Oakland, Arkansas, United States
Experienced safety and health professional with a demonstrated history of working in higher education and safety and health. Skilled in education and training, consultation, safety engineering, and safety and health as it relates to operational issues. Strong operations professional with a Masters in Business Adminsitration from Boston University Graduate School of Management and a Masters in Industrial and Safety Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Director of Safety & Health Programs which includes The UTA Region VI OSHA Education Center, the largest OSHA Education Center in the country. Administrator, instructor, and senior safety and health consultant with more than forty years of experience as a safety and health professional and senior consultant providing safety and health solutions to clients in the OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs with positions as a senior safety and health manager.
Providing safety and engineering expertise for the Military Services Center (MSC), a component of UT Arlington’s Division for Enterprise Development. This business unit provides training and services to the Military Services. They completed two very successful joint forces contract events delivering mixed disciplines of instruction for over 200 persons in an Army Surge Training event and a Tri-Services Safety Symposium with over 150 military service members and civilian safety and health professionals from the Army, Navy and Air Force.
Provided safety expertise and advice on a number of contracts. Served as the US Marine Corps Liaison for the DoD Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Center of Excellence implementation of Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) VPP.
He served as the Director for Safety and Occupational Health for the United States Army in Europe and Seventh Army for more than 20 years. He represented the United States on a number of International, NATO, and Allied safety and health committees. Mr. Braun’s broad and varied expertise in safety, occupational health, and engineering issues has been used by the Department of Defense (DoD) in developing DoD Joint Policy.