Alex Bultena

Safety Leader | Founder @ Horizon Safety | Compliance → Culture → Prevention

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

About

I’m a safety leader focused on building practical, people-centered systems that make workplaces safer every day. In my role as a Safety Director, I work closely with operations leaders and frontline teams to strengthen safety programs, improve communication, and build cultures where people feel confident speaking up about risk. Over the years, I’ve seen that real safety improvement comes from more than policies and checklists — it comes from leadership habits, daily behaviors, and clear systems that support safe decisions in the moment. I’m also the founder of Horizon Safety LLC, where I help organizations establish strong, OSHA-aligned safety foundations and then move beyond compliance with proactive safety systems built on culture, behavior, and leading indicators. My approach focuses on practical solutions that fit real operations and support long-term improvement. My areas of focus include: • Safety program development and compliance foundations • Behavior-based safety and frontline engagement • Leadership communication and coaching • Risk assessment and hazard recognition • Leading indicators and safety performance systems I’m passionate about helping teams build safety forward — creating workplaces where safety is part of how work gets done, not just a requirement to manage.

Experience

  • Safety Director at LeJeune Steel Company
    Aug 2023 - Present · 3 yrs

  • Founder and Principal Safety Consultant at Horizon Safety
    Nov 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    Horizon Safety LLC helps organizations build a strong, OSHA-aligned safety foundation and then move beyond compliance with proactive safety systems focused on leadership, culture, and leading indicators. We partner with teams to improve daily safe work behaviors, strengthen risk awareness, and create practical safety systems that prevent incidents before they happen. Services include: • Compliance & safety program development • The Forward Safety System™ (behavior + leadership + leading indicators) • Ongoing safety leadership support Serving Minnesota, Wisconsin, and remote clients.

  • Environmental Health Safety Specialist at Amazon
    Nov 2021 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Pace Analytical (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Scientist I
      Sep 2019 - Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 7 mos

      • Provides fundamental review, analysis, interpretation and documentation of testing results • Efficiently prioritize sample analysis and create sample results reports to meet customer needs • Analyzes and reviews process, results, feedback and related chemistry/biochemistry information on an ongoing to as needed basis to determine trends, draw conclusions, interpret findings, and presents results, proposals and recommendations to management • Ensures the accuracy of more fundamental tests, equipment, actions, procedures and operational databases, reports, and related details through audits, queries, and operational reviews; works with teams to resolve discrepancies; resolves discrepancies or escalates discrepancies to ensure quality assurance in testing process/results.

    • Lab Analyst
      Dec 2018 - Aug 2019 · 9 mos

      • Initiate and renew water sample tests by handling and observing microorganism reproduction • Complete WET test report using statistical programs • Analyze residual chlorine levels in water samples

  • Laboratory Technician at Pace Analytical
    May 2018 - Sep 2018 · 5 mos

    • Conducted gravimetric analysis of TDS/TSS on wastewater, surface water, and storm water • Assisted metals department with sample digestion preparation and bioassay department in the transfer of organisms • Handled sample labeling and distributed appropriately