Mardy Kazarians, Ph.D. - A recognized expert in risk assessment, safety evaluation and risk management program development.  He has conducted numerous risk management and safety projects where he has conducted process hazard analyses (PHAs), offsite consequence analyses (OCA), fire and explosion analyses, quantitative risk assessments (QRAs), safety evaluations and risk assessments, and safety procedures development.  He has conducted PHAs using guidewords style HAZOP, What-If, Fault Tree, and Event Tree methodologies.  He has done extensive work in equipment reliability and human error probability estimation.  He has conducted statistical studies to establish equipment failure rates and temporal variations of failure probabilities.  These studies have been conducted for facilities from chemical, petrochemical, aerospace, water, wastewater, metal finishing and plating, refrigeration, food processing, transportation, and nuclear power industries.  He is an instructor in industry courses, and adjunct professor at the Institute of Safety and Systems Management (ISSM) of the University of Southern California, and an instructor at the Continuing Education Program of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).  He has developed the Process Safety Management Certificate program for ISSM, and has developed and conducted a large number of courses on various aspects of PHA, process safety and system safety.

Aaron Huberman – As a mechanical engineer, Mr. Huberman conducts process hazard analyses, offsite consequence analyses, standard operating procedures development, risk management plan development, and safety program development and implementation.  Mr. Huberman is experienced in food processing plants and water treatment systems.

Steven M. Menkus - A senior associate consultant at Kazarians & Associates, is a registered professional chemical engineer and certified professional environmental auditor with over 20 years experience in health, safety, and environmental management and auditing. Mr. Menkus is specifically experienced in auditing petroleum production, refining, transportation and marketing facilities and operations. He has held various health and safety related positions in major oil companies. Additionally, he has had supervisory positions in regulatory agencies. His career reflects demonstrated effectiveness in developing and implementing health, safety and environmental compliance programs, management systems and audit programs. He has had formal training in conducting audits for complying with the PSM and RMP regulations. He has extensive experience in conducting detailed audits of petroleum refineries.

Robert L. Deshotels, P.E. - A chemical engineer with over 30 years experience in engineering design, troubleshooting and safety analysis.  He has worked extensively in oil and gas industry related projects and on one-of-a-kind designs for the U.S. government involving highly hazardous chemical processes.  He has conducted in-depth analysis of the safety implications of these processes using quantitative methods for estimating the extent of damage that may be caused from an accidental fire or explosion.  He has extensive experience in modeling unique phenomena.  Experienced in process safety management, process hazard analysis, and offsite consequence analysis.  He was previously with Fluor Daniel for 25 years.  He has published a book, and many articles, on cost effective risk analysis.

Michael Tia -- A project engineer specializes in the development and implementation of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), Offsite Consequence Analysis (OCA), Process Safety Management (PSM), Risk Management Plan (RMP), and Emergency Response Plan for highly hazardous processes. His primary responsibility is contribution to the development of Risk Management and Process Safety Management plans for clients.