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Troy Baker, Xitech

Xitech

Fred Mehr, Cal OES

With over 38 million residents (12% of the population), the State of California is the most populous state in the nation and has the third largest land area among the states (163,695 square miles). California is culturally, ethnically, economically, ecologically, and politically diverse, and maintains the eighth largest economy in the world with 13 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. California also faces numerous risks and threats to our people, property, economy, environment and is prone to earthquakes, floods, significant wildfires, prolonged drought impacts, public health emergencies, cybersecurity attacks, agricultural and animal disasters, as well threats to homeland security. Cal OES takes a proactive approach to addressing these risks, threats, and vulnerabilities that form the basis of our mission and has been tested through real events, as well as comprehensive exercises that help us maintain our state of readiness and plan for and mitigate impacts. Cal OES History. The California Governors Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) began as the State War Council in 1943. With an increasing emphasis on emergency management, it officially became OES in 1970. In 2004, the California Legislature merged OES and the Governors Office of Criminal Justice Planning, which was responsible for providing state and federal grant funds to local communities to prevent crime and help crime victims. In 2003, with the State increasing its focus on terrorism prevention after the attacks of 9/11, the Governors Office of Homeland Security (OHS) was established through an Executive Order by Governor Gray Davis. In 2009, the California Legislature merged the powers, purposes, and responsibilities of the former OES with those of OHS into the newly- created California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA). On July 1, 2013, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.s Reorganization Plan #2 eliminated Cal EMA and restored it to the Governors Office, renaming it the California Governors Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), and merging it with the Office of Public Safety Communications.

Paul Cowdery, ParcelQuest

ParcelQuest is the sole provider of the most current California property data available online updated daily from the county assessors' offices. With complete data, up-to-date maps, flexible searching and robust reporting ParcelQuest makes it easy to get your job done quickly and accurately.

Greg Coon, Firedog HM Training

Firedog Hazmat Training services are designed to help our clients comply with Federal and State regulations that govern training and work procedures. We specialize in Hazwoper and Confined Space Training along with CSTI coursework.

Meghan Graham, Hedgerow Software

Our comprehensive environmental health data management solution is designed to manage all programs and regulatory processes with a framework that supports e-government and encourages standardization and consistency. Agencies across North America rely on Hedgehog every day to gather and provide accurate data.

Melinda Blum, Cal/EPA

Our mission is to restore, protect and enhance the environment, to ensure public health, environmental quality and economic vitality. We fulfill our mission by developing, implementing and enforcing environmental laws that regulate air, water and soil quality, pesticide use and waste recycling and reduction. Our departments are at the forefront of environmental science, using the most recent research to shape the states environmental laws. The Office of the Secretary heads CalEPA overseeing and coordinating the activities of one office, two boards, and three departments dedicated to improving Californias environment.

Richard Casagrande, Calif Compliance School

California Compliance School (CCS) is an innovative, activity-based training program that will teach you the basics of complying with the confusing maze of environmental regulations in a fun and interesting format Using experts in the field of adult learning principles, the team of curriculum development specialists at CCS put together a performance-based program that addresses the most common questions and practices of environmental compliance for hazardous waste generators. "Performance-based" means that, during the course of the class, you will learn what you need to know to apply these skills to your business operations. This keeps you in compliance, saves money through waste reduction, and may prevent you from getting fined As you can imagine, this format is dramatically different from sitting for eight hours in front of an instructor who lectures the whole time, without really giving you an opportunity to demonstrate that you have learned anything--or to practice what you may have learned. The credit for the CCS concept goes to employees of the Department of Toxic Substances Control. They realized the need for basic hazardous waste management training but recognized that an institution of adult learning (a college) would be better equipped to develop and provide the training than a regulatory agency. Their vision was a "Traffic School" for hazardous waste generators, which would allow fines for certain violations to be "forgiven" by the DTSC and today that vision is a reality.

Mike Brasberger, Containment & Filtration

Containment & Filtration Solutions (CF-S) understands that youre not only interested in protecting the environment from accidental spills and pollution, but you also want to protect yourself and your company from the costly process of cleanup, litigation and fines. CF-S provides proactive solutions for filtration and/or containment of stormwater run-off. Our Drain Guardian and Berm Box offer custom filtration that can be specifically designed for your facilities challenges. Beware of stormwater inserts that retain or hold water inside the insert. Drain Guardian is the only stormwater insert on the market that does not retain or hold water when in the open position. Drain Guardian and Berm Box do not require construction permits or down time, they are easy to install and implement into any facilitys response plan.

Scott Storms, Complyrs

Rely Environmentl/Complyrs

Jose Rodriguez, EMCO Wheaton Retail

EMCO Wheaton Retail provides training and problem solving on sites.

Sheryl Baldwin, LITERATURE TABLE

LITERATURE TABLE

Aila Brookins, Accela

Modern, powerful solutions hosted in a cloud environment empower governments to be fast and flexible, save money and dedicate more time to strategic initiatives and innovation.

Kristeen Synder, Ideal Environ Products/Srvs

Ideal Environmental

Chris Murphy, CGRS

Our Environmental Consulting Company has also an office in California. CGRS is your one-stop solution for all things related to compliance, enhanced leak detection, and AST / UST tank top and piping upgrades. Put our expertise to work for you: Enhanced leak detection testing SB-989 secondary-containment testing Monitor system certification Designated operator inspections Precision tank & line testing Air Resources Board vapor-recovery testing

Scott Bunning, AristaTek

AristaTek Inc. is a Hazmat and WMD software solutions company catering to emergency managers and first responders tasked with protecting the public. We have created unique and innovative solutions utilizing the chemical inventories reported by facilities into CERS allowing CUPAs and their community responders unmatched insight and intelligence with easy-to-use solutions for emergency planning and Hazmat response. Our proprietary Worst-Case Hazard Analysis is the only service of its kind that gives CUPA members complete insight into the Worst possible hazard(s) at a reporting facility and that potential impact on the public in harms way. Our PEAC-WMD software is the industry-leading technical reference and Hazmat modeling software used by the top Hazmat-trained first responders in the State of California and throughout the world. PEAC-WMD can fully integrate CERS data matching it to our proprietary Hazmat database, providing emergency planning and response insight not available anywhere else. Best of all, our software solutions are the best supported and most intuitive on the market making their use and adoption within an agency seamless and quick, often requiring only an hour of training for your staff. Come learn more at our booth or join us in our class Monday at 1 p.m. in the Emergency Response track.

Tommie Jean Valmassy, Tetra Tech

Consulting and engineering services

AJ Emir, HIDOW

EMS (Electric Muscle Stimulators) and TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) Products

Robert Wise, US EPA Region 9

Our mission is to protect human health and the environment.

DTSC, DTSC

The mission of DTSC is to protect Californias people and environment from harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated resources, enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products.

DTSC, DTSC

The mission of DTSC is to protect Californias people and environment from harmful effects of toxic substances by restoring contaminated resources, enforcing hazardous waste laws, reducing hazardous waste generation, and encouraging the manufacture of chemically safer products.