Ian Kane P.Eng

Current

• Director Operational Effectiveness at PricewaterhouseCoopers

Past

• Senior Operational Business Consultant at Celerant Consulting
• Senior Engineer/R&D Manager at Anglo American

Education

• Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch
• University of Johannesburg

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Industry

Management Consulting

Ian Kane P.Eng’s Summary

Strategic Planning
Operations Management
Sales and Business Development
P&L Management
Research & Development
Cost Reduction
Capital Project Management
Business Turnaround and Growth
Organisational Restructuring
Lean and Operational Excellence
Power Electronic
Industry experience: Oil & Gas, Mining, Manufacturing, Chemical, Financial, Private & Public sector

Ian Kane P.Eng’s Specialties:

Strategic Planning  Cost Reduction  Profitable Growth
Business Management

Ian Kane P.Eng’s Experience

• Director Operational Effectiveness

  PricewaterhouseCoopers

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)

  February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Ian is a Director of PWC Calgary's Performance Improvement Group. Ian, has undertaken a wide range of assignments in the Private and Public sector, in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia, specialising in Operational Improvement, Organisational Alignment and Effectiveness, in the manufacturing and Oil & Gas environment. He is a trained Six Sigma Black Belt practitioner. Ian helps companies perform at their maximum potential!!
  
  Let's work together to build business in the Alberta Oil Sands!!

• Senior Operational Business Consultant

  Celerant Consulting

  (Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)

  September 2002 — February 2006 (3 years 6 months)

  Responsible for sales, client relationships, project delivery and for leading consultant and client teams who focused on identifying business improvement opportunities and implementation mainly in the engineering and service environment. This included identifying and correcting critical business challenges by reducing and streamlining overhead expenses, strengthening product gross margins, overhauling and improving operating processes and systems and applying Lean/six sigma.
  
  Selected Accomplishments
  Reduced a high speed consumer goods manufacturer’s operating cost by 20%, reduced waste and increased quality by applying Lean/six sigma across the operating, maintenance and sales departments.
  Increased production output and reduced operating costs by 15% of a China clay mining operation. This was achieved by optimising maintenance delivery, engineering work planning and reduced production bottlenecks.
  Developed a business case for a resin manufacturing business that enabled the owner to sell the organisation for 10% more than the original value due to potential increased business performance by focusing on improving the product portfolio, sales strategy, research process, production process, maintenance approach and working capital management.
  Increased production by 10% of a large exploration & production facility in the Middle East by decreasing the level of breakdown maintenance, increasing the corrective and preventive maintenance, implementing an effective well management program and debottlenecking the processing plant.

• Senior Engineer/R&D Manager

  Anglo American

  (Public Company; AASIPL; Mining & Metals industry)

  January 1995 — February 2002 (7 years 2 months)

  Rapidly promoted through the organization and successfully delivered in multiple roles including R&D manager, senior engineer, mine engineer and e-business manager.
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  Selected Accomplishments
  •Responsible for leading the engineering team that successfully developing and commissioning a first of its kind helicopter geophysical airborne electromagnetic surveying system.
  •Upgraded and operated fixed-wing aircraft electro-magnetic surveying system that was the most advanced system of its kind in the world at that time and subsequently discovered multiple mineral deposits worth billions of dollars.
  •Participated in the successful commercialisation of the Africa office of Quadrem, the mining B-to-B e-commerce organisation, through the development of organisational processes and business service opportunities. Quadrem is still successful today and has gained a wide customer base.
  •Received the president’s award for outstanding service on numerous occasions.

Ian Kane P.Eng’s Education

• Stellenbosch University/Universiteit Stellenbosch

  MBA , Business Management , 2000 — 2001

• University of Johannesburg

  M Eng , Electrical Engineering , 1988 — 1994