Experience

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  GOLD FIELDS

  • South Deep Gold Mine

  • Head of Technical and Production Intelligence Systems

    • Oct 2017 - Mar 2023
    • South Deep Gold Mine

    Leading the Innovation and Technology strategy at South Deep Mine. The aim is to derive significant benefit through mine modernisation and digital transformation that involves our people (change management and new skills development), value chain processes and technologies and modern and integrated digital platform deployment. The key business enablers for our technology deployment strategy impacts on our Health and Safety risk profiles as well as efficiency and productivity profiles. Strategy at South Deep Mine focus on upgrading the network backbone infrastructure underground, establish and setting up an Operations Control Centre on surface, tele-remote operations of underground LHD's and impact breakers, Collision Avoidance Level 9 systems, integrated process and database platforms, modern training concepts related immersive and virtual reality training and Robotic Process Automation.

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  De Beers South Africa

  • Venetia Mine

  • Manager, Business Improvement

    • Feb 2013 - Oct 2017
    • Venetia Mine

    Leading Business Improvement processes that includes the portfolio of the Continuous Business Improvement Section, Plant technical systems in the Ore Processing Departments and Mining technical systems in the Mining Department. The strategic intent is to improve the culture of continuous business improvements at all levels on the operation, drive the maturity of the technical systems (data and information management) and maximise returns on capital investments from the Venetia Mine assets and systems.

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  De Beers Venetia Mine

  • Manager, Mining Systems

    • Jun 2008 - Feb 2013

    Support and manage Wenco Fleet management and Control System (Dispatch system), Aquila Drill System, CAES, Gems, SSR at Venetia mine. Inclusive in the support is to apply business knowledge in the development of report on all levels of the operation for seamless information distribution. Reports are intranet based. This forms the foundation for Continuous Business Improvement and process optimization.

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  De Beers

  • Specialist, Mining Systems

    • Nov 2004 - Jun 2008

    I am managing and supporting a dynamic team of specialist who uses and supports the Mining technical systems (Wenco, Aquila, CAES, Gems, SSR and Geomos) to drive business efficiency improvements by providing data integrity, information and business analyses (knowledge) which supports Continuous Business Improvement on the mine. The direct reporting team consist of Dispatchers and Controllers in the control room, SQL certified personnel, Mine Planning Specialist and Mesh network specialist and the sections supported are Geotechnical, Geology, Survey, Mine Planning, Drill and Blast Section and Load and Haul production staff.

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  Kumba Iron Ore

  • Snr. Mining Geologist

    • Dec 1999 - Oct 2002