Education
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Major: MSc. Mining Engineering. Graduated December 2000
Thesis Title: Moisture Balance Study in Ventilation Air at the WIPP Site
Carlsbad, NM Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Major: Bs. Mining Engineering. Graduated May 1995
Minor: Mechanical Engineering
Scholarship: CSM Andes Scholarship
Award: The Charles N. Bell, 1906, Award, provided for by Mr. Bell, is awarded in Mining for completing the course in Mining with the most progress in schoolwork during the entire period.
Technical Experience
Kiewit Construction Company (May 2001 to December 2001) Field/Office Engineer. Perform variety of engineering support duties for the $4-million Ground Support, $3-million High Speed Rail Projects at the Stillwater Mine, Big Timber Montana.
Kiewit Construction Company (January to April 2001) Engineer-Estimator Underground District Omaha, NE performed take-offs and pricing for purposes of estimating various underground projects.
Colorado School of Mines (August 1998 to December 2000) Teaching Assistant / Instructor, in charge of the Mechanics of Materials Laboratory. Stress analysis of several materials and laboratory automation using LabVIEW program, a graphical language programming. Also provided assistance in teaching LabVIEW programming and Data Acquisition.
SAJAMA S. A. Bolivia (January 1998 to July 1998) Consulting Engineer, Provide services to projects in Bolivia and Peru mining exploration, mine planing and project developments in general. Rosario de Araca, Colquiri, San Simon, among other projects
CORRIENTE RESOURCES INC. COMINESA (November 1996 to January 1998) Mining Engineer, Tasna and Laurani Projects, mine planning and re-evaluation of two Bolivian Bismuth and Gold/silver deposits respectively. At the Tasna Project, underground Bismuth mine, developed 500,000 T (proven plus probable) of Bismuth ore at 1.33% and 160,000 T of gold ore at 6.11 g/t
GOLD RESERVE DE VENEZUELA (December 1995 to November 1996) Engineering Manager, Brisas del Cuyuni Project. Sampling and Ore reserve estimation, using Gemcom software. Geostatistics. Mine planning and permitting of the Brisas Concession. The project was located next to Las Cristinas (Venezuela), a worldwide known Gold deposit.
S.A. HEALY/MODERN CONTINENTAL (June 1995 to Nov. 1995) Field Engineer; Supervised ROBBINS TBM Grade/Line control during the development of the last mile of the 5-mile long, 13.8 ft-Diameter Tunnel; CAD Drafting and redesign of a Tunnel Concreting Train; Underground Surveying; Ground Support for the Boston Harbor Project.
CSM Liberal Arts and International Studies Division (September 1994 to May 1995)
Administrative Assistant I, Designed a Data Base for the video library of the Department; Translating English to Spanish, Spanish to English, both verbal and written; Assisted in collecting International Development Database, among various office tasks
Cobre Mining Company Hanover, NM (Summer 1994)
Underground & surface surveying
Underground equipment efficiency study
Ore body control (Production)
CSM Rock Mechanics Laboratory (Spring 1994)
Subsidence study
CSM Machine Shop (Summer 1993)
Machining & Manufacturing
CSM Experimental Mine, Idaho Springs, CO Surface & Underground Surveying
Surface & Underground Mine design
Mine Ventilation and Mine Safety Training
Blasting and rock reinforcement techniques
Computer Skills
Engineering: AutoCAD (proficient), DesignCAD, Surfer (good), Grapher,
Harvard Graphics, Gemcom (moderate), Medsystem / Minesight
(moderate)
Programming: FORTRAN (fair), BASIC (good), C++ (fair), LabVIEW graphic programming (good), HTML (good)
Proficient use of most Microsoft Packages (Excel, Word, Access, FrontPage, PowerPoint) Networking (Microsoft) good level of understanding.
Languages Skills
English, Spanish and Quechua (native fluency); Portuguese; (Moderate)
Technical Skills
Welding ac/dc arc, mig, oxy-acetylene, Machining & Manufacturing, Carpentry
Ability to operate most mining equipment.
Activities And Interests
Travel: US, Canada, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile
Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration, INC. (SME) member
CSM International Student Organization (ISO) member
Drafting / Drawing, Photography, Reading, Travelling
Current MSHA 40-hour training certificate
References
Available upon request