Summit Best Practice Presenters

The following are Summit Best Practice Presenters who will be presenting at the TapRooT® Summit, in alphabetic order:

Darby Allan
Woodland Grange, UK

Presenting:
Senior Executive Involvement in Safety: What the Corporate Board Needs to Know About Safety

Dana Barclay
President, Dana B Barclay, Ltd., Virginia Beach, Virginia

Presenting:
Transportation Networking & Best Practices Session (Airlines, Air Transport, Shipping, Rail, Rapid Transit, Trucking)

Valerie Barnes
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington D.C.

Presenting:
Human Performance Improvement Research
Panel Discussion – Is There a Tradeoff Between Process Safety & Industrial Safety?

Barry Baumgardner
TapRooT® Instructor, Dunnellon, Florida

Presenting:
Investigation Lessons Learned from the Field

Peter Berkholz
Engineering Manager, Capability Resources, Australia

Presenting:
Hazard Recognition & Reporting; Hazard Recognition - The First Step in Safety & Risk Management
Mining Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Heinz Bloch
Consulting Engineer, Process Machinery Consulting, West Des Moines, Iowa

Presenting:
How to Become Best of Class in Equipment Reliability by Maximizing Uptime
Best of Class in Equipment Reliability: Part II
Examples of Extreme Equipment Failure Investigations

Ken Bloch
Reliability Engineer, Flint Hills Refinery, St. Paul, Minnesota

Presenting:
Examples of Extreme Equipment Failure Investigations
Using TapRooT® to Solve Complex Equipment Problems

Tom Brower
Consultant, Guyton, Georgia

Presenting:
The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly: Rating Improvement Programs & Incident Investigations

Dr. Beverly Chiodo
Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

Presenting:
Character Driven Success
Changing Behavior by Praising the 29 Character Traits

Richard Cook
Anesthesiologist, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Presenting:
MEDCAS

Hal Curry
Consultant, Hal Curry & Associates, Katy, Texas

Presenting:
Change: Dealing with Obstacles that Make Change Difficult
Oil E&P Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Refining, Petrochemical, Chemical, Plastics, Pipelines, & Terminals Networking & Best Practice Sharing

David Davis
Co-Founder, The Patient Safety Solutions & Consulting Company, Inc., Darien, Georgia

Presenting:
Morbidity & Mortality Reviews (Hot Case Rounds)
Process for Running a Healthcare Root Cause Analysis

Arturo de la Garza
Safety Consultant, Safe Tech ADLG, Mexico

Presenting:
Spanish Session

Bryce Donaldson
Consultant, UK

Presenting:
What's New in Investigation & Corrective Action: Advanced Multimedia Techniques for Sharing Lessons Learned

Benna Dortch
Sales Associate, System Improvements Inc., Knoxville, TN

Presenting:
Certified TapRooT® Instructor Best Practices

Richard Dunning
Senior IT Consultant, Oxy, Dallas, Texas

Presenting:
TapRooT® V5 Enterprise Software Implementation

Evan Erwin
Network Administrator, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting: What's New In the TapRooT® Version 5 Software? A User's Forum

Marco Flores
Consultant, TECMEN, Mexico

Presenting:
Lecciones Aprendidas en 3 Decadas en el Desarrollo de la Tecnologia en Reduccion Directa y Arranque de Plantas (Lessons Learned in 3 Decades in the Development of Technology in Direct Reduction and Plant Start-up)

TBD

Presenting:
Using TapRooT® to Evaluate Common Causes & Extent of Condition
Nuclear/Utility/DOE Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Ed Frederick
Exelon Nuclear, Middleton, Pennsylvania

Presenting:
The Accident at Three Mile Island as Observed by Someone Who Was at the Panel
Root Cause Analysis of the Accident at Three Mile Island

Kay Gallogly
Founder, The 42 Group, Newark, Deleware

Presenting:
What's New in Investigation & Corrective Action: IEEE Root Cause Analysis Standard

Sanjay Gandhi, Director
Nutek Solutions, Ltd., Kenya, Africa

Presenting:
Transportation Networking & Best Practices Session (Airlines, Air Transport, Shipping, Rail, Rapid Transit, Trucking)
Oil E&P Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Refining, Petrochemical, Chemical, Plastics, Pipelines, & Terminals Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Tommy Garnett
Co-Founder, The Patient Safety Solutions & Consulting Company Inc.
Pittsview, Alabama

Presenting:
Morbidity & Mortality Reviews (Hot Case Rounds)
Process for Running a Healthcare Root Cause Analysis

Malcolm Gresham
Principal Consultant, Practical Solutions Group, Australia

Presenting:
Change: Managing the Risks Associated with Change
Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, & Food Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Johnny R. Griggs, MD
Houston, Texas

Presenting:
Morbidity & Mortality Reviews (Hot Case Rounds)

Joel Haight
Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania

Presenting:
Performance Measures: The Latest Research on Performance Measures
Oil E&P Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Refining, Petrochemical, Chemical, Plastics, Pipelines, & Terminals
Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Performance Measures: Applying Performance Measures in Industry & Healthcare

Brian Hennesey
First Energy, Rossford, Ohio

Presenting:
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corrective Actions
Panel Discussion – Is There a Tradeoff Between Process Safety & Industrial Safety?

