The Leemann Group LLC
President & Founder

The Leemann Group LLC is devoted to successfully integrating environmental, health and safety issues into business strategic planning and decision-making. This commitment is provided in the form of creating and implementing idealized designs of organizational systems, understanding the interactions of the parts of the system and the impact these interactions have on the whole system and the communities in which they operate. At the professional level, the competencies required for improving the effectiveness of the organization are identified. At the technology level, the appropriate IT systems for improving the efficiency of the organization are identified.

Our project engagements have involved a wide variety of industries dealing with complex interactive problems. In one case, we were retained by a major biotech company to justify a decision to purchase and deploy an EHS management information system. Our Industrial Strength Software Assessment process averted the purchase of a multi-million dollar IT system from a financially weak vendor.

Another project involved leading the executive team of the largest industrial fan manufacturer through the interactive planning process to create a strategic plan that focused on increasing revenue by 300% over the following seven years.
In another project, we were commissioned by two insurance industry trade associations to ascertain the perceptions among leading insurance loss control executives on the current state and future issues facing loss control and its value-add contribution to insurance products.

We also were retained by a Fortune 25 company to prepare a 30-year career development planning guide for environmental, health and safety professionals.
In still another case, we were contracted to develop a proprietary assessment tool designed to significantly reduce patient errors and deaths in healthcare institutions.

E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Inc.
Manager, Safety, Health and Environmental
Specialty Chemicals - Wilmington, DE

Planned, directed and managed the global SHE program for Specialty Chemicals. Led a 17-member team with oversight for more than 100 SHE professionals positioned in 26 union and non-union manufacturing facilities worldwide producing over 1,000 chemical products for over 4,000 customers - impacting combined annual revenue of $2 billion.

Lead architect of the SHE function transformation implementing policies, standards and guidelines to assure awareness and compliance with SHE corporate and regulatory bodies. The successful implementation of the transformation resulted in a 75% reduction in air emissions and waste generation, a 48% decline in recordable injuries and illnesses and a 25% reduction in fixed costs amounting to $25 million over a three-year period.
Led the research on identifying the competencies that distinguish superior performance among safety, health and environmental professionals.

Conoco Inc.
Senior Director, Corporate Environmental Affairs
Houston, TX

Provided technical expertise and cost-effective solutions to regulatory compliance issues and negotiated permit conditions with Federal and state regulatory agencies.

On-site company representative and advisor during the "Alvenus" tanker oil spill off the coast of Galveston Beach, TX.

Negotiated a de minimis buyout for the Bayou Sorrel Superfund Site and provided remediation and compliance support, which accelerated clean-up and saved millions of dollars in operational costs.

Dravo Utility Constructors, Inc.
U.S. Department of Energy, Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Manager, Environmental Affairs
New Orleans, LA

Led the development and implementation of the operation's environmental management system program for five crude oil salt dome facilities and one offloading docking facility. Created an innovative oil spill trend analysis tool to implement preventive measures and ultimately reduced oils spills from more than 300 per year to less than 20 per year while trans-loading millions of barrels of oil annually.

VTN Louisiana, Inc.
Senior Environmental Engineer, Project Manager
Metairie, LA

Prepared over 100 environmental impact statements and assessments for U.S. and Panama Canal Zone client projects involving dredge and fill, SPCC plans, transportation, military installations, housing and urban developments, and coastal zone management.

Ecology and Environment, Inc.
Environmental Specialist, Project Manager
Buffalo, NY

Prepared environmental impact assessments for LNG terminals and gasification facilities, pipelines and compressor stations, SNG refinery complexes, and marine transportation facilities. Developed an industrial hygiene compliance program for a western New York industrial facility.

The Union Institute and University
Cincinnati, OH

Doctor of Philosophy in Systemic Management, specializing in systems thinking, interactive planning, transformational learning, organizational development and sustainable development. Published in Systemic Practice and Action Research, Corporate Environmental Strategy: International Journal of Sustainable Business, The Synergist and in Russell L. Ackoff's seminal book Re-Creating the Corporation: A Design of Organizations for the 21st Century.

ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Lead Auditor
RAB Accredited and IEMA Approved