Bart van Leeuwen is an expert on human factors, situational awareness and the high-risk decision-making processes used in high-stress, high consequence work environments.
He serves for more than 27 years on the front lines as a firefighter, company officer and instructor at various fire departments in The Netherlands.
He is part of the Situational Awareness Matters! team as a certified master instructor serving Europe, Middle East, and Asia
Situational Awareness Matters! has consulted on situational awareness and high-risk decision making worldwide and the training programs have been delivered to more than 85,000 students.
Federal government clients include: NASA, the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Department of Defense and every branch of the armed forces including the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy.
Corporate consulting and training clients have included: ExxonMobil, Syncrude Oil Refinery, Nuclear Fuel Services, Delaware City Refining Company, Georgia Pacific, Babcock & Wilcox, SGL Carbon, Amgen, Novelis, Louisiana Pacific and Eagle Materials Corporation.
More than 500 public safety agencies have relied on Situational Awareness Matters! to help improve their emergency scene safety and high-risk decision making, including the New York City Fire Department’s Incident Management Team, the fire officers’ associations for Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County Fire Departments and fire brigades in England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong