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President & Founder<\/h2>\n

Tara Maria Amavi is founder and president of TCA Going Global\/The Compliance Alliance L.P. TCA is a member-based organization specializing in universal, affordable and effective occupational health and safety systems for America\u2019s workplace. Ms. Amavi, named one of Houston\u2019s Top 50 Most Influential Women in 2012 for her lifetime contributions to the safety industry and named one of America\u2019s Who\u2019s Who in the Safety Industry (2007), developed proprietary web-enabled tools (\u201cThe TCA Safety System<\/span>\u00ae<\/span>, TCA Instant!<\/span>\u00ae<\/span>, TCA Check-In \/ Check-Out<\/span>\u00ae<\/span>, and more) on an international platform which ranked #1 in the world for managing contractor safety by a Fortune 50 company. In 2001 and 2002, TCA was ranked the 28<\/span>th<\/span> & 29<\/span>th<\/span> fastest growing business in Houston by the Houston Business Journal 100, and enjoyed #20 on Houston\u2019s 2007 Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Businesses. In September of 2012, TCA shared the cover of Build Houston magazine with Valero and E.E. Reed Construction as one of Valero\u2019s \u201cperfect project partners.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n

Amavi, once a single mother of five on food stamps, is now the only woman business owner in the world that is operating an internationally recognized workplace safety services firm.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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  • Named one of Houston\u2019s Top 50 Most Influential Women by Houston Woman magazine, 2012<\/li>\n
  • Named one of the Fastest Growing Woman-Owned Businesses by Houston Business Journal, 2007<\/li>\n
  • Named one of the Who\u2019s Who in American Safety Industry by Compliance Magazine, 2007<\/li>\n
  • Developed: TCA Safety System\u00ae ,TCA INSTANT!\u00ae & TCA Check-In\/Check-Out\u00ae, the only safety management and security access software of its kind, ranked #1 in the world by a Fortune 50 Company for managing contractor safety<\/li>\n
  • Cultural transformation\/team-building specific to transforming safety culture and processes.<\/li>\n
  • Served almost 1000 companies nationwide<\/li>\n
  • Led firm in conducting millions of safety observations on thousands of job sites<\/li>\n
  • Facilitated over 200 OSHA cases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Articles (as author)
    \n\u2022 Published over 50 articles since 2006 including regular safety and health columnist for Build Houston magazine
    \n\u2022 League City Light newspaper 25-30 columns; 1989-1991 (columnist--health, safety and environmental issues)
    \n\u2022 League City Light newspaper (5 feature stories 1989-1991 including Brio Superfund scandals)<\/p>\n

    As Expert<\/p>\n

    \u2022 Compliance Magazine (Who\u2019s Who In Safety, 2007)
    \n\u2022 Entrepreneur Magazine
    \n\u2022 Success Magazine
    \n\u2022 Texas Contractor Magazine
    \n\u2022 Houston Chronicle
    \n\u2022 Houston Business Journal
    \n\u2022 CEE \u2022 Semana Construction
    \n\u2022 ENR Magazine (2001, Annual Washington D.C. Construction Summit)
    \n\u2022 National Real Estate Investor (Hazard Communication; trade mag., 12\/89)
    \n\u2022 Builder & Contractor Magazine (Hazard Communication; 4\/90)
    \n\u2022 Houston Post (\u201cHazard Communication\u201d; front page Sunday\/business section, 12\/89)
    \n\u2022 League City Light newspaper (professional profile, May 1990)
    \n\u2022 Houston Chronicle, This Week (Green Team, March 1991)
    \n\u2022 Houston Business Journal (Drug programs)
    \n\u2022 Subcontractor Magazine (Hazard communication)
    \n\u2022 Village Life Southwest News (Green Team)
    \n\u2022 Pasadena Citizen (Green Team)
    \n\u2022 Construction Supervision and Safety Letter (Hazard Communication, April, 1991)
    \n\u2022 Houston Business Journal (Drug programs, April, 1991)
    \n\u2022 The Navajo Times, (Review of workshop I conducted at the State Educational Forum relating to applying quality system processes to the educational system, summer 1999\u2013 I was invited to speak by Arizona State Representative Sylvia Laughter)
    \n\u2022 Houston Post (Xylene spill feature story)
    \n\u2022 Expert witness designation re: business litigation (Trade secret relevance in OSHA regulatory industry)
    \n\u2022 KTRH radio re: News features on chemical spills; Phillips explosion (1990-91 explosion).<\/p>\n

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    Radio<\/p>\n

    \u20222006-2010 Six highlights of Tara Hart (now Tara Amavi, name change due to identity theft) and TCA\u2019s methods on The BusinessMakers radio show hosted by John Beddow (Houston Business Journal publisher) and Russ Capper.
    \n\u2022NPR (BP Event) KFMC-Houston
    \n\u2022KILT\/KIKK\/KHJZ\/Houston Weekend Magazine KTRH\/Monday Morning Drive
    \n\u2022KPFT\/Voices at Work KPRC\/News feature, Household hazardous waste; aired January 1, 2, 1990 KPRC\/Doug Johnson Show, \u201cGreen Team\u201d-11\/26\/90
    \n\u2022KMJK\/w\/ Leroy Patterson, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 11\/21\/90 KHMX\/Community Affairs, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 11\/20\/90
    \n\u2022KLTR\/Dynamic Houston Show, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- October 28-29, 1990
    \n\u2022KLAT\/Community Affairs, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 12\/15\/90
    \n\u2022KLDE\/Community Affairs, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 11\/12\/90
    \n\u2022KIKK\/Community Affairs, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 11\/18\/90
    \n\u2022KNUZ\/Community Affairs, \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 11\/09\/90<\/p>\n

    Television<\/p>\n

    \u2022CBS\/Evening News (BP event, 2005)
    \n\u2022CBS\/Local News Multiple Appearances (2005) NBC\/Local News 6pm and 10pm (2005)
    \n\u2022The Debra Duncan Show (2005)
    \n\u2022Channel 13\/Good Morning Houston, our contest winner \u201cGreen Team\u201d- 12\/19\/90
    \n\u2022AM Houston Show with Sandy Rivera--\u201dHousehold hazardous waste\u201d-2\/90
    \n\u2022Channel 26\/Hola Houston, \u201cGreen Team\u201d 12\/15\/90
    \n\u2022Channel 2\/The Kids Show,\u201dGreen Team Contest Winners\u201d-12\/90<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n

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    • \u2022Annual Washington D.C. Construction Summit (Sponsored by ENR)<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Allied Construction Industries \u201cACI\u201d Keynote speaker at annual conference 2007, Standardization of Safety and the Use of TCA Instant!<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Exxon Mobil<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Chevron<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Gardiere Wynn<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Women in Construction<\/li>\n
    • \u2022ASSE \/ American Society of Safety Engineers<\/li>\n
    • \u202251st Annual Wilmington, North Carolina Regional Safety and Health School<\/li>\n
    • \u2022Bechtel Telecommunications<\/li>\n
    • \u2022ABC\/Associated Builders & Contractors<\/li>\n
    • \u2022IEC\/Independent Electrical Contractors<\/li>\n
    • \u2022National Business Institute, Developing a Comprehensive Strategy for Workplace Injuries and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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