William Thomas Email & Phone Number

White Rock, BC, CA

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Likely BC Canada

Consulting to a variety of Mining & Mining Services Companies

San Juan Argentina

Advising on process improvement

Peru

• Project Management Office Consultant, responsible to:
• Work closely with the other CD capital Joint Program Offices to deliver timely outcomes for the business
• Design & implement a program office for the LCH Project that is scalable to manage multiple projects.
• Provide support to the Technical Program Manager through the provision of all back-office operations to enable the efficient delivery of the PFS/FS.
• Develop & Manage the Detailed Project Gantt including (but not limited to) key deliverables, interdependencies, timelines, resources, costs, risks & contingencies
• Develop & Implement Controls to ensure all probity, integrity & transparency in everything we do.

Tuscon Rosemont Project

Lima Peru

- Assisting in the evaluation, identification, selection & implementation of an appropriate ERP system for its Peru operations.-Working closely with HudBay Minerals Peru operations to coordinate this effort in conjunction with nominated resources from the Toronto offices.- Assisting HudBay Peru in the collection of data & documents from engineering houses.

Willcox Arizona

• Reporting to CEO responsible, as Project Director, responsible for:
• Implementing GIS for site delineation of historical exploration results for this 180 square mile poly metallic prospect
• Completing the Scoping Study
• Planning & executing the property drilling program
• Selecting & implementing the mining planning system
• Planning the process development program including the design of the laboratory & pilot plant

Denver

• Reporting to the Director of Project Engineering, as Project Management/ Operations Consultant, responsible for:
• Developing project standards required to support optimized definition, design & construction & transition from the engineering & construction teams, to commissioning & start-up with the operations & maintenance teams
• Detailing the technology framework from scoping studies to execution to support these business processes & standards including Newmont Corporate & Project systems as well as the EPCM & Vendors Systems
• Defining budgets & resources required to execute these standards & processes on both large & small capital projects including development of the overall execution plan & schedule for project teams
• Defining core business processes to support capital effectiveness & delivery of business ready facilities
• Completing “Business Readiness Requirements” for:o Akyem (Ghana)o Hope Bay (Canada)

Phoenix

• Reporting to the Director of Projects for the Americas, as Projects Consultant, responsible for:
• Developing the corporate capital projects standard operating procedures to support operational readiness. This included implementing these SOP’s across all projects including:o Climax 2010, Coloradoo Safford Sulfur.
• Directing EPCM’s including Fluor, Jacobs, & Aker Solutions to execute according to these SOP’s
• Justifying the use of a dynamic simulator for the Climax Restart Project for process verification, process control design & operator training
• Updating the project SOP’s from Scoping & Feasibility Studies to execution

Richmond BC

• Reporting to the President of Andritz Automation, as Mining Consultant, responsible for:
• Developing the marketing strategy for the mining & oil sands industries & leading the initial sales efforts
• Detailing the required internal systems to provide a uniquely integrated simulation & design optimization capability including process, process control, electrical load, mechanical equipment & pipe sizing
• Establishing a partnership with (TECSUP) a Peruvian training institute
• Securing a major training contract with Codelco for their new smelter in Chile
• Securing an advanced control project with Gibraltar for flotation optimization

Arequipa Peru

• Reporting to the Project Manager, as Project Information Manager, responsible for:
• Managing the development of the associated requirements, overall business processes & standards for the EPCM, Suppliers, Commissioning Agents & for the provision of the data & documents required for on-going.
• Directing the development of an ISO based web site for the assembly & quality assurance of data & documents from the Owner, Engineer, Suppliers & Commissioning Agents
• Managing the ERP System configuration & the upload of the required data & documents supplied into the system prior to commissioning
• Early hiring of the maintenance planning team & the development of the maintenance management program
• Detailing a risk based assessment process for the determination of the required capital spare parts & components

• Reporting to Project Director responsible, as Mining Production Consultant, for:
• Justifying & designing the use of the SAP production planning (PP) for global deployment at Placer Dome, piloted underground at Red Lake, Ontario
• Specifying the overall application architecture to insure delivery of the required gold production through the integration of mine planning with SAP production planning system
• Detailing assets & their categorization from project, financial, maintenance & production perspectives
• Focusing production & maintenance reporting to ensure effective project & production cost management

Bellingham WA

• Reporting to the VP of Mining, as Director Business Systems, responsible for:
• Strategy, marketing, sales, & management of the Mining Operations & Maintenance Consulting Practice for the Americas
• Key Projects included:o Development of a risk-based program for the restart of the Falconbridge’s Kidd Creek Planto Information standards & requirements to support optimized design, construction, operations & asset.

Port Townsend WA

• Reporting to the CFO, as Director Information Technology, responsible for:
• Developing & managing the strategy, budget & schedule for enterprise-wide information & control system Y2K upgrades
• Managing staff in completing all upgrades including refined business processes on time & on budget

• Reporting to the CIO as Manager Information Systems Planning responsible for:
• Developing the system strategic planning to improve ROI on the $100 million in annual information systems expenditures
• Specifying corporate guidelines & procedures for system specification, justification & implementation
• Re-engineering the roles of 200 computer development & operations staff
• Detailing $100 million transmission & distribution control systems upgrades to improve flexibility, accessibility & customer service
• Introducing real-time monitoring for large industrial customers improving service & reducing costs

Vancouver BC

• Reporting to VP Technology as Director of Systems Engineering (1983 – 1993) responsible for:
• Participating as a Team Member in Development of the first Corporate Strategic Plan for both Engineering & Project Management
• Completing the Project Information Management Systems Plan
• Planning the computing facilities, systems & networks upgrades to support twelve regional & project offices throughout North & South America, Asia, New Zealand & Australia
• Leading the expanded use of GIS, Computer Aided Design & Drafting Systemso Developed the site geological modeling capability to optimize both site cut & fill as well as foundation design based on both aerial.
• Developing the expanded use of Corporate Project, Engineering Management Systemso Provision of project progress reporting & design environments to remote client project teams & project locationso Provision of.

Vancouver BC

• Reporting to VP Mining, as Mining & Mineral Processing Engineer (1981 – 1983) responsible for major projects including:
• Mass & energy balances & capital cost estimate for the Shell Sand Alta Oil Sands Project
• Upgraded tailing facility layouts for the Syncrude Tailing Expansion Project
• Molybdenum leach plant design as part of the Lornex Expansion Project
• Steel & Concrete Construction management during the Lornex Third Line Project
• Site computer systems, earth work control procedures & rock bolt locations for the Nipawin Dam

Kelowna BC

• Reporting to the Mill Superintendent, as Process Engineer, responsible for:
• Improving mine & primary crushing integration performance
• Optimizing primary & secondary crushing & screening plant performance
• Optimizing flotation plant performance based on model reference control & smelter contracts
• Performing shutdown maintenance supervision
• Supporting operator training

Mba, Finance & Mis

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi DeltaThesis on Maintenance Management Major Paper: Coal Pathway

Basc, Mining & Mineral Processing

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi DeltaVP Sigma PHI Delta