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Mining General Management, Project Management,
Consulting, Engineering, Business Development Experience
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
- Decision-maker and team-builder with solid P/L performance and record of introducing and improving systems and procedures to control costs; improve ROI, cash flow, efficiency, and productivity; build organizations and profits.
- Expertise in managing production operations - maintaining and bettering quality, safety, environmental standards; multi-plant management experience.
- Managed $25MM surface mine business achieving plans within 2%, producing annual improvements in costs, profits, cash flow.
- Led safety program reducing total accidents by 45%, lost-times by 70%.
- Efficiently managed operations startup, expansion, maintenance, closure.
- Recognized innovative environmental manager, over 15 years managing operations with no environmental violations.
CONSULTING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT
- Introduced, managed, worked in, and facilitated a wide range of multi-disciplinary project teams, including safety management, feasibility, startups, strategic planning, environmental management, quality, R&D, product development, technology transfer, property sales, marketing.
- Justified, directed, and managed purchasing, construction, and startup - $28MM mine expansion, two cleaning plant revisions, two mine water treatment plants.
- Constant improvement training and program implementation increased productivity 17%, quality assurance teams resulted in 25% less rejects, improvement team projects cut treatment chemicals by 55% and electricity 10%.
- Worked in anthracite and bituminous coal, sand, limestone, lime, slag, iron ore, copper mining operations, with clients in steel, cement, power generation, waste treatment, construction, equipment, chemical industries.
- Technical, environmental, economic appraisals, property acquisitions/ sales, reclamation liabilities.
- Introduced computer-aided planning, maintenance, and management systems.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- Business development, marketing, customer service, sales management, technical sales support, sales engineering experience with environmental I engineering consultants, mining equipment manufacturer, steel fabricator, design engineers, minerals, materials, and coal.
- Increased sales 19% annually through new accounts, developing new markets for existing products.
- Cost / market study produced changes in marketing focus and product mix, and increased profitability by 3%.
- Serviced and maintained customer bases during startups, closures, and change of ownership.
- Developed, introduced and promoted new products, technology improvements.
- Talent in preparing and presenting sales and marketing proposals.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Successful executive, management, professional, consulting, technical, supervisory, and administrative experience in mining, industry, engineering.
- Knowledge and experience in operations, management and engineering in anthracite and bituminous coal, limestone, dolomite, sand, iron ore and copper mines, processing of these and slag and lime.
- Effective in a variety of settings and diverse cultures, with success in the training, supervision, development, and direction of professional, technical, staff, administrative, supervisory, and hourly personnel.
- Strong operational and engineering management skills. Demonstrated ability to work with, guide, motivate, galvanize, and lead multidisciplinary teams in project development, implementation and management.
- Business development and marketing success in management, engineering and environmental consulting,
- Fields of experience include;
* Operations, administration, engineering, staff management.
* Capital and cost budgeting, cost control, cost analyses.
* Strategic planning, marketing, systems evaluation, improvement.
* Environmental management, compliance, planning.
* Continuous improvement, quality management, SPC, ISO 9000.
* Organizational development, employee relations, involvement.
- Laubach Literacy Training Certification with 10 years experience in literacy training. Corporate training instructor for continuous improvement, management and supervisory skills, cost awareness, safety, quality, technical subjects.
- Excellent project management skills including screening and developing projects, negotiating and supervising contracts, evaluating and directing projects, writing and approving technical reports.
- Recognized innovative leader, manager and planner, with skill and experience in written and oral communications, with experience and ability serving as a key liaison with outside audiences and working well with other internal groups.
- Strong belief that everybody should have the opportunity to pursue their dreams and ambitions, and receive their just deserts. Commitment that my words, actions, and practices demonstrate those beliefs.
EDUCATION
- Registered Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania (1994)
- BS Mining Engineering, University of Missouri - Rolla (1968)
- Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Gamma Epsilon
- Continuing education courses in safety, finance, economics, unit operations, rock mechanics, Spanish, Juran Quality, SPC, ISO 9000, Literacy Training, train-the-trainer, management development, supervision, employee development, accounting, computer skills, information systems.
- Papers include:
'Mineral Resources of NE PA' (Pocono NE RC&D, Econ. Dev. Council, NEPA), 'High-Density Sludge Treatment of Anthracite Mine Drainage' (SME-AIME), 'Continuous Improvement in Raw Materials' (Juran Institute), 'Large-Scale Anthracite Mining Operation' (PA Governor's Energy Commission)
WORK HISTORY
Mineral Resources LLC, General Manager (Oroville CA) (2002-present)
* P&L, operations, maintenance, engineering, industrial relations, safety and administration of developing open pit specialty sand mining business.
