Occupational Health and Safety Experts 2025

I’m a workplace health and safety expert with 15+ years of experience across New Zealand, Australia, and the Middle East. As Director of Safety Space, I develop technology that helps companies simplify compliance and improve safety outcomes. I also serve as Group HSQE Manager for Traffitech Group, where I lead ISO 45001, 14001, and 9001 certified systems across seven companies. My background includes safety leadership in construction and infrastructure projects with Hawkins, Parsons, and PBS&J International. I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety Management from Massey University and a BHSc in Public Health from the University of Auckland. I specialize in occupational safety management, risk systems, and technology-driven safety solutions, and I’ve advised on everything from major infrastructure builds to small business compliance.

Terence Harris is a UK workplace safety and operational leadership expert with more than 20 years’ experience across healthcare, emergency response, logistics and high-risk operational environments. Starting his career working twilight shifts in A&E while studying Environmental Health at university, Terence progressed from frontline healthcare roles into senior leadership positions responsible for large-scale health and safety operations across the UK. Today, he leads health and safety strategy within one of the world’s most operationally demanding environments, overseeing safety performance, leadership culture and operational risk across major logistics networks. Terence specialises in workplace safety culture, leadership under pressure, human behaviour in high-performance environments, operational fatigue, mental health in frontline industries, and how organisations balance productivity with employee wellbeing. What makes his perspective different is his ability to explain complex safety and leadership challenges in plain English, grounded in real operational experience rather than theory alone. He is also currently writing a leadership book focused on resilience, imposter syndrome, personal growth and the realities of leading people in modern workplaces.

Philip Farina is one of the most highly respected and recognized security and safety professionals. He is the Chief Advisor/Consultant for Risky Business, that provides management consulting services to hotels, hospitality organizations and corporations, commercial real estate and private individuals. Philip also provides expert witness litigation support to hotels and law firms. He is the Lead CPTED Practitioner for assessments and training to support the State of Florida State Statute 768.0706 (HB 837). A U.S. Military and Federal Law Enforcement Veteran, he has been proudly featured in Fox News, NBC News, CBS News Money Watch, CNN, ABC News, U.S. News Money & World Report, MSNBC, USA Today, The Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Chicago Sun-Times, Hotel Executive, American Express, Meetings and Conventions, Security Management Magazine, Chief Security Officer CSO Magazine, Police Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Private Wealth, Business Travel Executive, and SecurityInfoWatch. Philip has been recognized as a pioneer in all facets of security, safety and risk management. He began his career while serving in the United States Naval Intelligence Community, where he held top security clearances and gained expertise in antiterrorism and protective services. He participated in U.S. military special operations, amphibious, law enforcement and lifesaving campaigns throughout the Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Africa. A nuclear tactical security officer (under the U.S. Department of Energy), he protected radioactive fuels, nuclear facilities and sensitive structures from the threat of terrorism and sabotage. He also conducted government-level risk assessments. During tenure as a federal law enforcement training officer with the U.S. Department of Defense, he was tasked with conducting penetration tests and leading “Red Team” exercises against military installations to analyze existing protection and security measures. While in this capacity, he also wrote the training curriculum for police and maritime security personnel for a new patrol boat concept for the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security. Philip was the Vice President of Loss Control/Loss Prevention for the combined Aimbridge Hospitality/Interstate Hotels portfolios. He was responsible for leading all global enterprise security management, safety and loss/fraud prevention services to protect 90,000+ employees, company operations, guests and assets for over 1800+ hospitality locations in 23+ countries.

I am a recognized expert in process safety and occupational health, safety, and environmental management with extensive U.S. and international experience across the oil and gas (upstream and downstream), marine, paper and pulp, chemical, heavy manufacturing, and EPC industries. I have led high-profile, high-value incident investigations involving process-related explosions and fires, combustible dust events, occupational injuries and fatalities, equipment failures, human factors, and engineering breakdowns. A significant portion of my work focuses on litigation support in cases involving loss of life, major industrial incidents, and severe injury. I have directed multiple “mega-loss” investigations involving significant asset damage and intense regulatory and public scrutiny, managing multidisciplinary teams across engineering and business functions. My work includes oversight of complex demolition and evidence recovery efforts, consistently delivering timely, clear, and defensible findings with strong stakeholder alignment. My experience spans onshore and offshore energy operations, refining and petrochemicals, specialty chemicals, syngas operations, and advanced risk and safety management systems, including fire and explosion analysis, process safety management, and gas systems handling and transportation, including LNG.

