Jorge Flores

About Jorge Flores

I’m not your average safety guy.I grew up cleaning buses before school, trained by a father who believed in responsibility at sunrise. From my family’s public transit business in Guadalajara to running Super Bowl-level operations in the U.S, I’ve lived every angle of this industry.I’ve been a driver, a dispatcher, a GM, a safety executive. I’ve built teams from scratch, taken over broken ones, and helped grow a startup into one of America’s top transit companies. I’ve seen toxic leadership—and chosen the harder, better road every time: lead with love, protect your people, and demand respect for the frontline.Today, I lead safety across the Southwest and SoCal regions for one of the largest transit contractors in the country. I build safety cultures that work because they’re built with the people, not on them.I speak safety, but I lead with story. I’m an aspiring author, a coach, a cancer survivor, and a proud dad. And I’m just getting started.Let’s connect especially if you believe culture eats compliance for breakfast.

Experience

1. Regional Safety Director Southern California Southwest

   MV Transportation

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Regional Director of Safety – MV TransportationJan 2025 – Present | Southern California & Southwest US • Lead safety strategy across 20+ transit divisions in CA and the Southwestern U.S. • Drive improvements in preventable accident rates, passenger injuries, and regulatory compliance. • Facilitate Safety Improvement Plans (SIPs) that empower local teams to own their performance. • Serve as the bridge between field operations and executive leadership—turning data into direction. • Recognized for storytelling-driven safety engagement and frontline cultural leadership.“We don’t manage risk from behind a desk. We lead it shoulder-to-shoulder with the people moving our cities.”

Education

• California Southern University

  Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2010 — 2012

• Columbia Southern University

  Master's degree, Occupational Health and Safety

Skills

• Contract Management
• Labor Relations
• Negotiation
• Trucking
• Budgets
• Transportation Planning
• Management
• Team Building
• Risk Management
• Strategic Planning
• Rail
• Dispatching
• Process Improvement
• Light Rail
• Leadership
• Truckload
• Customer Service
• Logistics Management
• Dot Regulations
• Operations Management
• Project Planning
• Logistics
• Public Transport
• Transportation Management
• Ltl
• Budgeting
• Contract Negotiation
• Transportation
• Fleet Management