Experience

Glacier Resource Innovation Group

• Manager Mining Intelligence

  • ott 2019 - - Presente

  Glacier Media Group’s energy (Evaluate Energy and JWN) and mining divisions (InfoMine and The Northern Miner) merged to form the Glacier Resource Innovation Group. Responsibilities remained with the mining data. Work with the energy data group to identify synergies.

• Senior Business Analyst

  • gen 2020 - giu 2020

  Centralized role to help senior leaders get a holistic view of the individual businesses (InfoMine, The Northern Miner, JWN, Evaluate Energy) within the context of the Glacier Resource Innovation Group.2020 focus: • Transparency of business unit financials, including differences in management accounting approaches, historic product performance as well as budgets to ensure fact based business decisions are taken.• Detailed opportunity analyses for planned product initiatives that ensure clarity of assumptions for revenue potential, costs, and risks. Results fed into development and marketing plans that prioritize the highest potential initiatives.• Holistic analysis of mining versus energy industries, highlighting intersections between the two, to support Glacier RIG investment decisions.



InfoMine

• Canada
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director Mining Intelligence

  • mag 2018 - ott 2019

  Respected leader of the data curation operation for the mining companies and properties database. Initial effort to improve the cost of the operation was to restructure the team and outsource a portion of the data analysis to India and the Philippines. Despite the disruption, managed to turn around the Vancouver based team to one of the most engaged teams in the company. Product initiative prioritization based on revenue generating potential, customer-driven requirements, and ease of implementation. Close collaboration with all centralized functions (User Experience and Development, Customer Service, Sales and Marketing) to ensure products successfully brought to market.

• VP Education Solutions

  • dic 2017 - set 2018

  Top priority was continuing to drive Edumine's profitability. • Expense management through reorganization of the team and development of a new royalty model for online course authors. • Close collaboration with sales team resulted in 54% year on year sales growth at end of June 2018.

• EduMine Operations Manager

  • lug 2013 - nov 2017

  Main responsibilities included development, leadership and management of all aspects of InfoMine’s Education Division (EduMine). Actively engaged in developing training programs with clients globally, and liaising with partners such as University of British Columbia, Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME), and Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, on strategic initiatives. Introduced policies and processes aligned with the ANSI/IACET Standard for Continuing Education and Training for the online course side of the business. This resulted in Edumine successfully earning International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) re-accreditation in 2016.

• Regional Manager Africa

  • giu 2011 - giu 2013

  Responsibilities included management of regional office (budget and HR), contributing African data for various InfoMine products, and developing clients and increasing sales in the region.



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Knowledge Specialist in Metals and Mining

  • feb 2009 - giu 2011

  Specialist role that supported teams working with mining clients on a wide variety of topics including strategy, operations, and organization. Dedicated to McKinsey’s global mining benchmarking effort. Developed internal knowledge pieces, including how to use overall equipment effectiveness as a guide to focus operational improvement efforts, and total cost of ownership primers for various commodities.

• Mining Practice Specialist/Consultant

  • mag 2006 - gen 2009

  Consultant dedicated to mining-related studies, these included:• Procurement studies with precious metal mining clients • Logistics strategy study for potential mining project in South America• Cultural diagnostic for a coal mining client



InterRidge

• United Kingdom

• Program Coordinator

  • feb 2004 - apr 2006

  International program coordination of a not-for-profit, scientific organization. Responsibilities included:•Ensuring effective interaction and communication of member nation scientific groups through the website, annual newsletter and workshops and scientific meetings held in South Korea, Russia, USA, Italy, and Germany•Managing the program office budget International program coordination of a not-for-profit, scientific organization. Responsibilities included:•Ensuring effective interaction and communication of member nation scientific groups through the website, annual newsletter and workshops and scientific meetings held in South Korea, Russia, USA, Italy, and Germany•Managing the program office budget



Palabora Mining Company

• South Africa
• Mining
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Various (Process improvement initiative roles; Operational roles; Technical roles)

  • gen 2001 - feb 2004

  Process improvement initiative roles:• Team leader integrated process management system responsible for developing new block cave mining process philosophies to achieve production targets• Underground process improvement superintendent• Team member integrated process management system to significantly improve the effectiveness of MacLeans robust rigs• Team member in “Blitz” initiative to determine weaknesses in and optimize utilization of MacLeans medium reach drill rigs, audit of “Blitz” action plansOperational roles:• Learner miner with Shaft Sinkers• Underground production engineer• MacLeans robust drill rig shift operatorTechnical roles:• Geotechnical services superintendent – surface and underground• Rock mass monitoring specialist• Underground geologist