improve the Safety of Occupational Driving and has written numerous articles on safety in the workplace.Molly McClintock
Before retiring to become a part-time External Associate, Molly managed multiple culture change projects with an emphasis on organizational safety and employee empowerment. She assessed organizational safety culture, communicated findings, and recommended culture change initiatives. She regularly designed, developed, and delivered education and training programs for varied audiences from senior corporate managers to hourly employees. Training topics included: observation and coaching skills, teambuilding, and behavior-based incident investigation. Molly consulted with managers, safety professionals, union officials, and employee leaders to assess and advance observation and feedback processes and other safety improvement efforts. For large-scale implementation efforts, Molly coached and evaluated in-house trainers. She also delivered presentations for professional conferences and corporate meetings. She worked with a diverse range of organizations including Lockheed, Florida Power & Light, Hercules, American Standard, and the U.S. Department of Energy. As a research faculty member of Virginia Tech's Center for Organizational Performance Improvement, Molly managed the development and delivery of training workshops and professional meetings for government and industry. She conducted training on behavior-based safety, teambuilding, mentoring, and communication. Additionally, she gained experience in the evaluation of technical and non-technical training. Sherry Perdue
Some of Sherry's clients include, Estee Lauder, ExxonMobil Chemical, Lucent Technologies, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, General Dynamics, and Weyerheauser. Sherry is a frequent speaker at national safety conferences including ASSE, Behavioral Safety NOW, and VPPPA. Other speaking engagements have included keynote addresses at professional society meetings (e.g., WV Safety Council) and corporate safety conferences (e.g., ARCO Chemical, Kohler, Masco) as well as public seminars in Australia and Singapore. Steve Roberts
His specific areas of expertise include the design, implementation, and evaluation of behavior-based safety processes, the assessment of organizational culture to guide safety interventions, increasing employee involvement in safety activities, organizational management systems design, organizational leadership development, and understanding and reducing human error in the workplace. Before helping to form Safety Performance Solutions, he was a research associate with Management Systems Laboratories (MSL) of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Virginia Tech and safety consultant with Make-A-Difference, Inc. He has taught Research Methods at Virginia Tech, and for five years served as a Project Manager at the Center for Applied Behavior Systems (CABS) of the Psychology Department at Virginia Tech, where he participated in and helped direct graduate and undergraduate research projects which combine the technology of applied behavior analysis with theories from industrial, experimental, and personality psychology to solve real-world problems and improve people's quality of life. Steve has published articles in a number of peer reviewed academic journals including American Journal of Health Promotion, Applied and Preventive Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and Journal of Safety Research, as well as Safety + Health, Security Management, and People, Land and Water Magazines. Steve is a regular speaker at both public and corporate sponsored safety events. Some of Steve’s recent consulting clients include Caterpillar, ExxonMobil, Land ‘O Lakes, The National Park Service, East Jordan Iron Works, BHP Billiton, Westvaco Chemical, Pfizer, Morflex, Kraft Foods, and Freudenberg Textiles. Steve is a member of the National Safety Council and the American Society of Safety Engineers. Josh H. Williams
Since joining Safety Performance Solutions in 1997, Josh has worked with clients from a variety of industries including Borden Chemical, Monsanto, Chevron, ExxonMobil Chemical, and Lucent Technologies. In addition to these domestic projects, Josh has managed projects using his fluent Spanish with Eli Lily Pharmaceutical, Searle, and Pfizer in Puerto Rico. He has numerous publications in refereed journals including Professional Safety, Behavior Analysis Digest, and Occupational Safety and Health. Josh is a member of the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association, Association of Behavior Analysis, and American Society for Safety Engineers. Related Links:Learn more about SPS from our Products & Events or Contact Us directly and let us help you with your organization’s Safety Culture Transformation: |
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