Meet Your Exceptional Course Instructors
Thomas E. Evans – Featured Speaker
Thomas Evans founded Training Logic Inc. on the belief that business results are available through people. He has 30 years of training experience. Evans started his training career as an instructor for the Dale Carnegie Training Systems in 1982 and was employed as the National Training Manager with Willamette Industries, Inc. in 1988. In 2002, he opened Training Logic, Inc. and started building a team of professional trainers which has worked with many pulp and paper organizations across the nation, such as Weyerhaeuser, Boise Cascade, Domtar, International Paper, Graphic Packaging, RockTenn, etc. While offering many topics in the area of Leadership Development, Sales, and Communications training, Evans and his team of professional trainers are extremely proud of the safety results they have helped many organizations achieve.
Matthew Kanneberg – Course Chair
Matthew Kanneberg is the Division Safety Manager for RockTenn’s Containerboard Mills and a member of the Board of Directors for the Pulp & Paper Safety Association (PPSA). With a 20-year career in the pulp and paper industry, Kanneberg has held occupational safety and security management positions for public, construction and general industry locations. He holds BA in Business Management, is a former Emergency Medical Technician and Fire Fighter, and has earned numerous safety related certifications. He has held board positions as Disaster Chairman for a chapter of the American Red Cross, Chairman of the Franklin Center for the Arts and local chapter member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, as well as current member of TAPPI and PPSA organizations.
Chris A. Redfearn – Weyerhaeuser
Chris Redfearn is the Director Health & Safety Technical Services for Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, WA. He has 44 years in the industry, including 24 years in the Petro-Chemical and Oil Sands Industry and 20 years at Weyerhaeuser in operating facility and corporate roles including Health & Safety Manager at Kamloops cellulose fiber mill, corporate health & safety responsible for implementing company programs, and his current position as Director Health & Safety Technical Services.
