Mining
Product professionals in Mining
These ten professionals hold or have held product management and product leadership roles at mining equipment and mining technology companies. A reader can learn how these suppliers decide which machines, automation and mine software to build, and how operator feedback shapes those products.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chris Brown
LinkedInExperience: VP of Product · Mine Vision Systems
VP of Product at Mine Vision Systems since 2024. Other listed roles include Director of Product (2023–2024) and Product Development Manager (2020–2023) at Mine Vision Systems, and Product Manager (2018–2019) and Consulting Engineer (2016–2018) at Strata Worldwide. The profile headline reads VP of Product @ Mine Vision Systems | Mining Engineering.
Darren Fraser
LinkedInExperience: Head of Product - Digital Mine · Wabtec Corporation
Head of Product - Digital Mine at Wabtec Corporation since 2022. Other listed roles include Product Director, AVEVA Insight (cloud platform for industrial operations) at AVEVA (2018–2022), and General Manager (Software) (2014–2018), Product Manager - Supervisory Control Platform (2013–2014) and Commercial Product Manager, Australia (2011–2013) at Schneider Electric.
Flor Rivas
LinkedInExperience: Executive Global Product Manager P&L Leader - Mining Technology MineStar · Caterpillar Inc.
Former Executive Global Product Manager P&L Leader - Mining Technology MineStar at Caterpillar Inc. (2021–2023), and Executive Global Product Manager P&L Leader - Electric Rope Shovels and Draglines at Caterpillar Inc. since 2023. Other listed roles include Executive Global Product Manager Head of Product Business Line Manager - Industrial Lighting LED at Eaton (2019–2021) and Executive Product Line Leader, Combined Cycle - HRSG, Steam Turbine, Generator at GE Power (2017–2019).
Ines Hartwig
LinkedInExperience: Product Manager Mining · TOMRA Mining
Product Manager Mining at TOMRA Mining since 2015. Other listed roles include Product Manager Recycling at TiTech GmbH (2009–2015), Test Facility Manager at TOMRA Sorting GmbH (RECYCLING) (2007–2008) and Application Engineer at CommoDas GmbH (1998–2007). The profile headline reads Director Product Management Mining at TOMRA, and the profile describes TOMRA Mining as a mining company.
James Dampney
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Product · Hexagon Mining
Senior Vice President, Product at Hexagon Mining since 2024. Other listed roles include Vice President - Resource Optimization (2023–2024) and Vice President - Drill & Blast (2021–2023) at Hexagon Mining, Board Member at Leica Geosystems Pty Ltd since 2024, and Senior Manager Global Accounts at Orica (2020–2021). The profile headline reads Senior Vice President, Product | Mining Technology.
James Sudworth
LinkedInExperience: Product Director · Komatsu Mining
Product Director at Komatsu Mining since 2023. Other listed roles include Senior Global Head of Engineering Controls & Automation at Komatsu Mining (Joy Mining), 2014–2023; Global Engineering Manager Controls & Automation at Joy Global (2014–2017); Regional Engineering Manager at Joy Mining Machinery (2008–2014); and Operations Manager at Excel Industrial Systems (2006–2008). The profile summary describes engineering and management experience in industries including mining.
John Hallberg
LinkedInExperience: Global Product Director AFC PRS Design Services · Komatsu Mining
Global Product Director AFC PRS Design Services at Komatsu Mining since 2024. Other listed Komatsu Mining roles include Product Manager ATO (2021–2024), Business Development Manager (2018–2022) and Product Manager - Entry Development Systems (2016–2018). Also listed is Project Manager at Joy Global Inc. (2014–2015).
Lucas van Latum
LinkedInExperience: Product Director, Energy Transfer and Software Systems · Komatsu Mining
Product Director, Energy Transfer and Software Systems at Komatsu Mining since 2023. Other listed Modular Mining roles include Director of Product Strategy (2015–2024), Principal Advisor, Strategy (2019–2023) and Manager, Technology & Innovation (2011–2015). The profile describes the current team's job of making battery charging and other infrastructure available for Komatsu mining machines that don't run on diesel.
Reid Given
LinkedInExperience: Director of Product Management · Wenco International Mining Systems
Director of Product Management at Wenco International Mining Systems since 2026. Other listed roles include Product Line Manager (2023–2026) and Senior Product Manager (2020–2023) at Wenco International Mining Systems, and Product Manager (2018–2020) and Senior Product Specialist - Fleet Management (2011–2018) at Modular Mining.
Waldo Rojas Araya
LinkedInExperience: Product Owner - Fleet Management System · Mining TAG
Former Product Owner - Fleet Management System at Mining TAG (2022–2025). Products & Solutions Technology Manager (PSTM) at Epiroc since 2024. Other listed roles include Project Coordinator at UDA Universidad de Atacama (2020–2022) and Product Owner at Innlab Chile (2017–2020). The profile summary describes developing and expanding Onemine, a fleet management product for underground mining, at MiningTAG.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's product area, such as heavy machinery, automation or fleet and mine software, to the decision you face. Check whether their relevant role is current or past before asking about today's equipment market.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which mine-site problems a new machine or software release should solve first?
- 02Walk me through how feedback from mine operators changed a product roadmap you owned.
- 03What slows adoption of automation or new equipment at mine sites, and how did you plan around it?
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