Discovery
A domain expert reviews your regulatory environment, existing data sources, and KPIs before any configuration begins.
01 // Domain Expertise
The people behind Locus software have done this type of work
02 // Our Company Standard
Every R&D and customer-facing Locus employee holds an advanced science or engineering degree or brings direct professional EHS experience.
03 // Dual Pedigrees
Experts in software development partnering with domain experts
Most EHS software is built by developers who learn the domain after the fact. At Locus, domain expertise came first.
The company's founder holds a doctorate in civil engineering and he developed the first environmental information management prototype as a graduate researcher at Carnegie Mellon in the 1980s. When Locus launched the world's first commercial SaaS product for environmental information management in 1999, it was built by engineers who already understood the data it would manage.
That standard has held for nearly 30 years. Every R&D and customer-facing employee holds an advanced degree in engineering, chemistry, geology, biology, or a related discipline, or brings direct professional EHS experience. On the software engineering side, Locus is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and senior technical leaders have come from Hewlett-Packard, PeopleSoft, and Salesforce. The result is a team that is fluent in both the science and the software.
Our domain expertise is not limited to one or two senior advisors.
Our expertise runs through the whole team — shaping product decisions, guiding implementations, and backing up every customer support interaction.
04 // A Deep Bench
04.01
EHS Compliance, Safety & Program Management
From the field to the platform — compliance experience throughout
Across the Locus team, experience in day-to-day EHS program management is deep and widely distributed. Team members have served as Environmental Safety and Regulatory Officers in chemical manufacturing, water treatment, and industrial environments — designing and administering comprehensive, risk-based EHS programs and bringing facilities into alignment with federal, state, and local requirements. Academic credentials in this area include graduate degrees in environmental policy, emergency management, and disaster management. Professional certifications held by the team include FEMA Hazard Mitigation, CESCO, and ISO 9000 quality program administrator designations. This background informs how Locus designs workflows for incident investigation, task management, OSHA reporting, safety auditing, and corrective action management.
Across the Locus team, experience in day-to-day EHS program management is deep and widely distributed. Team members have served as Environmental Safety and Regulatory Officers in chemical manufacturing, water treatment, and industrial environments — designing and administering comprehensive, risk-based EHS programs and bringing facilities into alignment with federal, state, and local requirements. Academic credentials in this area include graduate degrees in environmental policy, emergency management, and disaster management. Professional certifications held by the team include FEMA Hazard Mitigation, CESCO, and ISO 9000 quality program administrator designations. This background informs how Locus designs workflows for incident investigation, task management, OSHA reporting, safety auditing, and corrective action management.
04.02
GHG Emissions & ESG Reporting
More than 14 years of GHG verification expertise in the software
Locus is the only EHS/ESG software company whose GHG software development has been steered by certified GHG reviewers throughout its history. Team members with doctoral and master's degrees in biochemical and chemical engineering — from institutions including Louisiana State University and Cornell — and with prior careers managing GHG compliance for global oil, gas, and chemical companies contribute directly to how Locus handles Scope 1, 2, and 3 calculations, protocol alignment, and disclosure-ready reporting. That combination of engineering science credentials and applied industry experience gives Locus's emissions applications a technical depth that generic ESG platforms do not carry.
Locus is the only EHS/ESG software company whose GHG software development has been steered by certified GHG reviewers throughout its history. Team members with doctoral and master's degrees in biochemical and chemical engineering — from institutions including Louisiana State University and Cornell — and with prior careers managing GHG compliance for global oil, gas, and chemical companies contribute directly to how Locus handles Scope 1, 2, and 3 calculations, protocol alignment, and disclosure-ready reporting. That combination of engineering science credentials and applied industry experience gives Locus's emissions applications a technical depth that generic ESG platforms do not carry.
04.03
Water Quality & Environmental Data Management
Half a billion water records and the science behind every one.