Behavioral threat assessment and workplace violence prevention expert with 35+ years in public safety, consulting, and criminal justice education.

Dr Marcin Nazaruk — award-winning global expert in proactive learning and founder of Learning from Normal Work, an approach that reduces serious risk by studying how everyday work succeeds, not only how it fails. Experience Founder and Director, Psychology Applied Ltd (Learning from Normal Work), 2022 to present Global Human Performance and Culture Leader, Baker Hughes Human Performance Team Lead and Lead Advisor, BP, 2012 to 2019 Chair, SPE Human Factors Technical Section, 2020 to 2023; co-founder, Human Performance Oil & Gas (HPOG) Two decades across energy, manufacturing, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, from the front line to the C-suite Client work includes Shell, ABB, Kenvue, Siemens, Holcim and TE Connectivity (where frontline questioning quality rose from 58% to 91%, and around $500,000 in avoided cost at Kenvue) Awards IIRSM Risk Excellence Award 2026 — most impactful risk research project, for Learning from Normal Work with TE Connectivity SHP Trailblazer Award 2023 SPE International HSE Award 2022 Offshore Safety Award 2018 (Operational Integrity) IOGP Outstanding Young Professional Award 2018 Industry standards (IOGP and Energy Institute) Lead author, IOGP Report 642, Learning from Normal Work (2022) — the oil and gas sector's global guidance on the topic Co-author, IOGP Report 621, Demystifying Human Factors Co-author, Energy Institute guidance EI 3579, Human Factors in Task-based Risk Assessment (2025) Publications Academic (peer-reviewed): Safety Science (2018, 2022); Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (2018); Journal of Petroleum Technology (2020); chapter in Safety by Design (Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2026) Practitioner: author of the book Learning from Normal Work (2025); Professional Safety (ASSP, 2023); TAPPI Paper360 (2023); Drilling Contractor (2019 to 2020) Education Degrees: PhD in human performance and safety culture, University of Bath (2011); MBA, Cranfield University; MSc Psychology, Catholic University of Lublin Certificates: NEBOSH (distinction), PMP, MSP, Six Sigma Green Belt, CIPD Level 7, ILM Level 7 (coaching), CMI Level 5

Puneet Gupta is the founder and chief consultant of MG Environmental Consulting, a California firm that guides companies through ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, and 13485 certification, along with R2v3, e-Stewards, RIOS, and NAID AAA. His focus is electronics recycling and IT asset disposition, where he's spent most of his career. He's also a contract lead auditor for accredited certification bodies including NSF and Perry Johnson Registrars, which gives him a view of both sides of the audit table. Before founding MG in 2019, he managed environmental, health, and safety programs in healthcare and at a large technology campus. He holds a master's in engineering and industrial management from USC.

Stephen Pike is the Founder and CEO of TravRisk, a Canadian travel preparedness and Travel Risk Management expert with more than 30 years of international travel and occupational safety experience. He specializes in helping organizations and travellers make better decisions under uncertainty through practical preparedness, risk awareness, and human judgment. Stephen is the author of Beyond the Booking: Modern Travel Risk and the Rise of Duty of Care, which explores how modern travel has evolved beyond traditional safety advice and why preparedness has become an essential travel skill. His work bridges the gap between travel planning and real-world travel, focusing on the point where organizational systems, technology, and individual decision-making intersect. His areas of expertise include travel preparedness, travel safety, business travel, duty of care, ISO 31030, travel disruptions, traveller behaviour, destination risk, digital dependency, travel scams, crisis response, artificial intelligence in travel, and decision-making under pressure. He is frequently sought for commentary on breaking travel events, airline disruptions, geopolitical developments, travel technology, and the changing expectations of modern travellers. Stephen's commentary is known for translating complex travel issues into practical, actionable insights. Rather than simply describing what happened, he helps audiences understand what it means, why it matters, and how travellers and organizations can respond more effectively. His core philosophy is that preparedness—not fear—is the foundation of safer travel, and that while travel has become more connected and convenient than ever before, it has also become more complex. His work emphasizes capability, resilience, and informed human judgment as the keys to navigating today's travel environment. Stephen is available for interviews, expert commentary, podcasts, television, radio, and print media, and is committed to providing timely, balanced, and publication-ready insights that help journalists explain travel events with context and clarity.

