Glenn Young is an independent safety consultant with 15 years of operating experience, nine years of corporate safety experience, and 16 years of consulting experience. His practice, Glenn Young & Associates, LLC (5261 Highland Rd. No. 193, Baton Rouge, LA 70808; Phone: (225) 772-1588; Email: g.young.g@gmail.com), specializes in process safety management (PSM) auditing, process hazard analysis, layer of protection analysis, and safety instrumented systems, and has clients that include major chemical manufacturers, refineries, pipelines, and pharmaceutical companies. He is the author of Background Math for Safety Certification Exams and Applied Mathematics for Safety Engineers, and is currently working on a new book, The Art of the PHA — Process Hazard Analysis for the 21st Century. He holds a BS from Louisiana State Univ., is a member of AIChE and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), and is a Certified Safety Professional and a Certified Process Safety Auditor.