... a Vancouver-based professional engineer with an international practice providing services for educational courseware, learning systems and management reporting systems for applications in mining and the geosciences.

... an authority on XML and its application to multi-lingual education and training projects on the Internet ... developer of an XML-based authoring environment and courseware template for online research, learning, certification and reporting.

... founder of EduMine (the professional development division of InfoMine Inc), the premier provider of online technical reference, continuing education and professional development for a global audience of mining and geoscience personnel and companies ... see www.edumine.com

... more than thirty years experience in mining, engineering, systems and educational projects.

Qualifications include a B.Sc.(Civil) in 1966 and an M.Sc.(Eng) in 1972 from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Author of several technical books and CDs ...

Practical Geostatistics, Modeling and Spatial Analysis Springer Verlag (2000)

3D Geoscience Modeling - Computer Techniques for Geological Characterization Springer Verlag (1994)

Recent publications ...

Experiences with Online Continuing Education for Mining CAMI (2005) (pdf - 152kb)

An Internet Model for Continuing Education in Mining CIM (2003) (pdf - 217kb)

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