Hamid Arabzadeh
Certified Industrial Hygienist
HRA Environmental Consultants Inc.
2222 Michelson Drive #295
Irvine, California 92612
Tel:949-697-5457
Fax:949-509-4721
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Certified Safety Professional in Management Aspects
(CSP, Certification Number 10457).
American Board of Industrial Hygiene, Certified in Comprehensive Practice of Industrial
Hygiene (CIH, Certification Number 4591).
Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (C H M M), Institute of Hazardous Materials
Management, (Certification Number 3125).
Certified Emergency Response Incident Commander, Operations Chief, and Safety Officer,
Universities of California at Davis and Irvine, and Texas A&M University (Three different 40hour 1910.120 classes).
EDUCATION
1987McGill University, School of Occupational and Environmental Health
Montreal, Canada
Master of Science in Occupational Health and Safety
1986McGill University, School of Occupational and Environmental Health
Montreal, Canada
Graduate Diploma in Industrial Hygiene
1981University of Southern California and California State University at Long Beach
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology (Manufacturing)
Board memberships
Former Chair and board member, AIHA Fellows SIG
2006 President, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), Yuma Pacific Southwest
2003-2010
(AIHA)
Executive member, Board, of the American Industrial Hygiene Association
Yuma Pacific Southwest
1992-1998
California Campus EH&S Association
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1989-Present Principal, HRA Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Manage a worldwide consulting practice with specialties in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), microbial
and mold assessments and remediation protocol development, Retrospective exposure
assessment studies and past exposure re-creation studies, expert witness and litigation support,
Crisis management, crisis prevention pre-planning and training, risk assessment and risk
communication in industrial and community settings, ventilation assessment, Industrial Hygiene,
Safety engineering, environmental protection, environmental impact, health and safety site plan
development, management systems and compliance audits for EH&S programs.
2001 - 2015
UC Irvine, College Of Medicine
Center For Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volunteer Faculty
Part of a team that taught Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine
residents.
courses to medical
2001- 2006 UCLA NIOSH Education Resource Center
Course director and lecturer for the Certified Industrial Hygiene (CIH) and Citified Hazardous
Materials Manager (CHMM) review classes.
1989-2011 University of California Irvine, Extension
Teach Industrial Hygiene and seminars on major health and safety related issues.
1991-2011University of California Irvine, Extension
Serve on University Extension health and safety advisory board.
1991-2001
California State University long Beach
Taught Advanced Environmental Health for the MPH program, helped the MPH program regain
its APHA accreditation
Taught Pollution Prevention engineering for the Chemical Engineering bachelors and masters
programs
1996-1998American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
Taught review courses for the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) examinations.
1997-1998Los Angeles Unified School District
Director, Environmental Health and Safety Branch
Duties: Directed all EH&S activities, programs, policies and plans for
the
nation’s second largest school district. The office is comprised of
over 70 professional/technical staff. Advised the Board of Education on EH&S
issues,
acted as the lead official on inter-agency task forces and the spokesperson on environmental
health and safety issues. Managed a 5.5 million dollar annual budget.
1992-1997UNOCAL Corporation
Corporate Manager, Industrial Hygiene
Duties: Managed a worldwide program and a staff of environmental health and safety
professionals responsible for the occupational health program. Developed and implemented
environmental and occupational health, industrial hygiene, emergency response, biological
safety, food and water sanitation and vector control programs in addition to Hazardous Materials
Management, ionizing and non ionizing radiation, Hazard Communication, Asbestos, Lead, and
Emergency Response issues.
Staff reporting to me were located at corporate as well as at 11 offices
around the country and the world. Our department consistently ranked as one of the best
performing corporate support groups in the area of customer service, team work and compliance
effectiveness. Managed a 2 million dollar annual budget.
1987-1989Ontario Ministry of Labor, Canada
Senior Occupational Health and Safety Consultant
Duties: Provided professional advice and consultation to officials in industry, government and
other agencies, regarding environmental and occupational health. Gathered scientific data for
environmental health and safety standards development and provided guidelines for engineering
controls of significant exposures.
1985-1987McGill University
Assistant Environmental Health and Safety Director
Duties: Developed a comprehensive environmental health program for both campuses of the
University.
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Past President, Yuma Pacific Southwest Section of AIHA, (YPSW)
Past President, California Campus Environmental Health and Safety Association (C.C.E.H.S.A.)
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
American Industrial Hygiene Association (A.I.H.A.)
American Academy of Industrial Hygiene (A.A.I.H.)
Yuma Pacific Southwest Section of AIHA, executive board member, Director (YPSW)
Orange County AIHA local section, (OCAIHA)
Southern California AIHA local section (SCAIHA)
San Diego AIHA local section (SDAIHA)
Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (I.H.M.M.)
PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS
Integrated Pollution Prevention: A Strategy for the 21st Century (1)
Nosocomial infections, Recognition and prevention (2)
Mold and Microbial contamination, identification and remediation techniques (2)
A Systematic Approach to Identify Environmental Hazards in an Academic Setting (2)
Evaluating Effectiveness of Noise Attenuation Controls in a large university Print Shop (2)
Environmental Health, the third world challenge
Food and water sanitation program development
Hazard Communication, (The Worker's Right-To-Know)
Industrial and Office Ergonomics Program Development (3)
Indoor Air Quality Issues for Multi-site Facilities (4)
Asbestos, Lead and Bio Hazards: Remeidation issues for Occupational Health Professionals
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Petroleum Industry
Industrial Hygiene and its Role in Occupational Health and Epidemiology (5)
How to establish an international IH program, PDC (6)
Mold and microbial investigations for IH’s, PDC (6)
Mold, Health, Science and the Law, (6)
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) for the insurance industry (7)
Microbial contamination investigation and remediation (8)
(1)Presented to the annual conference of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
(2)Presented at the American Industrial Hygiene Conferences
(3)Presented at the American Society of Safety Engineers Technical Symposium
(4)Presented at the Association of Physical Plant Administrators
(5)Presented at the Industrial Epidemiology Forum
(6)
Presented at AIHce’s from 1999 to 2004
(7)Presented to the annual meeting of the GMAC adjusters
(8)Presented numerous times to law firms, Insurance companies, financial institutions,
investment entities, real estate and property management companies
SEMINARS & COURSES
Risk Assessment principals
Health, Environment and Safety Management
Team Power
Meeting Power
Risk Communication skills and tools
Media interaction
Face to Face Communication
Performance management
Motivational skills for executives
Presentation Skills
Environment, Health and Safety consulting principals
Industrial Hygiene consulting
Business management for the EH&S Manager
Leadership Skills
Budget forecasting and administration
Executive budget forecasting
Environmental Law principals
Risk Management principals
Toxicological tools
Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation (HVAC) in multi use, high rises
HVAC in R&D
EH&S for semi-conductor facilities
EH&S for fuel cell research
Note on business development experience, North American and international experience
In addition to extensive technical and management experience in private industry, consulting,
government and academic institutors, I specialize in business development, marketing and ROI
enhancement in environment, health, safety and loss control fields.
While at UNOCAL I helped establish an international health and safety program in 7 countries
which won recognition from industry peers, government entities and NGO’s.
I have sub-specialties and business development experience in IAQ (including microbial and
nosocomial infection) investigations, complex HVAC assessment and evaluation.