Russ Downer
CEO & Founder of Opencontour Software - Mine planner and scheduler ∙ Consulting and Software
- Role
- Founder, CEO at Opencontour Mining Software Open Pit, Planning, And Optimization
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Russ Downer
Entrepreneur• Manager and team builder• Increased promotion through technical and managerial roles• Advocate of mine safety and efficiency• Good interpersonal skills• Comprehension in aspects concerning mine and business valuation• Experienced in managing several mine start-up operations• Recent work involving \"Software as a Service\" technologies involving Javascript, php, HTML, and cloud application • Exceptional background in both technical and operational aspects of both open pit and underground operations• Proficient with a wide range of prominent mine software packages including and not limited to Maptek’s Vulcan, Gemcom’s Whittle, Minemax mine optimization, Mintec’s Minesight, Q’Pit Mine planning software and Modular and Pitram’s pit Dispatch systems.
Experience
Founder, CEO
Opencontour Mining Software Open Pit, Planning, And Optimization
Aug 2016 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US
Software / Consulting
Education
Queen's University
B.Sc., Mine Engineering
1990 — 1995
Skills
- Minesight
- Geological Mapping
- Plant Maintenance
- Base Metals
- Minerals
- Feasibility Studies
- Factory
- Commissioning
- Maintenance Management
- Mineral Exploration
- Copper
- Whittle
- Coal
- Drilling
- Project Engineering
- Safety Management Systems
- Mine Ventilation
- Mining Engineering
- Geology
- Surveying
- Iron Ore
- Engineering
- Mineral Processing
- Gold
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Mine Safety
- Vulcan
- Mining
- Surface Mining
- Underground Mining
- Sampling
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