Mr. Hazel has over 28 years experience in emergency response operations including oil and HAZMAT spill response, emergency lightering of vessels during salvage operations and oil spill technology research and development. As Vice President of Marine Services for Marine Pollution Control (Detroit, MI), he is responsible for coordination and oversight of the company's Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO) classification and response program.

Drew McCarty has been providing emergency response services for 38 years. He began his emergency response career serving his community in 1980 as a Firefighter and over a decade as the Assistant Fire Chief in his local fire department. Those experiences, coupled with more than 30 years of industrial hazardous materials events, have complimented his career in the industrial emergency response contracting industry. His accomplishments have gained national recognition and credibility for mitigating incidents involving high-hazard chemical emergencies and hundreds of others with safety and/or environmental sensitivities. He has developed multiple service lines from scratch, and SPSI has certifications and qualifications as a CHLOREP Level III response contractor through the Chlorine Institute, certifications by the Association of American Railroads Bureau of Explosives, and SPSI is also a U.S. Coast Guard Verified Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO #718). Mr. McCarty holds many hazmat specialist credentials and is a certified Level II Non-Destructive Tester.

Roy has over 20 years of experience in the emergency response consulting business. He has held key ICS/IMS positions during major incidents/events involving oil and hazardous chemical spills all over the world. As a certified USCG and FEMA ICS/IMS trainer he has developed, coordinated and provided training worldwide in response management principles, field response equipment deployment, spill response clean-up strategies & techniques as well as spill trajectory modeling in all three environmental phases (air, water, subsea). He has developed and facilitated comprehensive emergency response and preparedness programs for the largest oil and gas operators in the world. He has been the lead facilitator and trainer for world-wide exercises in Africa, Southeast Asia, Russia, Europe, Australia, South America, Canada and the United States. As a graduate of the University of Houston with an Environmental Science Degree, Roy uses his environmental expertise to develop worldwide emergency management programs designed to fully equip emergency management teams with the tools and expertise necessary to reduce the impacts of an incident. Roy is recognized in the Oil & Gas Emergency Response disciple as an innovative leader committed to improving clients' ability to respond through emergency response pre-planning, training, exercising and support.

Zach leads the environmental science group for Duke Energy Corp. His diverse group of scientists includes 92 chemists, biologists, geologists, engineers and limnologists. The group's functional areas include: - Water Resources (surface water quality and aquatic ecosystem health) - Natural Resources (terrestrial species) - Central Analytical Chemistry Laboratory - Groundwater Science group Zach has been in his current role with Duke Energy since 2014. He is a licensed professional geologist in the state on NC and holds a Masters of Science degree in geochemistry from the University of Georgia.

Personal Biography - Bob Dundas A.S. Geology - Casper College B.S. Geology - Utah State University Registered Professional Geologist - State of Wyoming Bob has over 35 years of diverse experience working in the oil and gas, regulatory and environmental fields. For the past 23 years he has worked for the True companies a family owned group of businesses serving the oil and gas, pipeline, trucking and agriculture sectors. As Environmental Coordinator he has responsibility for all environmental related matters including air permitting, spill reporting and response, planning and preparedness, regulatory interpretation and compliance, remediation, stormwater construction, SPCC and preparation of miscellaneous environmental related permits. Bob serves as the environmental regulatory liaison with multiple local state and federal agencies. He has also served as the Environmental Unit Leader on two major oil spills.

Mr. Hazel has over 28 years experience in emergency response operations including oil and HAZMAT spill response, emergency lightering of vessels during salvage operations and oil spill technology research and development. As Vice President of Marine Services for Marine Pollution Control (Detroit, MI), he is responsible for coordination and oversight of the company's Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO) classification and response program.

Jim Elliott is President of the American Salvage Association and Chief Operating Officer of the Teichman Group of Companies, including T&T Salvage and T&T Subsea. He is responsible for managing worldwide marine salvage, heavy lift, commercial diving and emergency response operations. With three decades of leadership experience in maritime operations, he has served as a senior Coast Guard Officer, Incident Commander, Salvage Master, Commercial Diver and Project Manager on salvage and oil spill operations from the Equator to the Arctic. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environment Management with distinction, a Master of Environmental Policy with honors, Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies with highest distinction from the U.S. Naval War College and an MBA with merit the University of London.

Dyron is a Principal with GHD, a registered professional chemical engineer, and certified industrial hygienist. Dyron conducts chemical engineering, meteorological, and industrial hygiene analyses for the transportation, industrial, academic, and regulatory sectors. Dyron has specialized in air dispersion modeling for numerous applications for the pst 20 years including: risk assessment and emergency response, occupational health and safety issues, aerosol/dust exposure, asbestos exposure, and indoor air quality. Dyron has responded to over 150 major hazardous materials emergencies and has served as an expert in litigation for multiple cases. Dyron has also served as an expert in the chemical manufacturing and transportation sectors in regards to Toxic Inhalation Hazards (TIHs) including chlorine, ammonia, ethylene oxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, and oleum. He manages the GHD FIRST program, a North America-wide Emergency Response team spanning 200+ people across 35+ offices.

Mr. Whitton has been a civilian member of City of Cincinnati Police Department since 1979. He served in the 911 Dispatch Center and is currently assigned to the Technology and Systems Section where he manages Cincinnati's Citywide Neighborhood Public Safety Cameras as well as the Ohio River Port Security Cameras. NOTE: Will update prior to event should our abstract be accepted.

Walt is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Atlanta Drone Group, its public safety subsidiary Skyfire, and its oil & gas subsidiary Aevius. A serial tech entrepreneur for 20 years, Walt helped build Atlanta Drone into the company that has set up more public safety and emergency response drone programs than any other company. Walt's leadership was instrumental in Skyfire acquiring the very first BVLOS COA for public safety in the United States with the FAA's San Diego IPP - as well as being selected by various federal and state agencies to provide the very first overwatch by drone of a Tier 1 international event (Super Bowl LIII). In addition to providing emergency response for oil, gas, and railroads, Walt's team is often the first call of national news agencies such as The Weather Channel and CBS News to help keep millions of people safe from large-scale natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires.