Safety Director, Environmental, Health, Regional Manager, Loss Control

SAFETY DIRECTOR

PROFESSIONAL RESUME

DEAN A. WHITON

*******@*****.*** PRIMARY 503-***-**** / MESSAGE 760-***-****

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Mr. Whiton has extensive management skills in aspects of industrial safety and

health. As an experienced Marine Shipyard Competent Person and certified 40 hr.

385 1-1 resource he is a recognized expert in compliance to Corp of Engineers,

OSHA shipyard and terminal regulations. Mr. Whiton is also heavily experienced

in the oil and gas industries. Mr. Whiton is a certified Veriforce Operator

Qualification (OQ) Evaluator and National Center for Construction Education

N.C.C.E.R. OQ Instructor. As a young man his heavy industrial safety career began

in the mill construction industry of Longview, Washington. Since then he has

acquired refined skills and abilities through his experience with notable

construction management and industrial insurance firms including RUST, Foster

Wheeler USA, Argonaut, and AIG.

REPRESENATIVE RECENT EXPERIENCE

SAFETY DIRECTOR

ADVANCED AMERICAN CONSTRUCTION INC.

Portland, Oregon

8/1/2010 TO 4/20/2012

Mr. Whiton led Advanced American Construction (AAC) to achieve outstanding

results as their Safety Director. AAC realized returns on insurance premiums as

high as 70%. Led by Mr. Whiton, AAC gained a reputation for possessing a highly

effective and viable safety management system resulting in reduced incident and

severity rates of 42% and 66% respectively. Mr. Whiton increased safety

performance by quickly implementing highly effective incident analysis and best

practices practice systems leading to peak customer relations.

As a persuasive communicator, Mr. Whiton gained consensus to develop relevant

goals and first of its kind recognition of critical behaviors. The introduction of

useful accountability matrices as part of the overall risk profile allowed issues to be

identified and managed in a useful manner when no previous accountability

measurements existed.

Mr. Whiton connected with customers during the bidding stages and through the

ISNetworld organization to illustrate the new safety sophistication of the company.

He mentored engineers and estimators regarding a broad range of risks factors affecting

their business model including physical, mechanical and organizational elements

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improving efficiencies and customer relations. His positive impact on AAC led to

numerous accolades including the AON/AGC “Grand Build America Award”.

He applied behavior based safety recognition training for field supervisors while

keeping all vested principles engaged in an on-going dialogue. He developed the

comprehensive “Advanced American Way” construction process increasing

supervisor’s compliance with influences enacted by OSHA, the Corp of Engineers

and the industrial construction industry.

DEAN A. WHITON – C ONTINUED…

*******@*****.*** PRIMARY 503-***-**** / MESSAGE 760-***-****

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PROJECT MANAGER

S&K AEROSPACE / DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Moab, Utah

7/15/2009 TO 7/25/2010

Entering this position one year after the project began Mr. Whiton faced the challenges of limited resources

and budget; he ensured the successful completion of multiple internal projects all competing for resources

relying upon extensive experience and judgment. Dean mentored, coached, and provided leadership for a

staff of 10 people. Oversaw implementation of new safety standards conforming with the National Fire

Protection Association, and the new Department of Energy electrical regulations 70E. Mr. Whiton also

created training, implemented audits and detailed written procedures while establishing project goals and

leading senior management to define and set priorities.

ROCKFORD PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL SAFETY MANAGER

Rio Vista, California

S.W. Region Safety Manager

6/15/2007 TO 7/1/2009

Serving as the Rockford S.W. Regional Safety Manager, Mr. Whiton proved his unique leadership skills in

2007 by entering midway and successfully completing a very large and complex project with TransCanada

and Southern California Gas in Blythe California.

Mr. Whiton was later instrumental to the reinstatement of Rockford as an acceptable bidder with the

Chevron Corporation on the West coast, successfully addressing and eliminating 55 previous safety and

environmental audit findings.

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Mr. Whiton oversaw all pipeline and facility construction activities within the southwestern United States.

He administrated the ISNetworld program, Department of Transportation Fleet safety and training and

provided Operator Qualification training to all affected personnel. He introduced a behavioral based safety

program and quantitative safety measurements. Mr. Whiton created a field supervisors safety kit providing

critical materials for excavation systems, lockout/tagout, crisis management, and incident investigation

resulting in reductions of claim frequency and severity rates in the southwest by 52% and 68%.

GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION CONSULTANT

SAFETY RESOURCES

Parsippanny, New Jersey

N.W. Region Safety Consultant

5/3/2003 TO 6/10/2007

Mr. Whiton worked as the designated western United States provider of Workmen’s Compensation and

General Liability consultation to all municipal and private clients of AIG Insurance. He played an

important role consulting in construction contract management issues and loss control to the Port

Authorities of Seattle and Anchorage during significant airport expansions 2003-2007.

DEAN A. WHITON – C ONTINUED…

*******@*****.*** PRIMARY 503-***-**** / MESSAGE 760-***-****

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EXECUTIVE SAFETY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

ARGONAUT INSURANCE

Portland, Oregon

4/3/1998 TO 5/1/2003

Employed as a construction management safety expert, Mr. Whiton provided services to commercial clients

and Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) customers on the West coast. Serving as the national team

leader to Intel OCIP expansions 1998-2003 Intel realized returns of 33% or approximately seven million

dollars by utilizing Argonaut audits, sample written programs and interactive educational workshops on

Leadership, Motivation, Accountability and various OSHA subjects.

Mr. Whiton assisted Argonaut’s underwriters to better evaluate construction risk. He supported client’s

safety and industrial hygiene professionals by providing services in these fields. Mr. Whiton delivered to

thousands of construction professionals Argonaut’s Supervisor Training in Accident Reduction Techniques

behavioral based safety program and worked to provide new risk management products including a wide

array of reports to clients and underwriters. Mr. Whiton had input to pre-bid qualifications in contract

management while consulting to the Port Authorities of Portland and San Francisco during airport

expansions.

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PRIOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

1988 TO 1998

Progressive advancement as Construction Safety Manager/ I.H technician supervising multiple projects.

• RUST Engineering & Construction (National)

• Foster Wheeler USA Engineering Advanced Silicon Materials Project, Butte, Montana

Additional professional information at:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-whiton/15/25/aa2

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