Bryan is a Northern Illinois University graduate with a B.S. degree in Business Management.

He worked for John Deere for 31 years until retiring in 2001. During his tenure at Deere, Bryan managed at 5 different Manufacturing Units ranging in size from 740 to 3,650 employees. When he retired, Bryan was the Safety & Training Manager for the John Deere Seeding Group in Moline, Illinois. While managing Safety, the areas under his control ran 7.9 million hours without a lost time accident and reduced injury rates by 71.5%. He is a certified trainer and has always loved instructing. Bryan has instructed over 375 classes.

Bryan has also been a speaker at several conferences such as the National Safety Congress, ASSE Congress and for Associated Employers.

Bryan conducts factory safety and machine guarding audits and teaches classes in: Safety, Manufacturing Productivity, Human Resource topics such as Behavioral Interviewing, Diversity, Respect vs. Harassment, Time Management, Problem Solving and First Line Supervisor Topics.

In addition to teaching throughout the United States, Bryan has also taught classes in Canada and India.

Bryan is a certified SafeStart and SafeTrack Consultant and Trainer.