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Jeff Wilkinson (MS MinEc, 1989) is a research scientist on assignment to support the U.S. Army Research and Development Command as the Program Manager for the Army's research portfolio at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). The ICT conducts fundamental research in Artificial Intelligence, immersive environments and the learning sciences. Gregory R. Stone (MS MinEc, 1997) is a tenure track assistant professor of finance at the University of Nevada, Reno where he teaches in the undergraduate, MBA and MS Finance Programs. He previously worked for the energy investment banking firm of Kirkpatrick Energy Associates, was a Degree Fellow with the East-West Center's Energy Group in Honolulu, Hawaii and is an FRM and CFA Charterholder. Chonnakarn Leeraphan (MS ETM, 2003) Assistant Vice President, Strategic Planning at Standard Chartered Bank in Thailand. Mason Wallick (MS MinEc, 2004) has joined DA Capital as an Associate in the hedge fund's Singapore office. Kristen Horkey (MS ETM, 2006) is a Costing Analyst at HP in Fort Collins. Akin Oduolowu recieved CSM's Distinguished Achievement Medal at the May Graduation Ceremony! Oduolowu received his PhD degree in Mineral Economics in the 1970's. He recently retired as Lead Energy Specialist at the World Bank. Luis Galarraga (MS Mineral Economics, 1999) is a Planning and Economics Advisor with Occidental Petroleum on the Business Development Team located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Eva Maria Gomez (MS Mineral Economics, 2002) joined Occidental Oil and Gas Corp. in July 2006 as a Planning Engineer. Ben Pope (MS Mineral Economics) began working at WorleyParsons Komex, located in Leeds, England. He is working as an environmental economist. Ricardo Labo (MS Mineral Economics, 2004) joined the mining group Rio Tinto, located in Lima, Peru. His position is as the External Affairs Advisor for the La Granja Copper Project. After graduation from CSM, he received a Masters in Mineral Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, Scotland. Claudio Valencia (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 2005) is now at the Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (www.sernageomin.cl) as the Deputy Director of Mining. Kevin Mabe (BS Economics, 1997) is currently finishing up a MS in Economics at Georgia Tech with a concentration in econometrics and game theory. He has been working at Delta Air Lines as a Market Group Manager in the Revenue Management Department. Peter Howie (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 2002) moved to Calgary, Alberta in August 2005. He is a professor in the Department of Policy Studies at Mount Royal College. Joshua Crumb (MS Mineral Economics, 2003) was recently hired by EuroZinc Mining Corp. in Vancouver, B.C. He works on corporate development strategy. Jeffrey Simanjuntek (MS ETM, 2005) is now working as a Planning Engineer at PT.PGN (gas pipeline company) Kelly Hayes (BS Econ, 2005), Missy Engbarth (BS Econ, 2005), Kevin L. Baird (BS Econ, 2004) from St. Paul Travelers in Greenwood Village, CO will be recruiting at the CSM Career Fair Feb. 14, 2006. Vikram Balasubramanian (MS Mineral Economics, 2005) has accepted a position at Chevron Global Gas as an analyst in San Ramon, California. Taylor Shively (MS ETM, 2004; BS Eng.Phys. 2003) spent the last seven months doing an internship at a small start up company in Magdeburg, Germany called ASSURRO Semiconductors. Omotayo Soyemi (MS Mineral Economics, 2005) was offered a job a Schlumberger Oilfields to work as Junior Risk and Value Consultant in the Informtions Solutions Department in the UK. Tony Hahn (MS ETM, 2004) is Deputy Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Aeronautical Engineering in Washington, D.C. Atif R. Khan (MS Mineral Economics, 1986) is the President & CEO of LMKR, a Pertroleum Information Technology Company which he owns jointly with Halliburton. Josh Burgher (MS ETM, 2004) has left his job at Motive and started as a Manager at Ernst & Young in the Communications Advisory Services practice. CAS helps telecommunications companies assess, design, and implement changes that accelerate the achievement of sustainable results and management of risk. James K. B Hesketh (MS Mineral Economics, 1987) is president and CEO for Scorpio Mining in Golden, Colorado. Clay L. Hoes (MS Mineral Economics, 1987) is Vice President of American Express in Minneapolis. Russell W. Bailey (MS Mineral Economics, 1991) has taken a job as product marketing manager for