The Local Team Behind Your Compliance, Testing, and Occupational Health Program

Derek Aude is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Safety & Compliance, where he leads the company’s strategy, growth, technology, acquisitions and long-term expansion.

Derek’s involvement with Diversified began before the acquisition. Through Imogenix, his technology and consulting company, he developed software used to manage DOT compliance and Driver Qualification Files and later served as a technology advisor to Diversified Drug Testing & Occupational Health Services. That relationship gave him a close understanding of the business, its customers and the opportunities available through better systems, technology and operational structure.

Derek later founded Diversified Safety & Compliance with Barb Aude and Tom Nesbitt and acquired the operating assets of Diversified Drug Testing & Occupational Health Services. Since the acquisition, the company has roughly doubled while expanding its services, locations and technology capabilities. Derek has focused on modernizing systems, improving financial visibility, automating manual processes, developing proprietary software, strengthening the company’s operating structure and preparing the business for continued organic growth and future acquisitions.

His broader background spans entrepreneurship, technology, finance, lending, business valuation, software development and acquisitions. He has founded and operated companies across multiple industries, advised organizations ranging from startups to Fortune-scale enterprises, and worked with business owners on technology, capital and growth strategy.

At Diversified, Derek works alongside Chief Compliance Officer Barb Aude, Chief Operating Officer Tom Nesbitt and the company’s compliance, testing and occupational health teams to build a modern, technology-enabled organization capable of serving employers and motor carriers across Nebraska and beyond.

Derek lives in Gretna, Nebraska, with his wife Heather and their four daughters. Outside of work, he coaches competitive fastpitch softball and enjoys spending time with family at the lake, hunting, cooking and playing pedal steel guitar.

Tyler McLellan serves as Operations Manager overseeing the DOT Random Testing Consortium and Occupational Services Clinic operations. With deep expertise in consortium administration, collector network management, and regulatory compliance execution, Tyler ensures every random selection, notification, and test completion meets or exceeds FMCSA minimum thresholds (currently 50% drug, 10% alcohol annually).

Managing operations for 1500+ Nebraska and Midwest carriers, Tyler coordinates quarterly randomization cycles, DER notifications, mobile collection dispatch, and completion tracking within 90-day windows—preventing carriers from falling below compliance thresholds that trigger DOT violations. His oversight of the occupational health clinic ensures pre-employment physicals, DOT medical certifications, and non-DOT testing services are delivered with the same precision and organized documentation standards.

• Quarterly random selection execution with statistical validation
• DER notification protocols and completion tracking systems
• Nationwide mobile collector coordination and scheduling
• Chain-of-custody validation and exception handling
• Consortium enrollment, driver additions/removals, and pool management
• Occupational health clinic operations and medical certification tracking

Margaret Elwell serves dual critical functions at Diversified Safety & Compliance: maintaining financial accuracy and compliance training delivery. As Billing Manager, Margaret ensures transparent, accurate invoicing for consortium services, drug and alcohol testing programs, and compliance management—providing the predictable pricing structure that allows small fleets to budget effectively and avoid the surprise costs that plague carriers working with fragmented vendors.

As a certified Reasonable Suspicion Trainer, Margaret delivers the DOT-required 60-minute alcohol and 60-minute drug training mandated by 49 CFR Part 382 for supervisors who make testing determinations. Her training curriculum covers behavioral cues, documentation requirements, legal protections, and step-by-step procedures that protect carriers from liability while ensuring compliance with federal reasonable suspicion testing protocols. Margaret has trained hundreds of fleet managers, safety directors, and DERs across our client portfolio.

• Program billing, invoicing, and financial reconciliation
• DOT-required Reasonable Suspicion training delivery (Part 382)
• DER education and certification programs
• Policy documentation and driver acknowledgment tracking
• Compliance program cost analysis and ROI reporting
• Training certificate maintenance and compliance verification

Fletcher Aude supports carrier compliance operations at Diversified Safety & Compliance, working directly with owner-operators, fleet managers, and DERs on the recordkeeping requirements of 49 CFR Parts 382 and 391. He handles the day-to-day work that keeps a compliance program current: assembling and updating driver qualification files, running pre-employment and annual Clearinghouse queries, tracking MVRs and medical certifications, and processing UCR and MCS-150 filings.

Much of Fletcher's role is deadline management. He monitors upcoming CDL and medical card expirations, flags missing documentation before it becomes an inspection issue, and follows up with clients until files are complete. He also coordinates consortium enrollments and driver adds and removes, prepares documentation for audits and reviews, and serves as a first point of contact for carriers who need a straight answer about what a regulation actually requires of them.

Core functions

• Driver Qualification File assembly and maintenance per §391.51
• FMCSA Clearinghouse full and limited queries, with consent tracking
• Annual MVR requests, reviews, and driver record retention
• Medical certificate and CDL expiration monitoring
• UCR registration, MCS-150 biennial updates, and renewal tracking
• Consortium enrollment, roster updates, and driver add/remove processing
• Client follow-up on missing or expiring documentation
• Audit file preparation and document verification

Areas of expertise

• Driver Qualification Files
• FMCSA Clearinghouse administration
• 49 CFR Part 391 recordkeeping
• MVR review and monitoring
• UCR & MCS-150 filings
• Consortium roster management