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Elko, NV, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Lead, direct, and manage overall operations related to execution of mine plan for mining, maintenance, crushing, leach pad and processing activities with 240+ employees for an open pit silver, gold operation.
• Implemented best practices to promote safety behavior, execute peer-to-peer critical control safety observations, and conduct audits to minimize safety incidents.
• Strategic pit sequencing implemented, operational delays reduced, increased productivity up to 20%, and eliminated bottlenecks for drilling and blasting, blending in-pit, stockpile management, and manning by optimizing.
• Promoted real time communication of pit operations with crusher and process groups to provide a consistent feed size material to overcome the bottleneck and material related downtime events at the jaw crusher (primary).

Westminster, CO, US

• Institutionalize high-performance culture at Colowyo Mine to develop a positive collaborative relationship between the maintenance, engineering and production departments. This resulted in a culture change that not.
• Identified and resolved unexpected variations of structure and quality deviations from the model with opening up two boxcuts in a new pit that aided in overcoming challenges and attaining goals.
• Introduced a new program that replaced the employee bid system and supported a training process that helped in increasing bench-strength by 30% of equipment operator skills and performance.

• As a General Manager, I led P&L management functions with 300+ people and budget of $120M. During this tenure, I implemented best practices and procedure to effectively manage resource development, technical services.
• Led a mining operations team involved in separation and transition of the business from BHP to North American Coal (NAC).
• Delivered executive leadership and directions to formulate and deliver one year business plan for safety, production, people, cost, and sustainability targets.
• Ensured smooth running of transitioning functions through consistent communication, coordination, and positive team work.

• Oversaw and directed all activities related to mine planning, performance management, environmental compliance, and cost control. Conducted leadership training for all salary mine-site personnel aiming to develop.
• Formulated alternate mine plans to effectively manage coal inventory levels, resulting in reduced 15% workforce to streamline operations.
• Developed and introduced a formal reconciliation process of mine/strip designs related to benchmarking and presentation communications to stakeholders that improved subsequent designs and productivity initiatives.

• Headed and supported the execution of mine plan aiming to meet safety objectives, comply with production and coal quality targets, and control cost with 200+ employees. Devised and implemented operations improvement.
• Planned, designed, and executed a formal safety leadership program for crews that aided in completing more than 900 critical task observations and reducing 25% injuries.
• Received the “BHP HSEC Merit Award - Health Category” in 2011 for implementing a "Detecting Fatigue & Managing Driver Drowsiness” program for truck drivers.
• Significantly reduced inefficiencies by initiating dragline productivity improvements in 2011-2012 for a 10% increase in Marion 8750 %dig hours of calendar time with a formalized process.

Served as interim Head of Human Resources leading the HR team through a significant organizational restructuring including 1SAP readiness preparations for release R2b and restructuring of the asset and operations to align with group level document detailing the organization design requirements for structure, roles and accountabilities of the organizational.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Technology Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Mining And Mineral Engineering