Locus manages more than 527 million records across 1.6 million worldwide locations, with more than 4.8 million PFAS records tracked across 38,500+ global sites. The team members shaping this work bring prior roles including Director of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance for large municipal water operations and Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation in the water sector. Graduate-level credentials in geography and GIS, including doctoral research from institutions such as the University of Oxford, inform Locus's mapping, spatial analysis, and augmented reality capabilities. The team's water expertise encompasses the full analytical process — chain-of-custody documentation, sample metadata, instrument calibration, automated data validation, and the regulatory reporting that depends on all of it.
Locus manages more than 527 million records across 1.6 million worldwide locations, with more than 4.8 million PFAS records tracked across 38,500+ global sites. The team members shaping this work bring prior roles including Director of Water Quality and Environmental Compliance for large municipal water operations and Senior Director of Strategy and Innovation in the water sector. Graduate-level credentials in geography and GIS, including doctoral research from institutions such as the University of Oxford, inform Locus's mapping, spatial analysis, and augmented reality capabilities. The team's water expertise encompasses the full analytical process — chain-of-custody documentation, sample metadata, instrument calibration, automated data validation, and the regulatory reporting that depends on all of it.
04.04
Hazardous Waste Management
Cradle-to-grave expertise from people who managed the manifests
Locus's hazardous waste team members bring hands-on RCRA compliance experience, including active multi-site generator management, chemical inventory oversight, and environmental contract laboratory supervision. Professional credentials in this area include Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO) designations. That practitioner-level depth has real-world consequences: Locus Waste Management was selected by one of the top 10 U.S. environmental management firms to support a $2.4 million annual waste disposal program spanning 850 locations — and helped that customer identify underperforming haulers and reduce disposal costs by $120,000 in year one.
Locus's hazardous waste team members bring hands-on RCRA compliance experience, including active multi-site generator management, chemical inventory oversight, and environmental contract laboratory supervision. Professional credentials in this area include Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) and Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO) designations. That practitioner-level depth has real-world consequences: Locus Waste Management was selected by one of the top 10 U.S. environmental management firms to support a $2.4 million annual waste disposal program spanning 850 locations — and helped that customer identify underperforming haulers and reduce disposal costs by $120,000 in year one.
04.05
Refrigerant Management & ODS Compliance
The most credentialed refrigerant team in EHS software
Locus's refrigerant compliance experts hold EPA Universal Technician certification and Certified Refrigerant Compliance Manager (CRCM) credentials through the National Registry of Environmental Professionals. Their prior careers include more than a decade of commercial and industrial HVAC work at organizations including Honeywell International, Carrier, and York International. The team leader facilitates the CRCM certification program that Locus delivers in partnership with NREP, and he is a published authors and frequent speakers on ozone-depleting substances and high-GWP refrigerants. His technical judgment is embedded directly in the software's leak detection logic, phase-down tracking, alert thresholds, and service record management.
Locus's refrigerant compliance experts hold EPA Universal Technician certification and Certified Refrigerant Compliance Manager (CRCM) credentials through the National Registry of Environmental Professionals. Their prior careers include more than a decade of commercial and industrial HVAC work at organizations including Honeywell International, Carrier, and York International. The team leader facilitates the CRCM certification program that Locus delivers in partnership with NREP, and he is a published authors and frequent speakers on ozone-depleting substances and high-GWP refrigerants. His technical judgment is embedded directly in the software's leak detection logic, phase-down tracking, alert thresholds, and service record management.
04.06
Embodied Carbon & Sustainable Construction
Nearly three decades in construction materials and carbon accounting
The Locus sustainable construction team includes professionals with close to three decades of experience in a major metropolitan infrastructure agency's materials engineering division, where they developed sustainability tracking methodologies and quantified on-site carbon emissions from construction activities. Their background spans construction materials science, GHG and criteria pollutant inventories, hazardous waste disposal, air and emissions monitoring, and environmental contract laboratory management. That depth is reflected directly in how Locus tracks global warming potential (GWP) across Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), manages material quantities from steel to concrete to asphalt, and calculates project-level carbon footprints from cradle to grave — down to the specificity of specialized concrete mixes engineered for runways that must withstand the force of commercial aircraft.
