Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

• 2020 - 2022

Oversaw the project acquisition, financing, mine planning, development, equipment selection, processing assessment, company restructuring, and Exchange listing for Ares Strategic Mining. Oversaw the project acquisition, financing, mine planning, development, equipment selection, processing assessment, company restructuring, and Exchange listing for Ares Strategic Mining.

Chief Executive Officer

• 2016 - 2020

Chief Executive OfficerChief Executive OfficerLithium Energy Product · Full-timeLithium Energy Product · Full-time Oct 2016 - Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mosOct 2016 - Feb 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos I was the head of company strategy for Lithium Energy Products. I led the operations, marketing, financing, human resources, hiring, compliance with safety regulations, sales, securing investment, and PR. I modelled and set the company’s culture, values, and behaviour, and built and led the company team. I allocated capital to the company’s priorities and investigated new business opportunities. I wrote and reviewed contracts, and managed shareholder relations and company representation. I tendered contracts for competition and assessed bids, and constructed press releases and maintained market presence. I monitored personnel performance and staffed projects, was responsible for investigating and acquiring prospective projects, organizing geological surveys, the analysis and scrutiny of technical reports, meeting clients to procure investment, managing company finances, hiring personnel and designated work to contractors, geologists, and engineers. I project managed engineering and contractor work and projects.

Core Production and Engineering Project Manager

• 2013 - 2016

I was the project lead and manager for constructing the new Rolls-Royce (RR) Chemical Plant; the UK Subject Matter Expert for the UK Nuclear Material Recovery Capabilities, and the technical project manager for constructing the UK reactor core manufacturing facilities. I managed several contractors and graduates working in various specialisations, including construction, manufacturing, engineering, science and project management. I approved engineering designs and worked with engineering teams throughout the design process. I led the Concept Phase planning for building facilities valued in excess of $240m, and project managed the successful construction of a new manufacturing facility. I recovered unused nuclear material for current reactor production. I demonstrated the necessity and plausibility of increased plant throughput and managed the changes. I managed the reactor core deliveries from Rolls-Royce to BAE Systems and led a research team investigating replacement recovery technologies/processes. I managed and coordinated a team of contractors and graduates through several construction projects and oversaw the approval, introduction and management of various engineering projects.

Infantry Soldier - Reservist

• 2009 - 2014

Nuclear Physicist

• 2012 - 2013

Seconded to RR as a nuclear physicist and engineer. I headed a project to model various configurations of RR’s Zero-Power reactor using Probabilistic Physics software to digitally replicate real-world behaviour and determine program accuracy margins. This information was used to inform confidence limits for the UK’s successor submarine’s reactor physics models and the plant’s mechanical design.I created models resembling real-world Zero-Power reactor cores, including the fuel and poison plates, and used these models to run simulations to determine the model's behaviour and nuclear material burn-up. I compared these results with ‘as-built’ cores and established the accuracy confidence margins of the software. This information informed the UK’s successor submarine’s software safety margins.

Nuclear Engineer

• 2011 - 2012

I was integrated into the Rolls-Royce Thermal Hydraulics Engineering team. I was responsible for investigating the thermal performance of channels under transient, accident and emergency conditions in order to inform the new reactor design and support the safety case for reactors in current class submarines. I was responsible for designing and project managing the construction of the experiment test rigs - the data from these was used to validate analysis tools and inform theory-based design decisions.I modelled the rig experiments in a RR designed Thermal hydraulic software and compared the results with empirical results. I found reasonable correlation but not sufficient enough to justify using the program to model the UK's successive submarine’s channels. This saved investigation time and led to the design of better analysis software. I also designed the channels used in the constructed reactor rig and worked with a construction crew to assemble the rig.

Nuclear Engineering Research

• 2011 - 2012

Selected to undertake a year of Nuclear Physics and Engineering study. This included research into prospective future technologies such as molten salt cooled, graphite moderated high temperature, TRISO fuel reactors. Received reactor operation training in normal and accident conditions as well as safety case training. I led the reactor and mechanical systems design and control systems team for a prospective reactor.As part of a research team I investigated the reactor physics of the theoretical reactor concept and identified the issues surrounding this technology. I designed the reactor core and supporting mechanical systems. I submitted a report to the UK Admiralty detailing the practicalities and plausibility of employing a molten salt reactor to power remote deployment bases and small vessels.

Mechanical and Nuclear Engineer

• 2011 - 2011

During this employment I was utilised as both a project manager and engineer during the concept and planning phase of equipment procurement. I was responsible for managing contractors and issuing contracts. I was the technical lead responsible for assessing test rig results on submarine candidate materials. I was responsible for assessing the suitability of technologies used on current platforms for the successive submarines and worked with supplier engineering teams through design and manufacture processes. I wrote several project management plans for various team projects. I analysed submarine insulation and protection systems and made a recommendation to extend the technology to successive platforms. I was the technical lead for test rigs responsible for assessing load bearing materials. I conducted an engineering analysis of shaft bearings from the Vanguard Class submarine and recommended materials and technologies for successive submarines after completing technical analyses.

Mechanical Engineer

• 2010 - 2011

I worked as an Engineer for Nuclear Weapons investigating safety limits of their lifting cranes. I determined the safety margins and provided the basis for the safety case for several crane's continued operation. I carried out engineering analysis on a hoisting devices for missiles. I revaluated safety evaluation standards and mathematical assessments. I modelled equipment using Non-Linear Finite Element Analysis software to determine the stressed areas and likelihood of failure.I led the procurement process for a replacement Nuclear Weapon transfer platform and prepared the business case with the regulators. I prepared safety reports to assure safety regulators of equipment safety margins. I completed structural and vibration analysis of heavy lifting crane to confirm safety limits were within tolerances. I used mathematical techniques to prove the safety equipment operated within the prescribed safety limits. I completed the structural integrity calculations for a hoisting mechanism in support of the Safety Case team.