Derek is the founder of We the Safe and has been in the health and safety field for over 30 years.  Over these years he has worked in everything from mining to food processing, abatement to sewage treatment.  With We the Safe he focuses on all trades that work at heights – his top passion,  general consulting and our web store.  Derek holds a diploma in adult education, certificates in high angle rescue both industrial and back country.  Adult learning techniques are found in many We the Safe services, from orientations to investigations. Derek works with our clients and the We the Safe team to ensure the collective message is understood by all workers that are affected by workplace hazards.

Derek is the guy who has fall protection anchor points on his house and uses them.

If there is a tower crane up in the lower mainland Lien has probably been involved in it or at least knows about it.  She has an almost over the top passion for tower crane pre-erection preparation.  Lien has over 10 years experience in workplace health and safety including claims management.  She understands both what a worker needs and what an employer needs plus can process both.  Lien has an attention to detail that has resulted in WSBC orders being rescinded and penalties cancelled. 

Lien is the one that is usually a step ahead of the rest.

Waleed holds a CRSP designation.  His experience comes from working for some of the largest employers in the world, in some of the most technically challenging places in the world.  He achieved working at heights compliance in a country that workers had never heard of fall protection or workers rights.  Waleed has the ability to research very technical information and filter it into a procedure that a worker can understand and follow.  He has a true gift in creating effective documentation.  Waleed manages our education services, confined space work and exposure control plans. Waleed understands everything at a level that most cannot understand.  He digs deeper and understands better.

Waleed is the guy who can see a guitar in the corner, pick it up and play the blues.

Jose is a born adult educator.  He has the ability to deliver a message that is understood.  His experience is a combination of field and certified.  He is often referred to as the “safety coach” thanks to his positive way of dealing with both students and workers.  Over the last 15 years Jose has worked both on site and in the background creating procedures and implementing them.  Jose has over 1000 hours of instructing in both English and Spanish.  In addition to writing procedures, teaching courses and doing site inspection he also manages our site services.

Jose is the guy that can get the message across to even the least interested person.  He is the calm in any storm.

Ana is a certified Project Manager and Fire Safety Technician.  Her experience includes working for large companies in remote areas and providing safety coordination on hi rise projects in the lower mainland.  She organizes the entire team at We the Safe.  Her email address “QB@” matches her role perfectly.  She is the Quarter Back for our team.  We cannot score without her first setting us up.  Ana uses AutoCAD to create site plans, crane plans and traffic management plans that provide a high level visual of hazards and controls.  Her drawings can be found on many of the large projects – look the next time you see one.  Ana coordinates all our education and manages our proprietary safety management system – QR Safety.  She also manages our web store and our internal database.  Most of our Occupational Health and Safety programs will be coordinated by Ana.

Ana is the person who retains focus even when excited.  When we get excited and forget to think things through, Ana will tell us to think about it and stick to our company values.  All of this at the same time as being the one who usually gets the most excited.

Pedro learned workplace health and safety by a combination of hands-on experience and certified courses.  He has completed concrete hi-rise projects as the site safety coordinator and has been performing site inspections for owners and Prime Contractors.  He knows what comes next and uses this knowledge to be ahead of the hazard.  Pedro has been involved in investigations on major falls and major equipment failures.  Having experienced the challenges of high paced concrete hi-rise construction, Pedro recognizes the value of planning and uses it.

Pedro is the person that controls the risk of head injury during the week by wearing a hard hat but cliff jumps on weekends.

Joven is on our web development team.  He works closely with our contracted web developers to ensure QR Safety continually evolves, and any bugs are managed in a timely fashion.  Joven continually monitors new applications that help the efficiently of our team and for our clients.  He takes the dream vision that we have for QR Safety and implements what can be done, while keeping the rest on the back burner until technology has caught up.

Kari helps with customer service on a part time basis.  She loves delivering our promises and speaking with our clients.  Kari has the habit of remembering event the smallest detail that a customer may have requested.  She will deliver what is needed when it is needed.  In her spare time, she also helps our Bookkeeper reach out to clients that need additional information to submit payments

Kari is the one who has the cleanest car.   Her car may spend more time getting cleaned than driven.

Shelley takes care of our products.  Our team does assessments, writes procedures, does training and to complete the solution – we also distribute the products needed to control the hazard. She began her career in mining.  She was working on the heavy equipment side of a large mining company before transitioning into workplace health and safety in the late 90’s. She specialises in distribution and research.  The evolution of personal health and safety has kept her busy reading, testing and listening to customer feedback. Shelley asks the questions that are needed to get the right solution using data gained from researching products. After 3 decades in the business she has experience with the demands from construction, government, fortune 500, fire/ flood, heavy industry, mining, school boards, hospitals, etc. She is a member of Women in Occupational Health and Safety and has taken dozens of manufacturer education sessions.

Shelley is the one to call when you cannot find anyone who knows what you want.  You don’t need a page number to tell her what you need, she will figure it out by listening and asking smart questions.

Rob has a long background in planning and managing teams.  After having a loved one get involved in construction safety and listening to the energy and enthusiasm she had for it, Rob decided to get re-trained and start a his second career.  After some wood frame experience Rob joined a major high rise project from the ground, to 70’ below ground and on its way up.  He is part of a safety team that manages the safety of the project for the Prime Contractor.  Rob has experience with safety management systems and is continually learning from his site team and the We the Safe team.

Rob loves to learn and knows that everyone he meets can help with his quest.

Michelle has a strong background in confined space work from the oil patch industry.  She spent years preparing entry teams with breathing air and gas detection.  After moving to BC she took on the role of Safety Manager for a Prime Contractor with multiple sites.  Over the next 5 years she learned the building process for both wood frame and concrete construction and the management of Site Safety Coordinators.  Michelle has her NCSO designation and  a certificate in Environmental and Occupational Health.  Michelle is part of our consulting team and helps multiple sites with their safety management systems.

Michelle is the one that always shows up.  Even on the worst snow day, when no one else shows up, she does.