Ian Jones is Head of Product at Commit Works. Ian has more than 20 years of mining and business intelligence experience, having worked with Thiess, Deswik, RPMGlobal, iVolve, and consulted to Glencore, BHP, and Rio Tinto. He specialises in Short Interval Control, digitisation, and operational systems, contributing to the Barrick Digitisation project and the GMG Guideline for Short Interval Control.
With 10 years in Product Management, Ian leads teams to design and implement robust operational solutions. He holds an MBA from the University of Queensland and a Graduate Certificate in Data Analytics from QUT.
As formal mining education pathways shrink, the industry risks losing the expertise that gives operational data meaning. Capturing and transferring practitioner knowledge is now essential to unlocking real value from AI.
AI in Mining: Data Without Experience isn’t Intelligence. Read More »
Artificial Intelligence, Ian Jones, Operations, Planning, Technology
Mine planning systems and fleet management solutions capture what happened, but rarely why it happened. Even when operational decisions are captured digitally and connected to planning and execution data, AI can only explain outcomes without understanding intent. Artificial Intelligence in this context will be limited in its ability to support better planning, performance and safety.
AI in Mining: Turning Decisions into Machine-Readable Data. Read More »
Artificial Intelligence, Ian Jones, Operations, Planning, Technology
Artificial intelligence promises transformational outcomes for mining, but without curated, connected, and contextualised data, its impact will remain theoretical rather than operational.
AI in Mining: Our Technology is Ready, but our Data is Not. Read More »
Artificial Intelligence, Ian Jones, Operations, Planning, TechnologyIntegrate people, equipment, and materials across work processes and locations. Drive continuous improvement with digitally managed planning and execution cycles, optimising efficiency in one place
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