Ian spends about half of his time working on mining engineering, planning, and studies. The other half? Stantec business initiatives. As a senior mining engineer, he’s focused on mining method selection, production rate selection, and financial modeling.
Recently, Ian supported a battery-powered electric vehicle (BEV) trade-off study for the Media Luna deposit located in Guerrero, Mexico. The Stantec team designed a fleet that showed a 40% reduction in greenhouse gases compared to a typical diesel fleet—a great achievement in terms of reducing the client’s carbon footprint. Ian also works with Stantec’s Innovation team as an innovation coach to guide talented people, bring visibility to their ideas, and support commercializing those ideas.
Ian volunteers his business planning expertise to local start-ups. He’s helped start-up mining technology company founders develop their value propositions and grow their businesses. He’s also an avid traveler, having visited approximately 40 countries and every continent except Antarctica.