Phillip E. Barnes, Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the School of the Environment at the University of South Carolina (USC). Barnes has held the positions of Director of the Center for Manufacturing and Technology and the Director of the Industrial Ecology Program with USC. Barnes has over 20 years experience in working with organizations in business plan development and quality and environmental management. In 1994, Barnes received the South Carolina Governor’s Pollution Prevention award for his work with a team of environmental management specialists and a commercial printer on the reduction of hazardous waste. Barnes has worked in the field of environmental management systems with the chemical, steel, automotive and electronics industries, as well as with federal and state agencies. He has been an EMS and QMS auditor for the past five years. Barnes holds an International Ph.D. in Cleaner Production and Industrial Ecology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and a Master of Earth and Environmental Resources Management from USC. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of West Florida (UWF) where he received a fellowship to attend Westinghouse Productivity and Quality College in Pittsburgh, PA, to work with industrial engineers on the cost/benefit of quality teams. Barnes was trained in the United Kingdom through BS 7750 (British EMS standard) in January 1996 and the ISO 14001 EMS standard in May 1997. In addition to EMS assessment and implementation in various types of organizations, Barnes has been a lead auditor and audit team member in the U.S., Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Barnes’ research focuses on international quality and environmental management system standards, and eco-industrial development. He is a certified ISO 14001 EMS Lead Auditor through the U.S. Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB) and instructor of a RAB accredited EMS Lead Auditor Course. Barnes teaches two EMS courses at USC and has published numerous articles on environmental management.

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