Clyde D. Loll has spent over 40 plus years of his professional life in the private industry sector. He has served in diverse decision-making roles from mid-management to the C-suite level. Within the bandwidth of an 18- year period Clyde was influential in building an international oil & gas drilling team of 400+ QHSES professionals working within 39 countries, creating and implementing strategic business continuity plans, security models, regulatory compliance, and crafting certifiable quality management systems. Over the course of his career, He and his teams designed, developed, and implemented quality, health, safety, environmental and security programs within the domestic and international business sectors of the electric utility, healthcare, transportation and oil and gas industries. Clyde is the Director of Operations within the Institute of Homeland Security at Sam Houston State University.

Clyde was a master-level board-certified hazard control management professional (retired CHCM), a certified quality management system lead auditor (RABS-Q), a certified firefighter and a certified Zenger-Miller trainer in leadership development. Mr. Loll’s specialized training has ranged from disaster preparedness, emergency response, crisis management, security vulnerability and threat level assessments to critical infrastructure resiliency. Clyde has been a guest instructor at Texas A&M University’s municipal and industrial fire schools over the years. He was appointed by the Governor of Texas, Hon. Greg Abbott, in 2020-2023 to serve as a State Commissioner on the Texas Commission of Fire Protection. Clyde is an inventor and holds a patent with the US Patent Office, Registration #5281067.

He attended Sam Houston State University where he studied Agribusiness/Kinesiology. He later continued pursuing his formal education at San Jacinto College in Fire Protection, Emergency Management and Safety. He currently serves on the SHSU Industrial Advisory Board within the Engineering & Technology department. Clyde served as a long- standing board member for the International Board for Certified Safety Managers (retired IBFCSM). Appointed on January 2026 to the Board of Directors for the International Supply Chain Protection Organization (ISCPO).