The Aaron Iacino Show

We are joined with Hala Alzuhayri on this episode. She is an ambitious Environmental Health & Safety Professional. She develops environmental health & safety SOPs, conducts regularly scheduled safety meetings for all facility departments and lead the safety committee, coordinates accident investigations and follow-up accident reporting for the department, ensures OSHA compliance and update...

She has been in the Construction and Workplace Safety industry for several years. She has extensive knowledge of safety regulations and training experience, as well as managing people. She began working construction in 2006 in the school to apprenticeship program through Delaware Area Career Center in Ohio. She received the Builders Exchange women in construction scholarship 2007 and graduated Col...

We are joined with David Stumbo, Ed. D., OHST, CSP. Dr. David Stumbo is an Assistant Professor in Eastern Kentucky University’s College of Justice, Safety & Military Science, where he serves as Internship Coordinator for occupational safety students. He is Director and co-founder of the EKU Center for Total Worker Health ® and Director of Programs for the Louisville Chapter of the American Soc...

James (Jim) Haden is an EMS Director/Paramedic for the Sioux City Fire Rescue. He has been involved in EMS since 1983, and a paramedic working in various roles in Sioux City since 1987.  For a total of 35 years.  Some of his EMS experience in Sioux City includes:  EMT training from Western Nebraska Community College, Paramedic Education at University of Iowa EMSLRC , Flight Medic; 7 years as a cre...

Amber Pappas - CIT, CSP, Workplace Safety and Health Consultant, Authorized OSHA 1910 & 1926 Trainer, and Speaker who has worked in the industry for over 20 years. She is co-founder and President of Safety Help Today specializing in workplace safety compliance and OSHA training. She is also a trainer for the National Safety Council specializing in Safety Training Methods, Fundamentals of Indus...

Jill Alexander, VP Marketing, and Eric Henson, Technical Director, are part of a passionate team dedicated to protecting workers at height at Safewaze , fall protection’s most responsive partner. With a 100,000 square foot facility in North Carolina, Safewaze provides quick, flexible solutions for fall prevention, fall arrest, rescue and confined space. From anchors and harnesses to rescue and rai...

At 53 years old, Funk Roberts is owner of Funk Roberts Fitness Inc. - The Over 40 Alpha Brotherhood and Funk Supplements Inc. Funk is an online Fitness Entrepreneur who has successfully runs two 7-figure business and is a recent recipient of the 2-Comma Club through Clickfunnels. Funk Roberts is known around the fitness industry and world as the guy who helps MEN over the age of 40, 50, 60 and bey...

Joseph brings 40 years of knowledge and experience in the regulatory arena with both the United States Coast Guard and the State of Texas.  In his 22 years of experience in the US Coast Guard, Joseph was a Maritime Vessel Inspector, Federal On-Scene Coordinator’s Representative, Spill Response Officer, Facility Compliance Officer, and a Training Instructor.  In his 18 years as a Senior Response Of...

Paula Deck is the Strategic Account Executive for Red Cross Training Services in Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Northwest and Southwest Iowa since 2018.  She is responsible for promoting, consulting, and selling American Red Cross training solutions, AEDs, AED management programs, and training and preparedness supplies to companies, organizations, healthcare systems, colleges and univer...

Cris Burgin has a Master of Science degree in Safety, Security, and Emergency Management with a concentration in Occupational Safety and a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Management with a minor in Business Management, both from Eastern Kentucky University. He holds Graduate Safety Practitioner (GSP) and Construction Health and Safety Technician (CHST) certifications through the Board of C...

Rocky DeWitt is a Supervisor at District 5 Woodbury County. He has 22.5 years with MidAmerican Energy (fka IPS) where he worked as the coal-fired power plant operations dept., Instrument and Electrical Tech department. He is accustomed to OSHA trainings in rigging, scaffolding, first-aid/CPR etc. He has 3 years with FedEx Express, 7 years with Wells' Inc, as a Refrigeration Tech, and 2.5 year...

Diana Martinez is the Environmental Health and Safety Manager at a cabinet manufacturing company located in Hamlet, NC. As the Environmental Health and Safety Manager, she oversees various assignments from accident investigation and powered industrial equipment to storm water pollution prevention plans. She has successfully completed OSHA #511 Standards for General Industry, OSHA #501 Trainer Cour...

