Charles V, Latiolais

With more than 27 years of experience, Charles has a broad range of expertise in safety management, risk engineering and loss control. He spent the past 11 years at OMNI, starting out as safety manager for an OMNI operating brand before taking the helm of OMNI Corporate Safety in 2010.

Prior to joining OMNI, Charles spent nine years as a loss prevention consultant with FARA Risk Control Services and five years as director of corporate safety for Trinity Industries. Charles has developed and implemented numerous safety emphasis programs and is a certified OSHA Outreach Instructor, NACB Forklift Train the Trainer, NACB Mobile Crane Operator Trainer, and Smith System Driving Instructor. He also has formal training in managing behavioral based safety programs, industrial hygiene, fall protection system design, and incident investigation causal analysis.

Charles holds a bachelor’s degree in fire and safety engineering technology.