I. M.

Skills

Cross-sector collaborations # Partnership building # Consulting # Due diligence # Technical reporting # Geospatial Analysis # Remote Sensing # Hyperspectral data analysis # Geologic Hydrogen # CO2 sequestration # AI/ML Descartes Labs # Geology # Mineral Exploration # Mining land use mapping # Community-participation based Mapping # 3d geological modelling # NI-43101 support # Desktop studies # Permitting # In situ resource utilization # Innovation

About

Seeking: an opportunity in Canada/ USA/ Europe/ Australia / elsewhere. Able to relocate. Authorized to work in EU, EEA and SA passport friendly countries.
A seasoned mineral exploration geologist and remote sensing specialist (> 20 years experience) with extensive Geospatial Analysis, Urban Management GIS and Strategic Innovation technology experience (decarbonization, geologic hydrogen exploration, CH4 mapping).

Summary of accomplishments
-Set up the collaboration for the Geologic H2 ARPA-E project (DE-FOA-0002784) and helped raise $1.6 million funding.
-Brought people throughout the Rio Tinto global enterprise together and celebrated their contributions through collaborative projects (ISTG, RTIO, RTB, RTFT, IOC, RTX, RTM, RTA, RCM, KUC)
-Created several AI/ML Descartes Labs / hyperspectral workflows and methodologies to accelerate ultramafics mapping, global mining land use mapping and downstream processing optimized mineral exploration.
-Demonstrated the potential use of mono-optical MAXAR imagery for cost-effective global stockpile volume monitoring.
-Drove geospatial & remote sensing analytics into the technology innovation evaluation and due diligence processes within the ISTG.
-Founded & directed a geospatial/exploration consultancy serving the mining sector in Southern Africa for 17 years.
-Initiated Space Act Agreement process between Rio Tinto and NASA-Ames.