Mike Classen

Mike Classen currently serves as the Area Director of Business Development at Republic Services, where responsibilities include overseeing operations, engineering, sales, maintenance, finance, and HR functions for a newly established business unit in Tennessee and Alabama. With extensive experience in environmental engineering and management, prior roles include serving as the Area Engineering & Environmental Manager at Republic Services, with a focus on capital projects and compliance, and as the Solid Waste Section Manager at HDR, responsible for budgeting and personnel management. Mike Classen's earlier career included positions at SCS Aquaterra, where significant contributions involved business development and project management within the solid waste sector. Mike Classen earned a Bachelor of Science in Biological Systems Engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.