As the Director of Mine Guard AI, I am committed to our mission of empowering mining companies with state-of-the-art AI to achieve the highest safety standards. At Mine Guard AI, we deliver advanced technology that predicts, analyzes, and mitigates risks with unparalleled efficiency, ensuring a safer and more productive mining environment.Our vision is to revolutionize the mining industry, making it safer, more productive, and technologically advanced through innovative AI solutions. I am dedicated to leading this transformation, harnessing cutting-edge AI technology to enhance safety protocols and operational integrity for mining companies worldwide.

Reporting to site GM accountable from all technical services including geology, geotech, coal quality and short to medium term mine planning

>70Mbcm total material movement pit with 8-8.6Mt/annum ROM production.Multi ply mining pit with exceptional coal quality, limited disturbance area and multiple large excavators, >50trucksLead 9 direct reports through significant change and ambiguity (transition from contractor ran technical services to owner operated)Coaching and upskilling of green, energetic technical team (100% of mine planning team started after the transition)Continuous review and development of Technical Services processes and systemsOversee change management and risk assessment processes in planning activitiesAchievement 04/2018 Coordination of budget recovery plan 2018 - Additional cast and dozer push to increase waste removal capacityAchievement 12/2018 Mine site meets budget waste targets despite slow start to 2018 due to transitionAchievement 12/2018 Mine site completes 120HA Rehab, through extensive planning and execution effortsAchievement 01/2019 Mine life record waste in a month, mine life record cast to final volume in a month

Responsible from daily, weekly and 16 weekly designs, re-forecasts and operations of high strip ratio, high quality coal operationReconcile daily, weekly and yearly performanceIdentify and optimise cast and dozer push mining methods for cost controlDirect management of survey and geology departments Other acting responsibilities: Review mine budgetWeekly roster forecast, manning plansImplement and coordinate low cost tablet based fleet management system

Medium / LOM Design and Planning Role (Mar 2012- April 2014)Exposed to complex designs and continuous updates on strip pit designs, pit shells and final accesses for business planning and for monthly re-forecastsMine closure experience: Final Landform, quartely dump shell designs, inert stockpile designs, Improve high wall capping and stabilisation designs, produce rehab plans and scheduleDig and dump balance for medium term and LOM, and monthly trucking trucking requirementsImproved 16 weeks schedule accuracy by setting and implementing systems and processes for accurate reserving of the designsImproved survey output by setting up technical information for monthly reporting of top soil and inert stockpilesShort Term Engineering Role (Oct 2011 - Mar 2012)ZERO HARM Engineering: Identification and managing of risks before after and during excavation for the safest operation applicable.Comprehensive design and plans for benchmark delivery of two Hitachi EX 5500 and a new Hitachi EX5600 in highly complex geology.Excavation and dump optimization of excavators/trucks to increase operational efficiency.Implementation of rehab schedule and reconciliation for rehab.Daily reporting of diggable inventory per design, monthly reporting of survey allocationsImproved Survey output by introducing the methodology to create current topographical surfaces using scansReconciliation of excavations compared to 18 months plans and communication of the key findings for continuous improvement.

Technical and Economical Comparison of Semi Mobile and Fully Mobile Inpit Crushing and Conveying Options (IPCC Systems)

Information Technology in Mining, GPS – Scanner system for Spreaders (SATAS-SABAS Project)

Engineering Department, Mine Planning and Design, Mine Sight, Geology Engineering and Rock Mechanics Engineering

Open Pit Mining at Engineering and Planning Department