EXECUTIVE PROFILEwere previously conducted prior to
new technology being introduced,
Thomas acknowledges the challenges
he’s faced over the years. “Previously,
we didn’t have an Operational Excel-
lence team like we do today,” he says.
“Making that connection with the
business was a big challenge because
we’ve got IT-orientated people and
then at the other end of the scale are
mining-focused people, too. For us,
we had to bring those teams on the
extreme ends together and talk about
the challenges. For example, our
Marigold mine has a dispatch system,David Thomas, Director of IT
After six years of civil engineering and running a high-rise
building computer design department in the mid 90s,
Thomas graduated from the University of Technology in
Sydney with an Engineering Degree and a Masters Degree in
Engineering Management. After graduation he quickly moved
into the information technology field in Melbourne Australia,
working in the bill payment and consulting industries,
before moving to Canada in 2005 where he led numerous IT
departments and IT consulting teams in mining, shipping,
forestry and finance. With a deep background and education
in both engineering and information technology,
Thomas provides both IT leadership and strategic IT
transformation for SSR Mining Inc.
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