Presenters

Michael Alvarez – Regional Manager, Cal/OSHA Consultation

Michael Alvarez is currently a Regional Manager responsible for both statewide Consultation On-Site Assistance Program (Technical Services which total eight offices) and other specialty units (Voluntary Protection Program, Research and Education Unit, and High Hazard Consultation). Mr. Alvarez is Vice President of the National OSHA Consultation Board which is involved in a host of developments for improving consultative techniques, services, and materials. He previously represented Region IX Western States as a Board member of the National OSHA Consultation Board and also managed Cal/OSHA’s consultation Education and Research Unit which primarily developed Cal/OSHA health and safety educational materials and publications.

malvarez@hq.dir.ca.gov

Mark Aniello – ECR, Inc.

Mark Aniello is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ECR, Inc., (Environmental Compliance and Remediation, Inc.). He is responsible for developing the vision and strategy for the company’s growth through the use of client focused initiatives. Mark has over 20 years of experience in the fields of health and safety compliance services. He has a thorough knowledge of the Federal and California Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA and Cal/OSHA) regulations and has helped a wide variety of clients including: automotive, manufacturing, telecommunications, and administrative settings. Mark has experience in conducting multimedia environmental health and safety compliance audits, loss control evaluations, and ergonomics assessments and is a Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) in the State of California under the direction of the Environmental Protection Agency, an OSHA Outreach Trainer under the US Department of Labor, and is a certified ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Lead Auditor. He is also an advisory board and safety council member for the Associated General Contractors of California. Mark graduated from Florida Institute of Technology with a B.S. in chemistry/marine biology, completed a three year graduate internship at University of Malaya in South East Asia, and continued his education in environmental engineering after completing coursework at the University of California, Berkeley in Hazardous Material Management.

maniello@ecrinc.com