Rod Courtney, CUSP, CHST, WCLS, began his career in the U.S. military. After working for a couple different companies, he went to Iraq with Kellogg Brown & Root in 2003 and was the HSE manager for the world’s largest construction project. In 2007, he began work in the renewable energy sector, building thousands of megawatts of wind turbines and solar plants across the U.S. He is now the HSE manager for Ampirical, a 2021 winner of EHS Today's America's Safest Companies award, and serves as a board member for the Utility Safety & Ops Leadership Network. He was the keynote speaker at EHS Today’s 2021 Safety Leadership Conference in Cleveland.