I serve as Chief Human Resources Officer at National Search Group, where I focus on aligning people strategy with long-term business performance. My work centers on building accountable, resilient cultures that support growth while maintaining clarity in structure, leadership expectations, and talent development. Over the years, I’ve worked closely with executive teams to strengthen performance management systems, improve workforce planning, and develop leadership capability across distributed and multicultural teams. I believe HR’s role extends beyond policies and processes. It is about designing systems that allow people to perform at their best while keeping organizations adaptable in fast-moving environments. Much of my focus is on translating strategy into practical execution. That includes refining hiring standards, strengthening retention frameworks, developing succession planning structures, and ensuring managers are equipped to lead with consistency and transparency. I’m particularly interested in how organizational clarity, accountability, and communication influence morale and long-term talent stability. I bring an operations-informed perspective to people leadership. Having worked across diverse industries and complex environments, I understand the balance between structure and flexibility, performance and culture, speed and sustainability. At its core, my work is about helping organizations build strong internal foundations because when people systems are intentional and aligned, performance follows.

I am the founder of FASTOME, an international eCommerce company specialized in environmental health systems for both private households and professional environments. We design, source, and distribute advanced solutions in water purification, ozone generation for air and water, hydrogen water technology, indoor air purification, and sleep infrastructure including ergonomic mattresses, vacuum-compressed toppers, and adjustable bed systems. Our focus goes beyond retail. We work with individual consumers, businesses, clinics, rental properties, and hospitality operators who require reliable environmental and wellness solutions that perform consistently over time. Environmental health is not a trend. It is infrastructure. Clean water, breathable indoor air, and restorative sleep form the foundation of productivity, recovery, and long-term well-being. Operating internationally, we manage cross-border logistics for technical products that require precision: voltage compatibility, certifications, dimensional accuracy, reinforced packaging, vacuum-compression systems for optimized transport, and specialized carriers for heavy or adjustable sleep structures. Mattresses and toppers are vacuum-packed to optimize logistics efficiency and product integrity. Adjustable bases, while not compressible, are reinforced and shipped through selected specialized carriers. For larger shipments or distant markets, we coordinate freight forwarders and customs agents to ensure operational continuity and cost control. In our sector, returns are rarely a marketing issue. They are usually a specification issue. That is why clarity in measurements, technical details, and real-world compatibility is central to our strategy. At FASTOME, we combine environmental technology, sleep science, and international operational expertise to deliver systems that improve how people live, work, rest, and recover — in both residential and professional settings. I contribute insights on environmental purification technologies, ozone applications, hydrogen water systems, sleep ergonomics, product specification strategy, and the operational realities of global physical eCommerce.

