Rodney Grieve

Mr. Grieve is copresenting Workshop M5, "Reducing Risks Via Quality Control and Leadership," on Monday. He is a founding partner in BRANTA Worldwide, co-author of SOAR: A Gate-to-Gate Journey of Leadership Essentials, and author of the best-selling Defend Your Profits: Safety Tools for Bottom Line Improvement. He has nearly 20 years of industry and consulting experience helping organizations, teams, and individuals create a culture of success.

Since 2000, Mr. Grieve has been consulting with clients ranging from high-tech to waste management, construction to food packaging, heavy equipment manufacturing to industrial services. As a result, he has developed the delivery style and content to be effective anywhere in the organizational structure. Mr. Grieve has worked with front-line supervisors all the way to senior executive throughout North America as well as with groups in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.

His more than 10 years in the hazardous waste and industrial services sector was in management positions as well as senior support positions. Starting his career as a Project Manager, Mr. Grieve oversaw hazardous waste cleanup operations at laboratories and manufacturing facilities. For several organizations, he provided in-house regulatory expertise and training on environmental, health, safety, and transportation issues. Prior to starting BRANTA in 2000, Mr. Grieve was the Western Regional Director of Safety for Philip Services Corp., a multinational industrial services and hazardous waste company. With no direct reports, Mr. Grieve was responsible for the safety, health, and well-being of over 1,200 employees in nine states and two provinces. By teaching leadership and communication skills to his front-line supervisors, Mr. Grieve's efforts led the Western Region to a 36 percent reduction in total incidents and a whopping 93 percent reduction in annual safety-related liability costs.

Mr. Grieve holds a Master's Degree in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is a Professional Member of the National Speakers Association and a formerly Certified Instructor for the Dale Carnegie Organization.