Renee Jourdin
Exelon, Rockford, Illinois

Presenting:
Human Performance Improvement: Exelon's Error Free Performance Tool

Leilani Kicklighter
Patient Safety Consultant, The Kicklighter Group, Tamarac, Florida

Presenting:
How Improving Patient Safety & Reducing Risk Go Hand-in-Hand

Bob King
Director HSE Training/Consulting, Woodland Grange, UK

Presenting:
Advanced Behavioral Management: Developing a Modern Safety Culture
Panel Discussion – Is There a Tradeoff Between Process Safety & Industrial Safety?
Senior Executive Involvement in Safety: What the Corporate Board Needs to Know About Safety

Tom Kriesel
Senior Evaluator, INPO, Atlanta, Georgia

Presenting:
Latest Human Performance Improvement Ideas from the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations

Michele Lindsay
Principal Consultant, P2, Canada

Presenting:
Innovative & Creative Solutions
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corrective Actions
TapRooT® User Best Practices
How to Get & Keep Management Support

Brian Locker
President, KnoW Problems, Canada

Presenting:
What's New in Investigation & Corrective Action: Latest Methods to Define Causal Factors
Better Corrective Actions by Using Corrective Action Tools
Panel Discussion – Is There a Tradeoff Between Process Safety & Industrial Safety?
Nuclear/Utility/DOE Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Investigation Lessons Learned from the Field

Kevin McManus
President, Great Systems!, Rainier, Oregon

Presenting:
Culture Shift Secrets: Changing Systems to Shift Cultures Towards High Performance
Pursuing Process Excellence – What it Takes to be One of the Best Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, & Food Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Trending & Analysis Tools in the TapRooT® V5 Software

Susan Nelms
Operations Excellent, Mirant, Atlanta, Georgia

Presenting:
From TapRooT® Version 5 Software User to Super User

Mark Olson
Reliability Consultant, St. Paul, Minnesota

Presenting:
Maintenance Best Practices

Mark Paradies
President, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
TapRooT® Advisory Board
TapRooT® Advisory Board II
Management & Performance Improvement: What Do Mangers Need to Know About Performance Improvement & Root Cause Analysis
Management & Performance Improvement: How to Identify Culture Issues When Performing a Root Cause Analysis

Barbara Phillips
Executive Assistant to Mark Paradies, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
TapRooT® User Success Stories from Healthcare & Industry

Steven Porostovsky
MIS Project Manager, St. Marks Powder, St. Marks, Florida

Presenting:
Extracting Data From Your TapRooT® V5 Database

Dave Prewitt
Vice President, FedEx, Memphis, Tennessee

Presenting:
Senior Executive Involvement in Safety: Bringing Safety to the Corporate Board

Ken Reed
Senior Associate, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
Maintenance Best Practices

Neil Roberts
Consultant, Woodland Grange, UK

Presenting:
Advanced Behavioral Management: Developing a Modern Safety Culture

Ken Scott
Consultant, Clayton, North Carolina

Presenting:
Mining Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Bill Sirois
VP and COO, Circadian Technologies, Stoneham, Massachusetts

Presenting:
FACTS: Computerized analysis of Fatigue as a Cause of an Incident
The Human Design Spec – Minimizing Human Error While Working in a 24/7 Medical Environment

Ed Skompski
Vice President, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, TN

Presenting:
TapRooT® V5 Software Administration (From Installation to Configuration)
Medical Certified TapRooT® Instructor Best Practices
Trending & Analysis Tools in the TapRooT® V5 Software

Steve Swarthout
Consultant, Performance Improvement of Virginia, Mineral, Virginia

Presenting:
Using TapRooT® to Evaluate Common Causes & Extent of Condition
Nuclear/Utility/DOE Networking & Best Practice Sharing

Dave Thompson
President, RAMsoft Ltd., UK

Presenting:
Equipment Reliability Improvement: Engineering Methods to Improve Equipment Reliability

Ken Turnbull
Consultant, System Improvements, Inc., Dandridge, Tennessee

Presenting:
Root Cause Analysis of Major Accidents: Lexington Airport Runway Mix-up
Panel Discussion – Is There a Tradeoff Between Process Safety & Industrial Safety?
Mining Networking & Best Practice Sharing
Investigation Lessons Learned from the Field

Linda Unger
Vice President, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
TapRooT® Advisory Board
TapRooT® Advisory Board II
TapRooT® User Best Practices
Certified TapRooT® Instructor Best Practices
TapRooT® User Success Stories from Healthcare & Industry

Chris Vallee
Senior Associate, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
Human Performance Improvement: Proactive Human Performance Improvement
Using TapRooT® to Improve Lean/Six Sigma

Dan Verlinde
Software Project Manager, System Improvements, Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
TapRooT® V5 Software Administration (From Installation to Configuration)
From TapRooT® V5 Software User to Super User
What's New In the TapRooT® Version 5 Software? A User's Forum

Mark Wittrup
Director of Policies and Standards, Cameco, Saskatoon, Canada

Presenting:
Root Cause Analysis of Major Accidents: Cameco Mine Flood

Jeff Wilson
President, RPQ LLC, Knoxville, Tennessee

Presenting:
Equipment Reliability Improvement: Advanced Strategy for Reliability Improvement

Michell Young
Licensing Associate, System Improvements Inc., Knoxville, TN

Presenting:
Certified TapRooT® Instructor Best Practices