John Butler

Experience

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  City of Newark, NJ

  Dec 1974 - Mar 1978

  Firefighter

  Professional firefighter and emergency medical technician (EMT). Graduated second in the Fire Academy class.

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  Purolator Automotive Group, N.A.

  Mar 1978 - Jan 1984

  Safety Manager

  Sole safety practitioner for this 4-plant high speed automotive parts manufacturing enterprise.

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  Purolator Courier Corp.

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1987

  Safety Director

  Developed and led the North American safety function for the 9,600 drivers in this $450M express delivery company.

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  Emery and Purolator

  Jan 1987 - Jan 1989

  Safety Manager

  Led ten (10) safety professionals addressing the North American safety, haz-mat, environmental, security, and cargo claims functions for this 350-site $1.2B enterprise when Purolator was acquired by Emery Worldwide.

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  Emery Worldwide, a CNF Company

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2004

  Safety Director

  Inherited a "bare bones" safety effort at acquisition in 1989. Developed and implemented a wall-to-wall safety, Dangerous Goods, and environmental affairs processes in support of company mission.

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  Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Inc.

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2016

  Director-Safety

  Developed a start-up global safety and health function at this $1.8B logistics arm of Con-way, Inc.

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  XPO Logistics, Inc.

  Oct 2015 - Aug 2021

  Director-Safety

  Menlo Logistics, Inc. was acquired by XPO Logistics in October 2015. I was asked to stay with the entity to lead the global safety and health effort during a period of extreme growth (organic and new business).

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  GXO Logistics, Inc.

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  Director-Safety

  XPO Logistics has spun off the warehousing business as GXO Logistics, the largest pure play logistics enterprise in the world. I retired in October 2021 after 44 years in the occupational safety profession.

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  SafT360, LLC

  Jan 2022 - now

  Owner/Founder

  Specializing in occupational safety and health solutions in the logistics/warehousing space.