Waste management

Operations professionals in Waste management

Waste operations run on tight schedules and fixed routes. Talk with operations leaders about the real friction points—where collection crews wait for processing capacity, where equipment breakdowns cascade through the day, or where handoff delays between sites pile up. These conversations reveal which operational constraints actually cost money and which ones your business can influence.

10 professionals5 companiesData retrieved September 28, 2026

Professionals to explore

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  1. Adam Serrano

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    Experience: Area Recycling, Operations Director · WM

    Experience directing recycling and operations for a waste management company, including prior district and route management roles.

  2. Blake Whittington

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Operations · WM

    Experience directing operations for remediation services and beneficial use facilities including landfill construction, operation, and closure at a waste management company.

  3. Chris Keesler

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Operations Western Washington · Solidwaste Systems

    Has experience directing operations for a solid waste management company, overseeing operational functions within the waste industry.

  4. Jesse Granado

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Operations and Post Collections · WIN Waste Innovations

    Experience leading operations and post-collection management in the waste and recycling industry, including process improvement and service quality initiatives.

  5. Loveless Steve

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Operations · WM

    Experience directing collection operations for a waste management company, managing multiple collection facilities and hundreds of collection routes.

  6. Rick Kania

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Collection Operations · WM

    Experience directing collection operations at a waste management company, overseeing hauling companies, transfer stations, and hundreds of collection routes.

  7. Scott Tignac

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director Disposal Operations · WM

    Experience directing disposal operations at a waste management company, having held district manager and operations manager roles in waste and recycling.

  8. Sean Cole

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Operations Manager · Dunmow Group

    Experience managing operations for a company providing skip hire and waste management services including rubbish collection and grab hire.

  9. Steven Utermark

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Director of Operations · WM

    Experience directing collection operations for a waste management company, responsible for front-line drivers, technicians, and managers providing collection services.

  10. Tanner Abbott

    LinkedIn

    Experience: Operations Director · County Waste Service

    Has experience leading operations, sales, customer service, and financial performance for a waste management company serving multiple customer sectors.

Choose the right perspective

Look for candidates who have managed daily operations across multiple sites or handled the transition between collection and processing. Ask them to walk you through a specific day when things went wrong. The best candidates will point to concrete bottlenecks—a transfer station that couldn't accept trucks, a sorting line that backed up, a crew that sat idle—rather than vague process issues.

Questions to take into the conversation

  1. 01Tell me about a time when trucks arrived at a facility but couldn't unload. What caused it and how did you fix it?
  2. 02Where in your operation do you lose the most time to waiting—crews, equipment, or facilities? What have you tried to reduce it?
  3. 03When a piece of equipment breaks down, how does that ripple through your collection routes and processing schedule?

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