Mining Operations, Automation & Digital Transformation Leader
Helping mining and industrial organisations improve performance through operational excellence, technology, automation, asset management, and practical digital transformation.
15+ years of experience delivering production improvements, operational efficiencies, technology adoption, and business transformation across mining and industrial environments.
Operations, technology and business performance — brought together.
Mining executive with 15+ years of experience spanning operations, engineering, maintenance, automation, operational technology, enterprise asset management, and digital transformation.
Delivered measurable improvements in production performance, operational efficiency, safety, asset reliability, and business outcomes across mining, industrial, engineering, and manufacturing environments.
Experienced in leading multidisciplinary teams, managing transformation programmes, implementing operational technology solutions, and aligning technology investments with business objectives.
Currently serving as Deputy Chair of the RTIMS Technical Steering Committee, helping shape the future direction of digital mining and operational technology within South Africa.
Measurable outcomes across operations, technology and the bottom line.
Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Award Winner
Deputy Chair — RTIMS Technical Steering Committee
Five areas where operations and technology meet measurable results.
Mining Operations
Improving productivity, reliability, operational visibility, and business performance.
Processing Plants & Mineral Processing
Optimising asset utilisation, automation, maintenance, and production outcomes.
Operational Technology & Automation
Connecting systems, data, and operations to improve decision-making and performance.
Asset Management & Reliability
Strengthening asset care, maintenance effectiveness, and operational sustainability.
Digital Transformation Programmes
Aligning people, process, data, and technology to deliver measurable business value.
The executive challenges that quietly erode operational and financial value.
Technology investments failing to deliver operational value
OT and IT systems operating in silos
Poor visibility into operational performance
Underperforming fleets and processing assets
Fragmented operational data
Lack of digital transformation direction
Asset reliability challenges
Difficulty scaling operational technology initiatives
Limited alignment between operations and technology teams
I help organisations identify, prioritise, and execute the initiatives that create measurable operational, financial, and strategic value.
Capability pillars built over fifteen years on the operation.
Shaping the Future of Mining
As Deputy Chair of the RTIMS Technical Steering Committee within the Mandela Mining Precinct, JC helps set the technical agenda for digital mining and operational technology across South Africa — an executive mandate spanning industry, research and operators.
Mandela Mining Precinct
RTIMS Technical Steering Committee
Digital workforce development
Operational technology advancement
Equipment condition monitoring
Real-time information management
IT/OT convergence
Mining analytics
Future mining capability development
Industry collaboration
A track record measured in business outcomes.
Tharisa Minerals
OT & Automation Manager
Leading operational technology and automation across mining and processing operations, connecting systems and data to drive measurable production and reliability gains.
Mandela Mining Precinct
Deputy Chair — RTIMS Technical Steering Committee
Helping shape the national direction of digital mining, real-time information management and IT/OT convergence in South Africa.
Datacentrix
Manager: Projects & Technical Design
Directed project delivery and technical design for industrial and enterprise technology programmes, aligning solutions with operational outcomes.
Verve Water
Operations Manager
Owned operational performance, asset reliability and continuous improvement across water treatment operations.
Mar-Van Engineering
Works Manager
Managed a 92-person engineering team and end-to-end works delivery, lifting throughput, quality and on-time execution.
Glencore / Xstrata
Engineering & Maintenance Leadership
Delivered engineering and maintenance performance improvements across heavy mining and processing environments.
Advisory, Transformation & Fractional Leadership
Available for selective executive, advisory, transformation, and interim leadership engagements across Southern Africa.
Technology Should Improve Operations, Not Complicate Them
Practical execution
Ideas only matter when they ship on the plant floor and hold up under real operating conditions.
Safety first
Every improvement is measured against the safety and wellbeing of the people who run the operation.
Business outcomes
Technology is judged by production, cost, reliability and margin — not by features or hype.
Empowering people
Sustainable change comes from teams who understand the why and own the result.
Sustainable transformation
Build capability that outlasts the programme, not dependence on a vendor or a consultant.
Continuous improvement
Measure, learn, adjust — relentless, incremental gains compound into step changes.
Open to senior leadership and executive mandates.
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