* Completion of environmental and business permitting, opening mine and plant, development of customer base, and developing and implementing strategic, business, and capital plans for company that had been in development.
UNIMIN Corporation Byron Plant, Plant Superintendent (Byron CA) (1997-2002)
* Managing direct glass-sand processing operations including mining, wet screening, flotation, draining, drying, screening, shipping, tailings and oversize handling, and fresh water supply. Active involvement and leadership in maintenance, quality, safety, environment, customer service, labor relations, and training.
* Direction of continuous improvement teams that increased mining productivity 12%, decreased processing chemical costs 50%, and decreased electric consumption 10% in first year, while increasing production and improving quality compliance.
Earth Conservancy, Material Asset Engineer (Ashley PA) (1996-1997)
* Engineering, economics, mineral resource project planning, development, and implementation for reclamation / land development company.
* Evaluation, permitting, contracting coal refuse and silt pond re-mining; surface coal, topsoil, sand & gravel mining: reclamation and ash disposal projects.
* Reclamation, remediation, waste cleanup, environmental project prioritizing.
Wilmot Engineering Company, Chief Engineer (White Haven PA) (1992-1996)
* Engineering management, business development, quality, sales engineering for engineering and fabrication business I manufacturer of mineral beneficiation, materials handling, minerals sampling, environmental treatment equipment
* Reorganized, downsized engineering dept, improved productivity, design changes
* Instituted, ran business development plan that increased sales by more than 19% annually through new accounts I new focus areas.
Management and Environmental Consultant (Hazleton PA) (1991-1997)
* Administrative systems, land management, exploration, economic analyses, performance audits, environmental compliance / planning, land use planning, business development, marketing, water treatment, energy management projects.
* Engineering, permitting, economics, regional business development for JACA Corporation, environmental consultants / engineers
* Evaluation of reclamation liability for purchaser of mining property of coal waste-fired power generator
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co., General Manager (Tamaqua PA) (1989-1991)
* P&L, operations, maintenance, engineering, industrial relations, safety and administration of 280 employee, $25MM sales open pit mining business.
* Development and implementation of strategic, business, and capital plans for new company that purchased Bethlehem Steel's anthracite mining operation.
* Overall management of the transition of the operation from a subsidiary of a large corporation to a closely held independent company. Achieved plans within 2%
Bethlehem Steel Corporation (1968-1989)
Division General Manager, Drummond Dolomite, Inc. (Drummond Island MI) and Panther Valley Division, Bethlehem Mines Corporation (Tamaqua PA)
* Developed and managed strategic and business plans, negotiated environmental compliance issues for dolomite and anthracite surface mining operations
* Key operations, planning, technical, and environmental person on team selling these properties, with responsibility to manage them to facilitate their sale.
* Operations were sold, while business plans were met.
Manager of Engineering and Development, Stone Anthracite Business Unit (Bethlehem PA)
* Strategic planning, quality assurance, technical service, environmental control, new business opportunities, engineering management, preventive maintenance, capital resource management for three limestone quarries, three anthracite surface mines, two lime plants, slag aggregate plant, two mineral wool plants.
* Introduced, implemented mine planning, energy management, new products, continuous improvement, technology programs.
* New business ventures included non-utility generation, briquetting, and synfuel ventures
General Superintendent, Panther Valley Division, Bethlehem Mines (Tamaqua PA)
* Production, costs, planning, maintenance, industrial relations, engineering, safety, environmental control, quality for four anthracite surface mines, two processing plants, employing 400 people.
* Instituted cost reductions, productivity, maintenance, and quality improvements that returned division to productivity.
Chief Engineer, Panther Valley Division, Bethlehem Mines (Tamaqua PA)
* Engineering, mine planning, capital management, mine maintenance, environmental compliance, property management, materials' services.
* Managed $28MM mine expansion, design and construction of water treatment plants, expansion of two coal processing plants
Administrative Engineer, Coal Division Home Office Staff, Bethlehem Steel (Bethlehem PA)
* Long range planning, capital justification, capital budgets, communication systems
* Lead technical, environmental, mine planning, capital/cost estimator for mine properties, mine operations acquisitions.
Mining Engineer, Cambria Coal Division, Bethlehem Mines (Ebensburg PA)
Mining Engineer, Iron Mines Company of Venezuela (El Pao, Bolivar, Venezuela)
Mining Engineer, Home Office Mining Engineering (Bethlehem PA)
* Environmental permitting, capital justification I budgeting, equipment selection/specification, exploration drilling, cost budgets, surface drilling and blasting, mine operations supervision, grade control, industrial engineering, mine plant layout, mine planning, industrial engineering studies.
* Limestone, iron ore surface mines, coal surface and underground mines
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