Daniel Blount is 37 years old and has been married for 12 years to his wife Meghan. They have 2 kids, a 2 year old daughter (Birdee), and a 2 ½ month old son (Maddux). He's been in general industry safety for 7 years now specializing in heavy equipment, warehousing, truck and bus mechanics, and industrial generators. He has in-depth knowledge of OSHA, MSHA, DOT, EPA, NFPA, ANSI, and EPD regul...

Darlena Kelly doesn’t hail from Austin, Silicon Valley or New York but her dotcom start-up is making big waves in the gamification of education. Kelly, a Birmingham native, is an innovative engineer and creator of SimiDigi, a simulated interactive digital learning platform launched in Dallas, Texas. Kelly is blazing new trails in the field of computer animation and visualization while helping more...

Andrew Blackmon is a Regional Sales Executive for Fit For Work LLC the injury prevention company. Andrew has been in the occupational/work prevention industry for 8 years helping companies protect their number one asset: the employees!  To learn more about our Risk Management department, click here --> https://ibcins.biz/risk-management/ Learn more about our safety department here --> https:...

Kevin Morris started out in the mechanical industry while going to school for Design Drafting. Became a volunteer Fireman and EMT in 1992.  Got on the job training with industry safety.  Changed focus to a career Firefighter in 2000. Progressed to the rescue side and eventually became a Paramedic in 2008.  He retired in 2021 as a Supervisor / Paramedic.  Throughout his career, he enjoyed teaching...

Josh Russell, CSP, has 19 years of experience in environmental, health & safety, in a wide range of industries to include general, construction, laboratory/R&D & government consulting. He is currently the Sr. Manager of EH&S at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Josh is very passionate about people and creating real connections, and he focuses on creating comfortable, humanized,...

Joe has over a decade of experience in safety and organizational reliability supporting organizations of varying sizes and industries primarily through a lead consultant and director role with large international consulting firms as well as regional firms. Joe has extensive experience in enhancing organizations’ performance through leadership development, Safety Management Systems, regulatory comp...

Jarrod Calvert is the owner and certified armor of BRD Gun Works LLC; a licensed and insured Type 7 FFL manufacturer and services shop that specializes in the AR Platform. BRD Gun Works LLC was founded on two principals. To provide purpose driven customized services and rifles for the AR platform that fulfill the mission specific requirements of the end user. He's an avid recreational and com...

We are joined this episode with Allan Foster. He was born in Scotland, UK in 1963. He is a qualified NEBOSH, IIRSM, and CITB. He started in Optoelectronics in 1988 with ABTEC (Distributor of SUNX optoelectronics) for 2 years. NELSA (EJA Group now part of Alen Bradley). (Lightguards and Safety engineer) for 4 years, MTE (head of safety products division with emphasis on electronic safety products)...

John McDonald is an Environmental Health and Safety Specialist for a large contractor company named Amentum. He is a Former West Virginia Coal miner, South Carolina Gold miner, and comes from a long line of gritty blue collar workers. John has a passion for developing and growing the people around him. He also has a demonstrated history of leadership experience, and through his experiences as a mi...

Gregory M. Vecchi, Ph. D.  has over 30 years of law enforcement experience. He was the former supervisory Special Agent and Chief of the FBI Behavioral Science Unit and career FBI negotiator. In these positions, he gained extensive experience assessing and interacting with violent offenders, as well as researching and conducting hundreds of training sessions in threat assessment, crisis interventi...

Patrick is a Corporate Environment Health Safety Manager at The Greenbrier Companies. To learn more about our Risk Management department, click here --> https://ibcins.biz/risk-management/ Learn more about our safety department here --> https://ibcins.biz/risk-management/ Like us on Facebook --> https://www.facebook.com/IBCInsuranceSiouxCity/ Follow us on LinkedIn --> https://www.linke...

Eric was born and raised in southern California, and he has been in Sioux City for 6 years. He owns a Hispanic grocery store in Sioux City called La Plazita Latina. He has been in the fire service since 2004.  He was a fire explorer for Moreno Valley, CA, a volunteer firefighter for Riverside County Fire Dept, EMT with a Lynch ambulance, and a paramedic since 2009. Eric is currently a volunteer Firefi...

Based in Dallas, Texas, Bill provides leadership for department operations and developing business strategies within the company. Bill is a multi-degreed safety professional with over 15 years of experience in safety management, including loss control, risk management, program development, and implementation, accident investigation, and training. He has participated in a variety of construction pr...