Doug Nix, A.Sc.T. is Managing Director at Compliance InSight Consulting, Inc. (http://www.complianceinsight.ca) in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

His background spans more than 25 years of engineering technology experience including product testing, industrial control system design and machinery safety.

Doug specializes in risk assessment methods and process. He has been teaching risk assessment principles and processes since 1997, using a variety methods.

Since graduating from Sheridan College in 1985, Doug has worked for a number of Canadian companies in the electrical products and automation systems industries including GFC/ Hammond Manufacturing, GFC Power, and ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. in Cambridge, Ontario.

Doug certified with OACETT in 1992 and upgraded his certification to Applied Science Technologist in 2005.

Doug is a trained Laser Safety Officer and conducts laser hazard assessments and laser safety training programs.

Doug is a Charter Member of the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society, and is involved in the Society’s activities in a number of ways. Since joining the Society he has held these positions:

• Vice-President, Conferences (2010-2013);
• Chair, Risk Assessment Technical Committee (2009-2010);
• Membership Coordinator, Region 7 (Canada) (2010);
• Member, Industrial Controls Technical Committee (2010); and Member, Laser Safety Technical Committee (2010);
• Vice-Chair-PSES, Engineering & Human Environment Joint Chapter, Toronto Section (2009-Present).

Doug was General Chair for the 2009 IEEE Symposium on Product Compliance Engineering, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in October of 2009.

Doug is a member of the following professional organizations:

• Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) since 1991
• Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) since 2004
• Product Safety Engineering Society since 2004
• Canadian Standards Association since 2007
• Standards Council of Canada, Canadian Advisory Committee to ISO TC 199, Safety of Machinery

Doug serves on CSA’s s364/Z1002 Technical Committee, writing the Occupational Injury and Illness Risk Assessment and Management Standard. This standard is part of CSA’s new Z1000 OHS Management series of standards and is foundational to many other documents currently in work.

He also serves on the Canadian Advisory Committee to ISO TC199, Safety of Machinery, and on JWG1, the Joint Working Group tasked with combining ISO 13849 and IEC 62061.

Doug produces a blog and podcast called Machinery Safety 101, exploring a wide variety of machinery safety related topics. Find the show on iTunes, or by going to http://www.machinerysafety101.com.