Roberto Piccioni, MS Featured

Roberto Piccioni has worked for prominent Fortune 500 companies during his industry career. He currently operates RPC EcoVantage Services, a consulting firm focused on providing “Lean & Green” environmental sustainability, compliance and safety management services. He honed operational sustainability skills at prominent and progressive companies such as Baxter International, Genentech, Weyerhaeuser and Beckman Instruments. During his industry experience, he assumed increasingly complex environment, health & safety (EHS) and sustainability roles and had had the opportunity to work on EHS and Sustainability solutions in a variety of countries in Europe, Central and South America as well as China and India. He coached and audited more than 25 different factories toward EHS regulatory compliance and management systems (ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001) integration. He has a rich background in implementing operational techniques for advancing cost savings and environmental sustainability principles on the factory floor. Roberto completed a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology and Manufacturing Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Environmental Management. He is a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), a Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), a RAB‐certified Environmental Management System Auditor, and a Lean / DMAIC Green Belt. He received the Baxter Distinguished Service Award for his pioneering efforts in promoting Sustainable Development initiatives at Baxter. 

He has also published several articles on a variety of EHS technical and management issues and has led the development and release of company sustainability reports for employers, and has also been instrumental in company listing to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and favorable ratings by the Carbon Disclosure Project. Roberto teaches on a variety of environmental sustainability topics and is responsible for the Operations Management course in Dominican’s GreenMBA Program. He also teaches an annual course in “Safety & Sustainability Management” at the University of Graz in Austria to Production Engineering & Management graduate students. He is a frequent speaker at industry forums on the topic of Sustainability and EHS management.

What people are saying about the GreenMBA

"Learning how to "breakdown" a project has been a fabulous tool for me in business.  I am a Facilities/Project Manager by training and have to think "systemically" in my daily work day, however, getting fully engaged in a "project" for class and working on a "team" project takes you deeper into the process.  How to use systemics and critical thinking in determining whether a project is ready "for the street" or whether it needs to be drilled deeper to get the core of what will make it successful.  It's a study in chaos and systems planning.  I find myself thinking about who will be my next "test case" - or victim!!!"

Linda L. Schanfein
Cohort B
GYMBA