James Baron-Croston
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Experience
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Mining OT
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Managing Director
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May 2022 - Present
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Haultrax
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Australia
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director, Automation & Productivity
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Jul 2017 - Mar 2022
Key Projects: - Project Manager: Collision Avoidance, 4 sites >1,000 vehicles - Project Manager: Predix (IIOT) platform deployment and machine health data integration- Consultant: Investment lead for autonomous haulage- Consultant: Autonomous haulage, drilling and dozing feasibility study- Consultant: Mining Systems technology support model
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Specialist, Mine Automation & Productivity
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Jul 2013 - Jun 2017
Key projects: - Project Manager: AHS feasibility study - Coal, QLD- Project Manager: Collision Avoidance System trial for mobile mining equipment - Iron Ore, WA- Project Manager: AHS feasibility study - Copper, Chile - Project Manager: Implementation of a vehicle collision awareness system – Bauxite, WA- Production Engineer: Autonomous drilling production trial and site implementation – Iron ore, WA- Consultant: Autonomous drilling feasibility & operation readiness studies – Iron ore, WA- Consultant: Definition of a centralised Operating Model incorporating autonomous haulage- Consultant: Organisational restructuring to support FMS & other mining systems- Consultant: Cycle time variability analysis with impact to queue & hang time- Consultant: AHS economic evaluation for QLD coal mineOther projects- Steering committee: Excavator and shovel payload management system - Operations Manager: Setup and development of the Haultrax Brisbane office- Focus group: Autonomous equipment in WA mining - Department of Mines and Petroleum, WA- Core Partner: ARRB Group Autonomous Driverless Vehicle Initiative Show less
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Automation Project Engineer
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Jul 2012 - Jun 2013
Key projects:- Analyst: Mobile equipment fleet strategy – Coal, QLD- Project Engineer: AHS feasibility study - Gold, WA- Project Engineer: AHS feasibility study - Iron ore, WA
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Main Roads Western Australia
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Australia
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Analyst
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2011 - 2012
Develop a composite indicator to measure the phases of Main Roads WA project management process of Recognising Opportunites and Delivering Solutions (RO&DS). 1. Assess, 2. Design, 3. Develop, 4. Deliver, 5. Operate and Maintain. Develop a composite indicator to measure the phases of Main Roads WA project management process of Recognising Opportunites and Delivering Solutions (RO&DS). 1. Assess, 2. Design, 3. Develop, 4. Deliver, 5. Operate and Maintain.
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Education
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The University of Western Australia
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.hon), Mechanical Engineering -
Queen's University
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Finance, General