The Locus sustainable construction team includes professionals with close to three decades of experience in a major metropolitan infrastructure agency's materials engineering division, where they developed sustainability tracking methodologies and quantified on-site carbon emissions from construction activities. Their background spans construction materials science, GHG and criteria pollutant inventories, hazardous waste disposal, air and emissions monitoring, and environmental contract laboratory management. That depth is reflected directly in how Locus tracks global warming potential (GWP) across Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), manages material quantities from steel to concrete to asphalt, and calculates project-level carbon footprints from cradle to grave — down to the specificity of specialized concrete mixes engineered for runways that must withstand the force of commercial aircraft.
Domain expertise at the core of every implementation
Locus does not separate product knowledge from implementation. The same depth that shapes the software also guides every customer onboarding — from data migration through go-live and beyond.
Configuration
Software is aligned to your actual compliance program, not forced into a pre-built template.
Data Migration
Historical environmental data is evaluated for integrity before migration. Anomalies are flagged and documented, not silently moved.
Go-Live
A live configuration review is completed and documented before handoff, with a full record retained for audit purposes.
30-Day Incubator
Dedicated adoption support from a domain expert, not a commercial call center. US-based, employed directly by Locus.
Each Locus customer is assigned a dedicated implementation manager with domain expertise relevant to their sector and compliance program — not a generalist project coordinator.
That person oversees the full implementation, serves as the primary point of contact, and is accountable for ensuring that the software configuration reflects how the customer's actual compliance program operates. Because domain knowledge and product knowledge live in the same team, there is no translation layer between what a customer needs and what gets built.
Data migration at Locus is treated as a scientific exercise rather than a technical one. Implementation specialists evaluate the integrity of historical environmental data before moving it, flag anomalies in legacy datasets, and document every transformation so customers retain a defensible record of how their data was brought forward.
07 // Gaining Clarity
What to ask any EHS software vendor about their team
Claims about domain expertise are easy to make and hard to verify in an RFP process. These questions surface the real answer quickly.
Do the people who will implement my software hold relevant environmental or safety credentials, or are they generalist project managers?
Are your support staff employed directly by your company and trained in EHS compliance, or are they a third-party call center?
Who on your product team has worked in EHS compliance in the field — and in what role and industry?
How do you handle data migration? Do you evaluate the integrity of legacy environmental data before moving it?
Can your implementation team describe the regulatory obligations that apply to my industry without being briefed first?
08 // Software Demonstration
Talk to someone who has been in your shoes.
Every Locus demo is led by a team member who understands your regulatory obligations — without needing to be briefed first.
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Frequently Asked Questions
09 // FAQ
Yes. Every R&D and customer-facing employee at Locus holds an advanced degree in a relevant science or engineering discipline or brings direct professional EHS experience. This is a company-wide standard, not a characteristic limited to senior staff or account leadership.
Credentials held across the Locus team include EPA Universal Technician (refrigerant handling), Certified Refrigerant Compliance Manager (CRCM) through the National Registry of Environmental Professionals, Certified Environmental Auditor (CEA), Certified Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer (CESCO), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), FEMA Hazard Mitigation, Envision Sustainability Professional, and ISO 9000/9001 quality program administration, among others.
Each customer is assigned a dedicated implementation manager with domain expertise relevant to their sector and compliance program — not a generalist project coordinator. That person is accountable for the full implementation and serves as the primary point of contact from initial discovery through the 30-day post-go-live customer success incubator.
Yes. Locus support staff are employed directly by Locus, based in the United States, and held to the same domain expertise standard as the rest of the organization. Locus does not use a commercial call center for customer support.
Locus treats data migration as a scientific exercise rather than a technical one. Implementation specialists evaluate the integrity of historical environmental data before migrating it, flag anomalies in legacy datasets, and document every transformation so customers retain a defensible and auditable record of how their data was brought forward.
The Locus leadership and expert team page profiles individual team members and links to their published articles on topics ranging from refrigerant compliance and embodied carbon to water quality monitoring and AI for environmental data. Visit locustec.com/company/executive-team/ to explore their backgrounds and recent thinking.