Jim provides technical expertise in environmental science and engineering with a focus on remediation technologies and water treatment. He has been a pioneer for in situ and biogeochemical treatment technology applications for metals, radionuclides, perchlorate, and nitrogen compounds including cyanide, explosives, ammonia and nitrate. He has provided technical expert services for mining and industrial projects in assessment and permitting phases, and expert witness for microbiology and mining litigation. Jim holds a Master of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics.

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Corné has more than 25 years of broad technical and business leadership experience in water and waste related roles in the mining, oil & gas and power sectors. He has led and supported water treatment projects internationally including projects in Africa, Australia, South and North America. Since 2016, he has been responsible for leading the North American Mine Water divisions for both Golder Associates and Black & Veatch. Corné holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Water Utilization, both from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.

Kai is the Vice President Strategic Projects. Kai is the technical lead for numerous baseline studies, environmental impact assessments, regulatory permitting & licensing projects and leads First Nation & stakeholder engagement within Northern Canada. His work experience has included  providing expert testimony in Regulatory hearings regarding geochemistry, water quality and environmental management. He holds a combined major bachelor of science degree in Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Science and is a registered Professional Chemist in British Columbia.

Dr. Vanessa Friesen serves as Ensero’s technical leader for biological treatment including treatment wetlands and bioreactors, selenium biogeochemistry, and microbial genomics. She provides technical oversight for our water treatment piloting facilities and Ensero’s Microbiology and genomics testing laboratories. She has extensive experience as a scientific lead on projects for biological water treatment and industrial and environmental microbiology. She holds a double bachelor of science degree in Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry, and a PhD that focused in industrial microbiology and genomics.

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Ryan serves as Ensero’s Environmental Permitting Practice Leader. Ryan has over 15 years of direct environmental management and project management experience in the mining industry. Ryan has managed diverse teams of technical experts to develop environmental assessment project proposals, permit applications, Reclamation and Closure Plans, and comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Management Plans.  His extensive mining industry experience allows Ryan to bring a unique owner’s perspective to environmental management and permitting challenges.

Kari leads the team at Ensero’s microbiology and piloting facilities, overseeing operations and business development. She has more than twenty years of experience as an industrial microbiologist, manager, and business development professional. She holds a double bachelor of science degree in Applied Microbiology and Biology, a MSc in Applied Microbiology, and is a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Dr. Andrew Gault is a technical lead for much of Ensero’s water quality and acid rock drainage/metal leaching characterization work. His experience includes the characterization of the geochemical and microbial controls on metal(loid) mobility in the environment, including mine drainage impacted settings, radionuclide and metalloid transport in the shallow subsurface, and industrially contaminated soils and sediments. He holds an MChem in Environmental Chemistry and a PhD in Aqueous Geochemistry.

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Allan's experience includes mine reclamation, environmental remediation and heavy civil construction work including design and construction of solutions for uranium mine and mill sites, hard and soft rock mining and tailings impoundment reclamation as well as phosphate mine reclamation. His responsibilities included managing projects  throughout North America. Allan also has extensive experience in financial analysis for support of bonding efforts, developing mine and mill site asset retirement strategies and the development and review of benefit and use cases.

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Billy’s expertise lies in mine closure project execution including issue identification, risk management, remedy evaluation and costing, remedy selection, technology implementation, and post-closure compliance monitoring with over 20 years of experience dedicated to mine reclamation. Previous experience includes managing reclamation projects and care & maintenance operations at former mine and mill sites across North America for an international mining company.  

Prior to joining Ensero, Anthony was a partner at Seabord Capital Corp, a consulting company that provides investment analysis and financial services to companies operating in the mining, oil and gas, and energy sectors. Prior to joining Seabord Capital, Mr. Allen spent 20 years as a consultant/project manager to environmental remediation, brownfield redevelopment and energy related projects in North America. Mr. Allen has received a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology and a Master’s Degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California.

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Paul specializes in closure strategies for complex environmental sites. Paul’s experience includes leveraging multidisciplinary technical teams to solve complex problems, often with innovative technical or business strategies. Paul holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Master of Science Degree in Environmental Science where his thesis research focused on the use of fungi in fixed-film bioreactors.

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Robert has more than 10 years of experience in contaminated water and land characterization and treatment in the mining, oil and gas, industrial, spill response and brownfield sectors. He has worked as a consultant and contractor in Europe and North America, specializing in contaminated water and soils. Robert has a Bachelor of Science in Geography and a Master of Science in Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. 

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