Expert Profile
Prior to ***** ***** Group, Bob ***** spent six years with Waste Management, the largest provider of solid waste management services in North America, as their Director of Transportation & Logistics. While with Waste Management, he was responsible for all of the transportation for Waste Management's Western Group (9 Western States) for Waste-by-rail, maritime (tug & barge) and long haul truck traffic as well as the transportation & logistics for most all new commercial, private, and municipal solid waste contracts.
Before joining Waste Management, he spent eight years with a regional truckload carrier, as their Regional Operations Manager and five years with a national trailer leasing company where he served in sales, marketing, and in operational management positions.
Now residing in Phoenix, AZ, he is a native of the Pacific Northwest and received his bachelor's degree from Washington State University and his MBA in Managerial Leadership.
***** currently serves on a variety of committees and is active in several professional associations, including the Solid Waste
Association of North America (SWANA); American Public Works Association (APWA); the National Association of Rail Shippers (NARS); US Chamber of Commerce; US Composting
Council (USCC); American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Washington Refuse & Recycling Association (WRRA);, Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA) and the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL).
He has also worked with several governmental
bodies to assist in transportation policy development for the Western U. S. throughout the past decade.
***** ***** Group (*****), Principal & VP of Client Solutions, 5 years, ***** ***** Group (*****) is based in Phoenix, Arizona and provides its expertise to our clients in both the public and private sectors throughout North America. ***** and its affiliates also specialize in financial and operational analysis of integrated solid waste management. At ***** ***** Group, one of our primary missions is to serve the solid waste and recycling needs of local governmental agencies, municipalities and private sector clients. The combined team of experts at ***** ***** Group are uniquely qualified to assist you with consulting services.
National Leader in Solid Waste Consulting: The ***** ***** Group Team offers unique qualifications and experience needed to provide the full range of consulting, technical research and development services required to successfully complete integrated solid waste and recycling projects. The ***** ***** Group team has worked with hundreds of municipalities, multiple jurisdictional solid waste authorities and private sector clients across the Western United States to evaluate, plan, improve financials and operations, assess and improve their regulatory compliance and management throughout their individual organizations.
Waste Management, ***** (WMI or WM), Director of Transportation, Logistics and Business Improvement Processes, 7 years, Waste Management, ***** is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. The company is strongly committed to a foundation of financial strength, operating excellence and professionalism.
Waste Management, ***** is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management and environmental services in North America. As of December 31, 2008, the company served nearly 20 million municipal, commercial, industrial, and residential customers through a network of 367 collection operations, 355 transfer stations, 273 active landfill disposal sites, 16 waste-to-energy plants, 104 recycling plants, and 111 beneficial-use landfill gas projects.
MBA in Managerial Leadership, City University ~ Bellevue, WA, 1995. Bachelors of Business Administration, Washington State University (WSU) ~ Pullman, WA, 1988. Associate of Arts (AA), Centralia College ~ Centralia, WA 1986.
Editorial Advisory Board ~ Waste Advantage Magazine. Past Boardmember~ Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Arizona Chapter.
Solid Waste Management Planning, Recycling Program Feasibility Studies, Waste Management Operational Service Review, Business Improvement Process Review, Alternative Fuel Study for Refuse Collection Vehicles, Contract negotiations for transfer station operations, transfer trucking contract review and negotiations, facility siting studies, wastebyrail feasibility studies, wastebyrail program design, railroad negotiations, material recovery facility design build operate, wastebyrail program design build operate, expert witness, solid waste flow control case, environmental studies, strategic business planning, integrated solid waste management planning.