Hewlett Packard in Fort Collins, Colorado. Christiaan M. Huizer (MS Mineral Economics, 1998) is working with Shell Gas & Power as a Commercial Finance Advisor. Gokhan Urun (MS Mineral Economics 1998) was promoted as "Business Development & Coordination Manager" of Turkish Petroleum International Company in mid 2005. He is curently operating in Kazahkstan, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Georgia and looking for new projects in Russia, Uzbekistan, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, and Libya. Bennett G. Williams (MS Mineral Economics, 1998) is an Economist/Planner for Chevron international Exploration and Production Company. Major Michelle M. McCassey (MS Mineral Economics, 2000) is support operations officer for the U.S. Army in Mosul, Iraq. James W. Knight-Dominick (MS Mineral Economics, 2004) is a Sr. Analyst in Risk Management at Xcel Energy.. Rafael Bacigalupo (MS Mineral Economics, IFP, 2004) has taken a job with an American oil and gas company named Occidental and is currently working as a Maintenance and Construction Planning Analyst in his home country of Ecuador. Dr. Mohamed Ali Alshami (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 1995) has resently been appointed Dean of the faculty of Business Administration at Ajman University of Science and Techonology in the United Arab Emirates, as well as the General Director of the Business Bureau of Techonospher Center of Excellence Dubai. Doug Klein (MS ETM 2003) is an Applications Engineer working for Advanced Coordinate Technology. Recently, he contacted EB to hire someone for the Arizona office. This a reminder for graduates from the program to keep upcoming graduates in mind for job openings!Ioannis Sanoudos (MS Mineral Economics, 1997) has taken a job at S & B Industrial Minerals S.A. as a Business Development Manager. Luciano José Ferreira Sá (MS Mineral Economics, 2000) has just been nominated superintendent at Centro Tecnologico do marmore e Granita (CETEMAG). CETEMAG is the only center for technology involving mining of marble and granite. 2005, Sirine
Tajer (MS Mineral Economics, 2001) has just been nominated Vice President
- Energy Sector - GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) and Iran Countries for Societe
Generale, an International French Bank, and she will be based in Dubai, UAE (United
Arab Emirates) Charlie Douglas-Hamilton (M.S. Mineral Economics, 2003) is currently employed by Axmin Inc. He is an exploration geologist in the privately owned British gold exploration company. He was in the Central African Republic for a couple of weeks in summer of 2004 looking for gold deposits and making accurate and reliable gold asset valuation estimates. The aim is to attract the interest of major gold mining companies who might be interested in purchasing the properties. Remco Meeuwis (M.S. Mineral Economics, 2003) completed an internship at BHP Billiton during the fall of 2003, where he was working in gas and power marketing and trading. He is now doing his M.S. thesis at Delft University of Technology where he is modeling heat and mass transfer during undergound coal fires. Joe Mazumdar (M.S. Mineral Economics, 2003) is the Director of Business and Economic Relations in the strategic planning and investor relations department of Newmont Mining Corp. Zauresh Atakhanova (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 2003) has accepted a teaching position at the Kazakhstan Institute of Management. Doctor Atakhanova will be teaching in the Economics and Strategic Research Department in Kazakhstan. Bradley Sutton (BS 2003) is in Chicago trading futures for the TransMarketGroup at the Chicago Board of Trade.Eva Gomez (MS Mineral Economics, 2002) was hired by Gaffney, Cline & Associates in Houston, TX. Gaffney, Cline & Associates specialize in technical and managerial advice to the oil and gas industry worldwide. Dave Loring (MS ETM 2002) is a ventilation engineer with Mine Ventilation Services in Fresno, CA. Loring has been involved in numerous surveys and studies in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Illinois, and Kentucky7. His latest project is an uranium mine in Saskatchewan. Loring has been doing a lot of climbing in the Sierras and Yosemite. Loring went to Chamonix, France the summer of 2004 to do a number of routes on the Mont Blanc Massif. Raul Doering (M.E. Mineral Economics, 2001) is the Secretary of mining in the Province of Catamarca, Argentina. Catamarca is a small state northwest of Argentina and represents the major production of copper, gold, rodochrosite, and