For more than 20 years, I have been helping the energy industry improve safety and operational performance through collaboration, innovation and the practical application of emerging technologies. As the facilitator of the DROPS Asia Chapter, I work with operators, drilling contractors and service companies to share knowledge, develop industry best practices and accelerate the adoption of practical safety solutions. Through conferences, workshops and collaborative initiatives, I help organizations translate lessons learned into measurable improvements. As the founder of DrillingVR, I develop digital solutions that make safety knowledge more accessible, engaging and actionable. My work increasingly focuses on Artificial Intelligence, computer vision, workflow automation and digital transformation, while continuing to leverage Virtual Reality and immersive technologies where they provide genuine value. Recent initiatives include: * AI-powered Red Zone Monitoring that helps organizations understand and reduce personnel exposure through data-driven insights. * AI assistants and workflow automation that simplify safety processes and improve access to operational knowledge. * The DROPS Metaverse and other digital learning platforms that support competency development, collaboration and knowledge sharing across the global energy industry. I believe technology should empower people rather than replace them. The greatest improvements come from understanding how work is actually performed and using data to build safer, smarter and more efficient ways of working. I am passionate about bringing people together, sharing knowledge and helping the energy industry adopt practical innovations that deliver measurable improvements in safety, operational performance and human factors.

Sandeep Kumar Bomthapalli is an automotive functional safety expert specializing in the safety of AI-driven vehicles and the semiconductor chips that power them. He is one of a small number of professionals certified in both ISO 26262 and the newly published ISO 8800 — the first international standard specifically addressing AI safety for road vehicles. Expertise: Autonomous vehicle safety, AI safety standards, ISO 8800, ISO 26262, automotive semiconductors, self-driving car technology, edge AI in vehicles

Driven by a desire to make a tangible impact on our planet, I help companies enhance their triple bottom line through optimizing the built environment and applying the WELL Building Standard. My day-to-day work involves guiding CRE clients in operating healthy and sustainable buildings with industry-leading practices. As a creative-minded individual, I am constantly looking for ways to incorporate design and empathy with the goal of encouraging sustainable behaviour change.

Geographicinsight.com is the ultimate destination for exploring the world through a geographic lens. Led by a passionate geographer with over 20 years of experience in GIS, this organization offers invaluable insights and initiatives. Our motivation lies in uncovering the profound impact of geography on various aspects of life and society. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive articles and programs tailored to enrich your understanding. Over the years, we have served a diverse range of clients, including educational institutions, government agencies, and businesses seeking geographic insights to inform their decision-making.

Patrick Pinkowski, MPH, BBA, is a sustainability consultant, public health professional, and founder of Sustainable Living Services LLC, a science-based consulting and education business based in Michigan. His work helps adults, households, libraries, and community organizations translate sustainability research into practical daily actions that support healthier homes, lower waste, smarter resource use, and long-term quality of life. Patrick holds a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Michigan-Dearborn. His background connects public health, environmental science, sustainability, finance, project management, and scientific research. He is available to comment on practical sustainable living, environmental health, healthy home systems, household waste reduction, resource efficiency, consumer decision-making, climate resilience, and the connection between sustainability and everyday quality of life.

Experienced Regional Environment Health Safety Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the program development industry. Skilled in AutoCAD, Budgeting, Environmental Compliance, Facility Management (FM), and Inspection. Strong quality assurance professional graduated from Columbia Southern University.

Physician and specialist in Occupational Medicine (RQE 28.666), board-certified by ANAMT/AMB. Five years in occupational health with a passion for mental health promotion in the workplace, with experience as a coordinator at multinational companies and as a court-appointed medical examiner.

Jussi Viljanen is a senior-level SEO consultant and the founder of Gainline Ltd, with 10+ years of experience helping businesses grow through search. He works hands-on with a deliberately limited number of clients at a time - no middlemen, no juniors - so each one gets a senior practitioner from strategy through execution. His focus is Ecommerce SEO & B2B search engine optimization: getting companies found at the moment a buyer is actively looking for a solution, and measuring success by lead quality and revenue rather than vanity traffic metrics. He pairs data-driven, semantically structured SEO with visibility in AI-powered search as well. Jussi has delivered results across a range of B2B sectors, from 3D modeling and insurance brokerage to SaaS and professional services, where even modest gains in organic visibility have led to high-value new client relationships. He also specializes in international SEO, helping global companies enter the Finnish market and Finnish businesses expand abroad. He's available to comment on: technical and B2B SEO, lead-focused search strategy, how AI and generative search are reshaping organic visibility, international and local SEO, and the realities of running an independent, premium consulting practice. More at https://jussiviljanen.com/en/.