James (Jim) M.

Waisanen
2600 Timberhill Drive
Flower Mound, TX 75028
(C) 972-510-7109
(H) 972-724-7012
jw659b88@westpost.net
Profile
A result oriented professional with broad-based General Management, Operational
Management, Logistics, Labor and Customer Relations experience. An extensive po
rtfolio of skills have been developed through successive advancements in key man
agement positions during an accelerated, continuous twenty-six year career with
two market leading companies in the Environmental Services, By-product Recovery,
Chemical Packaging and Industrial Services Industry.
BS, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1983
Registered Professional Engineer, State of Michigan, Certificate # 36176
General Management
Green Programs / Sustainability
Process and Procedure
Plant and Multi-Site Management
Budget and P&L Responsibility
Capital Budget Development and Management
24/5 and 24/7 operations
Union Avoidance
Labor Relations and Contract Negotiations
Staff Development, Team Building
Sales and Customer Relations
Continuous Improvement
Vendor Negotiations
Strategic Planning
Media Training, Crisis Management
Community Relations
Regulatory Compliance
Process Engineering and Design
Facility and Maintenance Engineering
Project Economics and Justification
Process Safety Management
Professional Experience
Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. - February 1997 to January 2010
Vice President of Operations, West Group (1/2007 to 1/2010)
Primary Responsibilities: Operational and reporting responsibility for all West
Group Operations Sites across the Western US and Canada (5 Recycle Centers, 4 Di
stribution Centers and 4 Waste Accumulation Centers). Provide daily oversight,
support and direction to West Group Divisional Disposal Managers. Primary int
erface for the West Group with Central Logistics, Internal Fleet Support and Sup
ply Chain. Represent the West Group from an operations and logistics perspectiv
e on all critical task forces and initiatives. Identify and drive cost saving
and continuous improvement initiatives.
Significant Accomplishments:
2009: SK Lead for an expansive Logistic Improvement Project currently underway.
Project includes six major pillars targeted to generate a combined $15.2M in EB
ITA saving in 2010 against 2009 run-rates for 3rd Party OTR and Internal Fleet t
ransportation; successful relocation of Safety-Kleen's only major West Coast Dis
tribution Center from Pomona to Ontario, CA; disposal routing and cost saving in
itiatives on track to deliver $1M+ in annualized savings; YTD revenue up 5.7% on
 direct ship business into West Group RCs.
2008: SK President's Council Winner, President's Circle of Excellence Award; suc
cessfully completed major infrastructure consolidation within the Western Canadi
an District (Delta, BC), consolidated a Branch, RC and AC ($2.4M CAPX); identifi
ed and captured a consolidated sustainable $1.7M in operational cost savings; di
rected operational aspects of the formal divestiture and transfer of two operat
ing Recycle Centers (Chicago, IL and Hebron, OH) to Clean Harbors; YOY revenue g
rowth of 8.3% on direct ship business into West Group RCs.
2007: SK President's Council Winner, Leadership Team Award; successfully complet
ed major infrastructure consolidation within the Eastern Canadian District (Cham
bly, QC), consolidated a Branch, RC, AC and National Sales office ($2.8M CAPX);
coordinated and completed $1.1M in infrastructure upgrades at the Dolton, IL and
Denton, TX Recycle Centers; identified and captured $5.1M in sustainable operat
ional expense savings (disposal, trans, site based op-expenses); developed with
Finance upgrades to the Recycle Center consolidated profitability reports; succe
ssfully shut down the parts washing machine refurbification facility in Beloeil,
QC while consolidating production requirements into the New Berlin, WI facility
.
Sr. Director, Processing and Distribution, East Region (2/2005 to 12/2006)
Primary Responsibilities: Operational and reporting responsibility for 7 Recycle
Centers, 3 Distribution Centers and 2 Accumulation Centers across the US and Ca
nada. Provide daily interface with Executive Management, Finance, Accounting, S
ales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Health and Safety, Engineering and Logistic
s.
Significant Accomplishments:
2006: Developed and implemented business plans for all reporting RCs; all report
ing facilities preformed favorable to budget on a YTD basis; drove YOY inventor
y reduction of 36.4% across reporting DCs; optimized parts cleaning solvent netw
ork balance delivering $64.8K in annualized make-up solvent purchase reductions;
Operations representative on SARBOX compliance taskforce.
2005: Decertification of PACE representation at the Dolton, IL Recycle Center; r
educed reporting facility OT on a YOY basis by 11.3%; Operations representative
on ISO 14000 self-declaration taskforce.
Director, Recycle Operations (11/2000 to 2/2005)
Responsibilities: Operational and reporting responsibility for 10 Recycle Center
s located across the US and Canada; provided daily interface with Executive Mana
gement, Accounting, Sales, Marketing, Regulatory Affairs, Health and Safety, Eng
ineering and Logistics.
Significant Accomplishment: During 2003 and 2004 directed a major operational re
duction in force in conjunction with processing site consolidation initiative, a
nnualized EBITDA contribution in excess of $6M.
Facility Manager, Denton Recycle Center, Denton, TX (2/1997 to 10/2000)
Primary Responsibilities: Operational and reporting responsibility for the Dento
n Recycle Center. Direct report to the Recycle Center VP of Operations. Reloca
ted to Denton, TX for family reasons.
Significant Accomplishments: Successfully defeated Union activity that was on-go
ing prior to job acquisition through interactive management techniques and union
avoidance training of existing Facility Departmental Management Team.
Philip Environmental Inc. / Nortru, Inc. - November 1983 to January 1997
(Note: Nortru, Inc. became a wholly owned subsidiary of Philip Environmental in
December of 1993.)
Vice President of Operations, Philip Environmental Inc. (8/95 to 1/97)
By-Product Recovery Group, Great Lakes Region
Operational and Reporting Responsibilities: Petro-Chem Processing Group, Solven
t Distillers Group and Nortru Resources Group
General Manager of Operations, Philip Environmental Inc. (9/93 to 8/95)
Nortru, Inc., Solvents Group
Operational and Reporting Responsibilities: Petro-Chem Processing Group and Solv
ent Distillers Group
Operations Manager, Nortru, Inc., Solvent Distillers Group (5/91 to 8/93)
Operational and Reporting Responsibility: Solvent Distillers Group
Plant Manager / Development Engineer, RTR, Inc., Affiliated with Nortru, Inc. (1
0/87 to 4/91)
During this period directed the development of a proprietary recycling process f
or Nalco Chemical's new paint-detactification process used in automotive paint b
ooths. This included pilot plant development, commercial plant design, construc
tion management, facility start-up and full operational management for two succe
ssful years before succeeding promotion.
Plant Manager / Process Engineer, Solvent Distillers, Inc., Affiliated with Nort
ru, Inc. (11/83 to 9/87)
As the first full time employee of this newly established entrepreneurial compan
y, directed the installation and start-up of the original solvent processing sys
tems, which included over several years: two thin film distillation units, one 2
8 plate fractional distillation system, three tank farms, boiler systems and tan
ker loading/unloading facilities.
Professional and Personal Affiliations
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers
National Society of Professional Engineers
Alumni Association of The University of Michigan
Member - Trophy Club Country Club