Kessler Consulting

August 2012
Volume 14/Issue 43
Client Updates
New Assignments
KCI Out and About
SWANA Turns 50
Recycler of the Year
Award 2012 – Robin Mitchell
Kessler Consulting, Inc.
innovative waste solutions
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“The Wheels on the Trucks
Go Round and Round.” - Don Ross
From time to time Kessler Consulting,
Inc. (KCI) features an employee so that
you can get to know more about them both
professionally and personally.
It is always good to have people on
your team whose energy and enthusiasm
is contagious – natural leaders with
new ideas and
a desire to
always pursue
better ways of
doing things.
KCI’s Director
of Operations,
Don Ross, is an
industry leader
who tackles
challenges
head-on to find
the best solutions.
Don joined
KCI in 2008, bringing with him tremendous
operational expertise in collection systems.
Mr. Ross has 23 years of solid waste experience
under his belt, having managed
collection and transfer operations for both
public and private sector organizations.
Prior to joining KCI, Don served as the Director
of the Solid Waste Division for the
City of Dunedin, Florida. Earlier in his
career he held a variety of management
positions for private waste companies, including
13 years with Waste Management,
Inc. Don was the Connecticut Market Area
Director of Operations for Waste Management,
overseeing several hauling companies
and transfer stations, 150 collection
routes, 250 employees, and was responsible
for $60 million in annual revenues.
Don applies this formidable portfolio of
1966 2012
hands-on experience to benefit his clients.
Within KCI, Don utilizes his skill as an
effective Project Manager. He has managed
numerous collection-related projects
including conversion from manual to
automated collection and dual to single
stream recycling, implementation of Radio
Frequency
Identification
(RFID) systems
and Pay-as-youthrow
(PAYT)
programs, route
optimization
planning, rate
analyses, and
operational
feasibility and
assessment
studies.
Don has taken
a special interest
in the role technology plays in solid
waste collection systems and he recognizes
that technological advancements
are making rapid changes in this area.
He says “I want to leverage technology to
improve and protect the wellbeing of collection
employees and to advance the science
of solid waste collection across the
Southeast.” Don’s love of all things “tech”
and his eagerness to increase collection
efficiency through data management has
kept KCI at the forefront of the current
trend toward applying new technologies
to collection operations. He believes that
technological innovation and data tracking
can optimize solid waste collection operations
to the benefit of staff and customers
alike. “If you don’t measure it, you can’t
manage it!” is Don’s motto.
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