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Senior Management Executive

Mining Industry ~ Project & Team Leadership ~ Operations ~ Portfolio Management

Safety Compliance ~ Process Automation ~ Continuous Improvement ~ Global Operations

         Extensive talents in directing large-scale business initiatives and leading unified teams to attain goals in alignment with financial, timeline, market, and quality criteria.

         Able to analyze competitive landscape, emerging industry activity, and market trends to identify production targets, foster strategic relationships, and catapult revenues for multimillion dollar corporations.

         Adept at global business development, P&L management, restructuring, and performance optimization.

         Demonstrated strengths in contract negotiations, joint ventures (JVs), team-building, staff leadership, and interfacing with personnel from all cultural backgrounds including C-level executives.

• Highly skilled at defining and implementing organizational processes to maximize competitive positioning, industry stability, fiscal growth, and profitability.

UG Anglo American Coal, 2013 to Present

Head of Mining Excellence

         Spearhead efforts to maximize mine performance in Australia and South Africa by defining benchmark goals and productivity improvement pathways, directing highly-motivated teams, and maintaining stringent technical and operational guidelines.

         Standardize best practices and operating criteria for underground coal mining, successfully resulting in higher performance and fewer loss events due to poor practice.

         Formulate and execute design and build of next-generation longwall mining system, currently in process of being commissioned.

         Improved longwall mining in two Australian mines by 90% and by 20% in three South African trade mines.

Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, 2012 to 2013

Head of Underground Excellence

         Created benchmark longwall design for underground coal mines in partnership with leading equipment supplier.

         Contrived blueprint for expansion of five new longwall mines in Moranbah region of Queensland.

         Introduced underground monitoring and prediction center to expedite achievement of benchmark longwall performance.

Anglo American Metallurgical Coal, 2011 to 2012

Head of Underground Operations

         Doubled longwall productivity in existing operations and launched plan to augment underground business by 300% in next 10 years.

         Administered Greenfields and Brownfields expansion studies and projects by selected team members.

Anglo Coal Australia, 2009 to 2010

Head of Operations

         Prepared and implemented operational balanced scorecard for GM team.

         Devised and deployed business improvement process and structures largely based on Six Sigma.

         Championed delivery of $70M of value in 2009 and enhanced safety performance by 39% within one year.

         Propelled revenues from $150M in 2010 to $240M in 2011 as a result of significantly reduced coal loss and elevated productivity.

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Anglo Coal Australia, 2008 to 2009

Regional Head of Strategy, Planning and Operational Services

         Applied dynamic strategic planning expertise toward conceiving project pipeline review process.

         Streamlined centralized process for operational management system and generated project plans to facilitate implementation of CPRS.

         Composed balanced scorecard to manage strategy implementation for AAMC.

         Restructured department team members as part of downsizing effort, capturing excellent savings with zero impact to productivity.

De Beers Consolidated Mines (DCBM), South Africa, 2006 to 2008

Chief Operating Officer

         Strategically reduced manpower by 50% while retaining core support processes and instituted Six Sigma methods and lean manufacturing approach to achieve continuous improvements.

         Collaboratively reorganized asset base by masterminding two mine closures, two mine sales and a JV.

         Achieved best safety record at DBCM both years in role and led all mining operations to achieve and retain ISO 14000 certification.

De Beers Venetia Mine, 2004 to 2006

General Manager

         Increased plant production from 5.4 million tons/year to 5.9 million tons/year including a dramatic boost in mining rate from 40 million tons per year to 65 million tons per year.

         Aligned mine with company s business model review including integration of transactional shared services as well as skill shared services; led balanced scorecard to Level 3.

         Realized substantial gains in plant treatment efficiency and mining output as a result of drill optimization and pit scheduling improvement.

De Beers Kimberley Mines, 2002 to 2003

General Manager

         Established Kimberley Mines operating entity which was previously part of a central mines framework.

         Rapidly evolved balanced scorecard from Exco (Level 1) to middle management (Level 3)

         Rolled out Behavior-Based Safety system to reduce lost time injury frequency rates (LTIFRs) from 0.66 to 0.4 in two years.

De Beers Finsch Mine, 1999 to 2002

General Manager

         Steered successful initiative to expand plant throughput from 3.6 million tons to 4.8 million tons annually.

         Guided Finsch Mine to achieve its first ISO 14000 certification, and advanced balanced scorecard to Level 3.

         Conceptualized and orchestrated implementation of a fully autonomous truck loop as part of new block cave.

Prior Experience:

Production Manager, De Beers Marine, 1996 to 1999

Section Production Manager, Namdeb, 1993 to 1996

Section Manager Planning, Namdeb, 1991 to 1993

BSc in Engineering (Mining), Wits University

Certificate of Competency: South African Mine Managers

Strategic Executive Program, London Business School

Executive Development Program, Gordon Institute for Business Science

Executive Development Program, Ashridge

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, SAP

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DEAR__________________:

I am currently seeking a challenging career opportunity as a (INSERT TARGET POSITION) and am submitting my resume for your review. In advance, thank you for your time and consideration.

In addition to excellent academic credentials including extensive executive development training, I bring to you a seasoned background in the mining industry, considerable talents in operational performance management, and proven expertise in Six Sigma, lean production methods, team restructuring and portfolio management. My methodical attention to accuracy and quality control, as well as advanced analytical and prioritization skills would enable me to effectively transition into (INSERT NAME OF COMPANY) and garner immediate results. Additionally, I offer polished communication, project planning and critical thinking skills which are paramount in a C-level capacity.

As a proactive contributor to your company, I will prove to be a stellar leader committed to supporting you in achieving your goals through sharp technical and financial savvy, top-level managerial expertise, and superior initiative. I am confident that I am an ideal candidate for this role, and look forward to interviewing with you in the near future.

Sincerely,

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