Gregory Perricone, CSP, CHST, is the founder and president of our
company. Greg as he prefers to be known, earned his Bachelor's Degree
in Fire Service & Safety Administration at SUNY Empire State
College in 2000. Greg served 25 years of faithful and honorable
service with the United States Air Force until his retirement in 2006
as a Chief Master Sergeant. It was at the begining of his final ten
years of military service that he cross-trained from First Sergeant to
Ground Safety. In Ground Safety, Greg was responsible for planning,
organizing, and directing safety activities at a Combat Rescue
Wing. Following retirement Greg started a new career as a safety
specialist with one of the world's largest property and casualty
insurance brokerages in New York City. There he attained his
Construction Health and Safety Technician certification while
overseeing $60M in Construction Infrastructure projects with Owner
Controlled Insurance Programs from NYC to Washington, D.C.. Wanting to
be closer to home and following award of the gold standard in safety,
the board certified - Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Greg took a
position with a Long Island, New York safety management company. It
was there as the CSP of Record for 5 general contractors he
managed construction safety activities, inspections and directed site
safety representatives at 25 New York City Department of Environmental
Protection Waste Water Pollution Control Plants over a 5 year period.
In 2011, the opportunity presented itself to go into business together
with his oldest son, Nathan, who is our vice president, and Safety
Consulting & Compliance Corp. was born. Having suffered hearing
loss from his exposure to jet noise while working on far too many
USAF Flightlines', Greg was diagnosed with a service-related
disability by the US Department of Veterans Affairs and has
self-certified the company as a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small
Business (SDVOSB). Since then he has patiently waited as the US Small
Business Administration reviews his application for formal recognition
as a SDVOSB. Greg's leadership continues to grow the company adding
site safety managers, OSHA courses, OSHA recordkeeping, inspections
and notice of violation assistance as well as a wide body of expertly
written construction related health and safety articles, policies and
programs. Greg and his spouse of 47 years happily reside in Canton, CT.