Mike Kinney

President @Safety Culture Strategies

North Las Vegas, NV, US

Served as Team Manager/Technical Lead for Independent Common Cause Analysis (CCA), evaluating implementation of cause analysis processes for Department of Energy (DOE) confidential client based in Idaho Falls, ID. Topical areas included: casual analysis, hazard analysis, incident investigation techniques, continuous improvement, and closure processes. Efforts also addressed current collective health of the company’s safety culture processes, with particular focus on employee engagement, leadership commitment, and continuous improvement. Evaluation process included incorporating guidance provided in DOE, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) documentation addressing safety culture considerations. Selected to lead close out meeting with client senior management, that summarized report results, including stressors that were preventing their safety culture processes from achieving optimum results. Recommendations contained in the final report assisted the contractor with restructuring of their causal analysis programs- Provided senior level consultative support in pursuit of DOE Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) certification for a series of DOE/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) contactors. Key responsibilities included development of DOE VPP Application, mentoring of senior management as well as task level personnel addressing DOE VPP concepts, and generation of DOE VPP Entrance Briefing slides for DOE-HQ VPP On-Site Review Team. Efforts directly contributed contractors subsequently receiving DOE VPP Star designation. Other duties included guiding efforts to enhance overall safety culture and realignment of key programmatic processes to address governing regulatory and/or statutory criteria. Examples include health and safety plans, quality assurance plans, and process improvement techniques.

Kennedy-Western University

Bachelor of Science - BS, Safety Enginnering