silver in Argentina. Clint Johnson (M.S. Mineral Economics, 2001) is Sr. Financial Analyst at Vectra Bank Colorado. Johnson's research interests are portfolio optimization, efficiency models, and data development analysis. Vikram Singh, (M.S. Mineral Economics, 2001) has landed a position with LCG Consulting in Los Altos, CA. LCG Consulting specializes in the electribity and natural gas markets. Immediately after graduation, Singh interned with with Resource for Future in Washington, DC. He liked the experience, but chose the full time position with LCG when it was offered. Tim Niznik, (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 1999) was awarded the AGIFORS (Airline Group of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies) rize for "Best Innovation" for his paper on "Efficient Algorithms for Overhaul Task Scheduling." This paper was presented at the AGIFORS convention in Istanbul, Turkey. Instead of a plaque, he was presented with an enameled Turkish dish with the award baked into the surface of the dish. Mindy Arbuckle (BS 2001) is working for T.A. Myers & Co. in Arvada, CO. The CPA firm focuses on analytical research for corporate fraud causes. Yohan Sumaiku, (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 1998) is teaching at Regis University in their MBA Online Program. John H. White, (Ph.D. Mineral Economics, 1996) is a Clinical Professor at the University of Denver. White is currently teaching graduate courses in enterprise financial systems to students seeking MBA and Masters of Accountancy degrees. He also teaches financial accounting and financial statement analysis and valuation to MBA students. White's research centers around modeling corporate data and information needs using the Resources-Events-Agent approach of McCarthy plus incorporating Michael Porter's economic value chain model. W. J. (Johnny) DeCooman, Jr., (M.S. Mineral Economics, 1994) is Vice President of the Mining and Metals Advisory, a division of the Standard Bank roup in New York, New York. Gys Wessels, (Ph.D. Mineral Economic, 1989) is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting, based in South Africa. Wessels recently visited CSM while traveling in the U.S. and gave a talk on one of his projects. Wessels focuses on strategy consulting. He also qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has received the Franz Edelman prize from INFORMS, a commendation from the Chief of the South African Army, and twice the Tom Rozwadowski award from the Operations Research Society of South Africa. Wessels can be contacted at gwessels@dc.com. For more information on Deloitte Consulting, visit www.dc.com. James Hesketh (M.S. ME 1987) has been appointed chief executive of Toronto-listed Scopio Mining Corp. Mr. Hesketh has 25 years of experience in mining engineering and mineral economics. He was most recently vice president of RMB Resources Ltd, the natural resources division of the South African banking group FirstRand. Hesketh will add to Scorpio's expertise in the areas of finance. acquisition, development, operations and corporate governance. William Pincus (M.S. Mineral Economics, 1986) was recently featured on the Personal News page of SME NEWS. He has joined the board of directors of Reliant Ventures in Vancouver, BC Canada. Pincus has also been appointed resident and chief executive officer. Most recently, Pincus was vice president of operations for Sunshine Mining. He supervised the development of the Pirquitas silver project in northern Argentina. Brian Johnson (M.S. Mineral Economics, 1988) is Director of Energy & Utilities - Asia Pacific for PricewaterhouseCoopers, based in Melbourne, Australia. Johnson says that "almost every aspect of my education at Mines comes into play at varying times." After 14 years, he still uses some of the textbooks and reference materials. Gonzalo A. Garcia-Huidobro (M.S. Mineral Economics, 1985) has worked with Dow Chemical in Chile and in the U.S. Garcia-Huidobro has also worked in copper production with various Chilean companies. Previously, Garcia-Huidobro was VP of sales for a world- wide mineral commodity. Ronald W. Cattany (M.S. Mineral Economics, 1977) has been appointed director of the Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (DMG). Cattany has served as deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources since 1991. The DMG includes the mined-land reclamation program, the coal-regulatory program, the abandoned-mines program, and the Colorado Geological Survey.
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