Craig Clapper

Craig Clapper PE is a consulting engineer who specializes in improving human and machine-based systems using evidence-based methods from high reliability organizations. He is a founder of and the principal engineer for Reliability 4 Life Group (R4L) with 30 years of experience in improving reliability in power, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. He specializes in failure analysis, event analysis, reliability improvement, and safety culture improvement. Craig has led safety culture transformation engagements for Duke Energy, the US Department of Energy, ABB Automation Company (formerly ASEA Brown Boveri, a Swedish-Swiss multinational corporation headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment and automation technology areas), Westinghouse, Framatome ANP (Advanced Nuclear Power), Sentara Healthcare, and Sharp Healthcare. Prior to entering private practice, Craig was the Chief Knowledge Officer of Healthcare Performance Improvement (HPI), the Chief Operating Officer of HPI, the Chief Operating Officer of Performance Improvement International, Vice President of Failure Prevention Inc. (FPI), Systems Engineering Manager for Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Systems Engineering Manager for Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station. Craig holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from Iowa State University, a Professional Engineer (PE) license in Mechanical Engineering from the State of Arizona, a Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE) certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and a Certified Manager of Quality (CMQ) certification from the American Society for Quality (ASQ). Publications: Zero Harm: How to Achieve Patient Safety in Healthcare Chapter 5, Safety Science and HRO, The Healthcare Quality Book 5th edition Maximize Patient Safety with Advanced Root Cause Analysis