The origins of the company date back to February 2011 in Australia. Founded by former Rio Tinto executives trained in the same mining company’s Mine of Future program.
The purpose that united these professionals was to support and advise based on the specific needs of each client. Then, in 2014, we started developing projects in Chile; One of the most important mining industries worldwide.
In its beginnings, the focus of the service was on the implementation of autonomous trucks in mining operations. Over time, and based on the needs of our customers, this service not only covered the technological implementation but also the integral advice associated with productivity, resource management, electromobility, optimization, technological roadmaps, among others.
Although there have been years of efforts and shared successes, at Tellus we project ourselves even more and, over time, we are born the concern to expand and, after carrying out a project for a mining company in Canada, we decided to open an office in Vancouver in 2022.
Part of the added value in the origins of the company are our knowledge and experience in the mining industry of Chile and what we learned in Australia, which we convert, improve and adapt to the local industry through our expert gaze.
The origins of the company date back to February 2011 in Australia. Founded by former Rio Tinto executives trained in the same mining company’s Mine of Future program.
The purpose that united these professionals was to support and advise based on the specific needs of each client. Then, in 2014, we started developing projects in Chile; One of the most important mining industries worldwide.
In its beginnings, the focus of the service was on the implementation of autonomous trucks in mining operations. Over time, and based on the needs of our customers, this service not only covered the technological implementation but also the integral advice associated with productivity, resource management, electromobility, optimization, technological roadmaps, among others.
Although there have been years of efforts and shared successes, at Tellus we project ourselves even more and, over time, we are born the concern to expand and, after carrying out a project for a mining company in Canada, we decided to open an office in Vancouver in 2022.
Part of the added value in the origins of the company are our knowledge and experience in the mining industry of Chile and what we learned in Australia, which we convert, improve and adapt to the local industry through our expert gaze.
We want to be an expert reference in innovation for mining companies,
We connect with to be a true partner who deeply understands the challenges our expertise requires, delivering measurable results and focusing on what we can do to ensure that the improvements made today continue to work for the foreseeable future and help make mining more sustainable.
TEAM
MANAGEMENT
Pablo Hernández
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Industrial Civil Engineer with specialization in Mining, he has more than 19 years of experience in management and board positions in the large-scale mining and cement industries. Throughout his career in renowned mining companies in Chile, Brazil and Australia, where he has worked in the areas of operational excellence, large projects (greenfield and brownfield/ modernization), operational readiness, maintenance, planning, safety and environment, he has focused his career and recognition on strategy, leadership, team development and joint work to achieve high results in safety (HSSE), production, control and reduction of costs and optimization in the short and long term.
Alejandro Canelo
Commercial Technical Manager
Industrial Civil Engineer with more than 30 years in the mining industry. He has vast experience in the operation and implementation of fleet management software, autonomous trucks and technology applied to the operation in open pit mines. Throughout his career, he has been in charge of, among other functions, managing technology contracts (Dispatch, Jigsaw, Modular Mining Systems, ICV, Besalco, Berliam, among others). Likewise, he has participated and led the implementation of technological projects of analytics, operation with autonomous trucks and advanced training for mining operators and supervisors in autonomous and conventional operation.
José Luis Troncoso
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
José Luis has 15 years of experience in this industry, especially in planification, operations and mining consulting focused on automation, productivity and deployment of mining technologies. He has led studies on the implementation of mining technologies in Chile and Australia, capturing knowledge and experience in various operating conditions and technologies applied to mining with a focus on safety, productivity and automation (trucks/ autonomous drills). He has operational experience implementing technology transformations in large-scale mining operations, leading the implementation, change management, and adoption of technology by mining organizations.
Paula Burgos
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Commercial Engineer, specialized in Finance, and Business Administrator with 17 years of experience in the public sector (transport) and in the mining industry of products and services. Throughout his career in mining, he has worked in the operational control and commercial management of projects and contracts in the field, managing budgets and profitability, as well as modeling, developing and implementing processes in the various areas of the business.
TECHNICAL MANAGER
Gabriel Barahona
Technical Manager Data Analytics/Electromobility
Electrical Civil Engineer with more than 30 years of work in process control solutions for the mining industry, among others. He leads Data Analytics and Electromobility initiatives, as well as studies associated with mining vehicle fleets for open pit operations.
Christian Elgueta
Technical Manager Mine Planning & Tech
Civil Engineer in Mines with more than 15 years of experience in the area of open pit mining planning. He is also an expert in the design of exploitation phases and long-term strategic planning.
Andrés Mujica
Principal Engineer Mining Operations
Civil Engineer in Mines with 10 years of experience in the industry. He has led projects for the management of open pit mining operations, achieving practices of operational excellence. He masters the processes and control of mine dispatch under his leadership role in various processes of cultural and technical transformation. He has experience in tactical plans of autonomous implementation and knowledge of deterministic and stochastic simulation of transport fleets.
Carlos Abarca
Principal Engineer Mining Technologies
Industrial Civil Engineer and Mining Civil Engineer with more than 19 years in the management of studies and/ or projects of implementation, operation, administration of mining services. Among other areas, he has experience in the evaluation and engineering of technological infrastructure projects, production control systems of autonomous trucks, and machine learning projects applied to mining and data analysis.
Yanko González
Senior Planning Engineer
Civil Mining Engineer with 20 years of experience in the mining industry, 5 of them in mine operations and 15 years in short- medium- and long- term planning. As a specialist he has extensive technical experience in all stages of planning, such as the evaluation of reserves, design of phases, stocks and dumps, preparation of plans, economic evaluations, etc. Likewise, it has a global management of the entire mining business, which allows it to integrate the different stages that add value.
Santiago Villaroel
Technical Lead Expert
Civil Mining Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in large-scale mining, leading work teams in mine operations, short- and medium- term planning.
Claudia Gálvez
Technical Lead Expert
Civil Mining Engineer with more than 15 years of experience in various areas of the mining production chain. She has spent most of her career as a drilling and blasting engineer and long-term strategic planning engineer. She has also been responsible for successfully managing and processing operating permits, mining regulations and technological project escalation reports before the corresponding authority.
Julio Olivos
Technical Lead Expert Planning
Civil Mining Engineer, with more than 5 years of experience in the optimization of mining resources, definition of extraction sequence, definition of mining envelopes and mining planning in general.
Fernanda Rivas
Technical Lead Expert
Civil Mining Engineer with more than 6 years of experience. He has extensive knowledge in management and development of engineering projects in the areas of renewable energy, mining and construction. Focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence of production processes, most of his career has been developed in the industry of sustainable solutions for, among others, the mining industry.
Katherine González
Technical Lead
Civil Mining Engineer with 5 years of experience in the industry. She has worked as an operations engineer, advising on mining and/or production, as well as in the inspection of open pit and subway sites. He currently leads projects for the implementation of safety technologies in the mining operation, and manages projects in the operational area and mining electrification.
Diego González
Technical Lead
Civil Mining Engineer with 4 years in the industry. He has experience in technical consulting for various technological implementation projects associated with fleet selection, automation, trolley assist system, optimization and management of mining processes related to transportation equipment. In addition, he has participated in technical evaluations of transportation equipment, software management and data analysis of deterministic simulations.
Sebastián Herrera
Technical Lead
Civil Engineer in Mines, specialist and technical leader in several initiatives, projects and studies of technological implementation of truck autonomy, studies and incorporation of collision warning systems in mining equipment, conceptual studies for the implementation of autonomous drilling machines and technical advice for the update and migration of fleet management systems.
Greek San Martín
Technical Lead
