Manager Management

James F. Van Gundy

Tucson, Arizona

**********@*******.***

(521-614-115-9662) Cell phone Mexico

Branch General Manager - Florida

Cost-conscious and quality-focused senior management professional offering 30 years extensive leadership in

conducting safe and efficient heavy equipment asset management, customer and quality focused. .. Strong

financial acumen. Demonstrated ability to steer capital equipment procurement, management of greenfield and

expansion projects to on-time, on-budget completion. Skilled at negotiating favorable contractual terms for

maintenance services, MARC contracts, supply chain and spare parts agreements, and materials. Identify

opportunities to reduce costs and improve operating efficiency. Fully versed in life cycle costing/planning and

multimillion-dollar budget development. Native English speaker; fluent in Spanish, Portuguese.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Operational Readiness Strategic Planning W orkplace Safety

Organizational Development

Budgeting & Cost Control Environmental Compliance

Project Management Cost Reduction Strategies International Business

Construction Management

Equipment Life Cycle Costing Staff Training

Capital Equipment

Power Generation Contracts Development/

Procurement Negotiation

Process Plant Turnaround

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

“ORE” OPERATIONAL READINESS & ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SENIOR CAPITAL

EQUIPMENT ASSET MANAGEMENT PRESENT

MINEFINDERS CORPORATION…NOGALES, SONORA-MEXICO 1/-2011 TO 6/20132

General Manager, Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Responsible for Project Development/Construction/Operations.

Reporting directly to Sr. VP Operations. Completed engineering review and acceptance, identified and

approved capital equipment suppliers. Power Generation. Environmental permitting, successful in acquiring

water concession from gov’t agencies. Social responsibility and sustainability. Establishment of local office.

Negotiation for mining contracts, equipment procurement, earthworks and property owner contract negotiations.

EPCM pre-construction planning, schedule and capital cost.

Key Achievements:

Placed the project in a construction ready status . W ith all necessary permitting acquired.

MINEFINDERS CORPORATION…CHIHUHAUA, MEXICO 11/2010 TO 10/2011

Senior Equipment Manager…Reporting directly to VP Operations, key c ontributions to development and

operational optimization in the areas of finance, maintenance, equipment reliability, capital and operational

budgeting, equipment procurement and contractual maintenance. Continuous process plant conceptual design

engineering, procurement, construction management. Diesel Power generation facilities. Heavy off-road

equipment, major component remanufacturing. Heavy emphasis upon strategy, long term planning,

computerized business management systems implementation, reliability centered maintenance and personnel

technical; development.

Key Achievements:

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Optimization of mine ore control, loading hauling efficiencies resulted in increases in cash on hand revenues

from 31 million to 237 million in 14 months.

Capital Assets Management Consultant - Various Locations Globally 2009-2010

Senior Capital Assets Consultant

Delivered contracted expertise in heavy equipment planning, operational planning, equipment life cycle

management, and facilities commissioning to mining firms engaged in operations in Central and South America ..

Teamed with executive leadership, line management, and third-party vendors to plan and execute full lifecycle

start-up, operational improvement, and cost reduction initiatives.

Key Achievements: -

Silver Crest Mines – Sonora, Mexico…Organizational Development, Operational Readiness S enior

Capital Assets Management Consultant

Pan American Silver – Argentina & Mexico: Completed business process audit with

recommendations for improvement leveraging expert knowledge of equipment life cycle management. .

Minera Cobre de Mayo – Mexico: Served as consultant for organizational development.

Hitachi – Guyana: Identified opportunities to improve maintenance practice, reduce costs, and extend

equipment life as maintenance program consultant.

M3 Engineering/Construction Gold Corp. – Mexico: Provided guidance as equipment commissioning

consultant enabling successful start-up of Minera Penasquitos continuous process plants.

Indesa Vespasiano, Brasil 2002 - 2009

Manufacturing & Product Support Manager

Planned and executed organizational development strategies with associated polices, management practices,

and KPI. Financial profit/loss, sales proposals, service and spare parts c ontracts, equipment finance/lease

arrangements. Operational and capital equipment budgets.

Developed implemented customer strategic heavy equipment spare parts and major component exchange

programs. Designed and managed customer product support group.

Accomplishments include:

Significant increase in new/used equipment sales,

Spare parts delivery improvements

Major Component Exchange Program implemntation

Service Contracts optimization

Substantial increases in customer satisfaction

Implementation of corporate technical training programs

Manufactured parts engineering and subcontracts optimization.

Shell Canada/Western Oil Sands Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada 2000 to 2002

Senior Project Development Equipment Manager…Capital Equipment

Steered mine operations and contract management. Provided expertise for equipment costing, sourcing, and

procurement. Managed capital projects, construction projects, and process improvement initiatives

Key Achievements:

Key technical Team Leader for Oil Sands Heavy Mobile Equipment Capitalt Procurement

Designed and managed construction of onsite workshop valued at $25 million.

Guided custom development of JD Edwards ERP, Microsoft Dynamics Ellipse and Mimms CMMS

system that fully integrated maintenance management system s with financial and inventory control and

custom reporting systems.

P.T. Indocoal, East Kalimantan, Indonesia 1994 to 1999

Senior Project Manager…Construction optimization, commissioning completion, Mine and Marine

Terminal, power generation. Contracts management.

1982 – 1987

Exxon Corporation La Guajira, Colombia, South America

Senior Supervisor…Technical training programs management, major component rebuild facilities port

rail facilities management. Assisted construction in coal loading, rail and seaport and infrastructure.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

UNIVERSITY OF W ASHINGTON, College of Engineering…Maintenance Management

Seattle WA . 1987-1994

Member, American Society of Maintenance Reliability Professionals

UBS-Toronto, Financial Management for non-financial managers 2002

Significant success in project development/completion within financial and time constraints

Exceptional safety record with no lost time accidents over a 15 year period. Very high safety awareness and

pro-active in safety programs.

Government regulation compliance in:

Safety Programs

Hazardous Materials Law

Import/Export Law

Environmental Law/Permitting

Contracts/Sub Contracts

Local Governmental relations

International Logistics/Transport

Exceptional strategic and short term/long term planning

Significant success in supplier negotiation ie: spare parts, technical services

Significant success in customer relations/satisfaction excellence

Strong Negotiation skills

Diplomacy and local culture awareness

Highly accomplished in personnel management and employee participation

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