Mike Pagel is a Senior Consultant with HazMat Safety Consulting. As a consultant specializing in safe storage and transport of lithium batteries, Mike partners with clients to improve their battery safety programs. This includes creating customized training courses, conducting on-site storage and transportation compliance audits, and developing company SOPs. Mike supports a range of clients with battery compliance, including producers of medical devices, electric vehicles, consumer electronics, power tools, cells, and battery packs. Mike started in the industry in 2012 at PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Information Center (HMIC) at DOT HQ in Washington, DC. For two years, Mike supported the HMIC by answering thousands of questions on PHMSA’s Hazardous Materials Regulations. In this role, Mike worked directly with PHMSA Rulemaking, Approvals & Permits, and Technical staff.