Safety in manufacturing touches nearly every aspect of the business. Despite its costs, it must remain a priority. Join our panel of leading manufacturers to hear their report from the shopfloor and how they are developing and advancing their safety procedures and policies.
- Achieving a single source of truth and increased visibility into everyday operations in order to:
- Monitor real-time processes
- Document procedure and policies
- Use these aids in traceability and accountability
- Provide actionable reporting and analytics
Peter Henderson
Vice President Nitrogen Manufacturing
Dyno Nobel
Peter joined Dyno Nobel Moranbah in November 2011. Whilst at Moranbah Peter held numerous positions before taking over as Site Manager in 2017 before relocating to Waggaman and more recently Cheyenne. Before joining Dyno, Peter held Manufacturing and Operational management positions within Crane Group , TheMac Services Group and Civeo. Peter believes that Dyno has a responsibility to the people that work for us and the communities they operate in and has held roles within local councils, community and sporting group committees and local government and school advisory panels.
Away from work Peter loves to spend time with his family, playing golf or watching his racehorses or beloved South Sydney rabbits.
Terry Secrest
EVP Manufacturing
RoyOMartin
Terry Secrest is the Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Product Sales for Martin Sustainable Resources L.L.C. Terry is responsible for the sale of all plywood, timbers, and OSB products, along with the safe and efficient manufacturing of the products. The manufacturing and sales departments make up 1,100 members of the RoyOMartin workforce.
Terry earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University. After graduation, Terry worked 18 years in the paper industry at International Paper, progressing from Process Engineer to Plant Manager before joining RoyOMartin in 2004. He was the Plant Manager of LeMoyen OSB, the OSB Business Unit Vice President, and the Corporate Safety Director before being promoted to Executive Vice President of Manufacturing and Sales in 2018. Terry led the effort to build successful teams to start up and operate the two largest manufacturing investments in company history and is heavily involved in the newest expansion at Corrigan. In addition, he has helped shape the safety culture that RoyOMartin values today.
Ravi Mydur
Vice President of Manufacturing
SLB
Ravi Mydur is SLB’s Vice President of Manufacturing. Ravi has over 24 years of experience leading complex technology development, technology delivery and field services teams across the globe. As the Manufacturing VP, Ravi oversees delivery of a portfolio of cutting-edge products, managing operations across 60+ manufacturing plants worldwide. His areas of focus and passion are in driving innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable growth within the organization. Ravi’s professional journey is marked by a series of high-impact roles across North America, Europe, Middle East and Asia. His expertise spans R&D, manufacturing, supply chain management, technology strategy, change management, and executive communications. Ravi holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Texas A&M University and has 5 awarded patents.
Brandon Freeman
Director EHS
Tesla
As Tesla’s Director of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) for Texas Manufacturing, Brandon Freeman strategically manages critical EHS risks, empowers stakeholder, and drives collaboration and ownership of EHS in support of Tesla’s mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
Brandon began his Tesla career in 2017 as an EHS Manager in Fremont, California where he led EHS for Model S, X, 3, and initial Model Y production at Fremont Factory. Following his EHS Manager role, Brandon successfully led Global Environmental Affairs as Senior Manager and drove significant improvements across North American operations and built the core EHS team for Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg. Notably, Brandon directed the environmental due diligence and environmental permitting project for Gigafactory Texas from 2020 – 2021 and accomplished this under budget and with no environmental permit related schedule impacts. After three years of leading successful and impactful EHS initiatives during Tesla’s historically fast growth, Brandon was tasked to build, lead, and spearhead the development of fast growing EHS programs for Texas Manufacturing.
Brandon possesses an extensive EHS background including designing and implementing enterprise-wide EHS risk management systems for manufacturing, construction, utilities, real estate, transportation, natural resources, retail, data centers, new products and technologies. Prior to Tesla, Brandon was an Regional Environmental Manager for Nucor Corporation and helped multiple subsidiaries elevate environmental performance and eventually earn Nucor’s coveted Presidents Environmental Award for multiple years in a row. Brandon’s expertise in driving enterprise wide improvements in environmental stewardship received him state recognition in the Colorado Environmental Leadership Program, earning several facilities Gold Leader status.
Early on in his career, Brandon worked as a consultant that delivered innovative and cost-effective solutions to a wide range of Fortune 500 clients in aerospace, defense, utilities, and manufacturing. He began his EHS career as a Department of Defense contractor leading environmental compliance and remediation projects for the Air Force, Army and Navy.
Brandon earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science from The Ohio State University and a Master’s Degree in Environmental, Safety, and Health Management from the University of Findlay. While growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio Brandon garnered a deep appreciation for natural resources and sustainability while spending his childhood growing up along the Little Miami Watershed, Ohio’s first designated National and State scenic river and tributary to the Ohio River.
Andrew Siprelle
Founder
ChiAha
Andrew is driven by a passion to unlock the value of simulation and modeling in helping to solve real-world problems. Since founding Simulation Dynamics, Inc. in the early 90’s, he has been an educator, a consultant, a simulation tool developer, and a smart applications technology leader. Andrew coined the term “Discrete Rate Simulation”, and developed one of the earliest libraries for quickly building models of multi-stage plants that produce powder or bulk solids; for example a breakfast cereal plant. ChiAha is the culmination of a lifelong dream for Andrew, who has always wanted to reinvent and more widely distribute the benefits of the DRS worldview.
