KoBold Team

Team Leads

Sandy Alexander

general counsel

David Broughton, Ph.D.

Hydrothermal Systems Lead

Damian Burch, Ph.D.

director of data science

Emilie Danna, Ph.D.

vp of engineering

Jake Edman, Ph.D.

Director of Machine Learning

Daniel Enderton, Ph.D.

Chief Strategy Officer

Josh Goldman, Ph.D.

President

Kurt House, Ph.D.

CEO

Tom Hunt, Ph.D.

VP of Technology

Jeff Jurinak, Ph.D.

COO

Peter Lightfoot, Ph.D.

Magmatic Systems Lead

Robert Linnen, Ph.D. 

Lithium Systems Lead

Elizabeth Main, Ph.D.

Director of Data Science

Traci Paramore, CPA

Director of Finance & Operations

Fabiana Peek 

Director of Community Engagement

Key Advisors

Jef Caers, Ph.D.

Data SCIENCE ADVISOR

Murray Hitzman, Ph.D.

Economic Geologist

Ian Pearce

Senior Advisor

John Thompson, Ph.D.

Technical & Business Advisor

Investor Directors

Connie Chan

Board Member

Jeroen van der Hoek

Board Member

Karl White

Board Member

Team Members

Lauren Anderson Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Laura Angalet

lead network technician

Kiel Arndt, P.Geo.

principal geochemist

Thibaut Astic, Ph.D.

Data Scientist / Geophysicist

Spencer Barton

Engineering Manager, Data Ingest

Savannah Blake

Associate Data Scientist

Wilson Bonner

Senior Project Geologist

Tim Brooks

Senior Geologist

Jenny Castro

Executive Assistant

Devjit Chakravarti

Staff Ml Engineer

John Chapman, Ph.D.

Principal Geochemist

Lib Covington

Senior Accountant

Kris Darnell, Ph.D.

Staff Data Scientist

Blaire Davis

Senior Technical REcruiter

Marta Dec

Senior strategic analyst

Marco De Mattia, Ph.D.

Staff Data Scientist

I-Kang Ding, Ph.D.

Staff Data Scientist

Espree Essig

Exploration Project Geologist

Luke Fairchild

Associate Data Scientist

Ian Fieldhouse, M.Sc., P.Geo.

Senior Geologist

Megan Frederick, P.Geo., PMP

Field Operations Manager

David Freedman

Senior Project Geologist

Rory French

Associate data scientist

Kate Fugate

Head of Data Access

Janet Garner, CPA

Accounting Manager

Shannon Gerhard

Chief of staff

Ivanka Grlic, CPA

Accounting Manager

Melissa Haas

Assistant controller

Monique Holt, Ph.D.

Associate Data Scientist

Michael Hutchinson, Ph.D.

project Geologist

Iris Hwang

Associate Data Scientist

Peter Illig, Ph.D.

senior geologist II

Erika Ito

Software Engineer

Tenzing Joshi Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Elliot Kahn

senior project geologist

Jenna Kainic

Associate Data Scientist

Saumitran Kasturirangan Ph.D.

Associate Data Scientist

Laura Kieras

senior software engineer

Ryan Keisler, Ph.D.

Staff data scientist

Taylor Kilian

Taylor Kilian, Ph.D.

Senior Data Scientist

Nick Knezek, Ph.D.

Staff Data Scientist

Jarod Lapp

Senior GIS Data Specialist

Rochelle Li

Associate Data scientist

Pamela Mkumba

Exploration Geologist

Peter Martin, Ph.D.

 data scientist

Cericia Martinez, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Lucie Mathieu, Ph.D.

Project geologist/geochemist

 

Alex Matthews

Country Manager – Zambia

Aleta Mawuenyegah

Associate Data Scientist

John Mern, Ph.D.

Decision scientist

Vanessa Nenna, Ph.D.

Staff data scientist

Rochelle Newby

Senior accountant

Shane Nielsen

Principal Geologist

Bubile Nkhata

Project Exploration Geologist

 

Isaac Pagado

Associate Data Scientist

Bill Page, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Adam Palay

product and technology manager

Yuem Park, Ph.D.

Data Scientist

Laurence Pascall

Senior Software Engineer

Matthew Plough

Staff Software Engineer

Beth Reid, Ph.D.

Staff Data Scientist

David Samuelsson

field operations lead

Danielle Schmandt, Ph.D.

Senior Project Geologist

Matt Scruggs

Senior Data engineer

Laurie Shanks

Admin Assistant

Mweene Shansonga

Admin Manager – Zambia

Nick Shea

Associate Data Scientist

James Stevenson

Principal Software engineer

Cassidy Tilt

People Operations Manager

Mark Topinka, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

Mary Toteng

Exploration Geologist

Martin Tuchscherer, Ph.D.

Senior geologist

Sean Turner

Senior infrastructure engineer

Zach Turner

Senior Technical recruiter

Rafel Vaudrin P. Geo. 

Field operations lead

Jerry Vinokurov, Ph.D.

Senior Software Engineer

 

Lian Visser

field drilling manager

 

Kawai Washburn

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Matt Williams

GIS data Analyst

Nick Williams, Ph.D., P.Geo.

Principal Geophysicist