Full Name
Andrew Scott
Job Title
Principal Innovator
Company
Symbiotic Innovations
Speaker Bio
Andrew Scott has been involved in the mining innovation arena since the very beginning of his career over 30 years’ ago.
Having studied biotechnology and computer science at the University of Queensland, he was drawn to the mining industry as a means of funding his ongoing study. As a young field assistant, he quickly found himself fulfilling the role of “go-to” person for any new technology that needed to be investigated or implemented.
If ever he felt that a position within a company wasn’t giving him technology exposure, Andrew discovered that he would engineer himself into those roles. The latest example being when Michelle Ash became Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick, he made sure that he was on her team delivering on their digital strategy as Senior Director Innovation.
Andrew was In-coming Chairman, Chairman and outgoing Chairman fo the Global Mining Guidelines Group between 2012 and 2018 and thoroughly enjoyed working with motivated and passionate people to improve the industry through collaboration, guidelines, and innovation.
As Senior Director, Innovaton/Digital Mining at Barrick, Andrew had the scope of providing technology support for the entire mining process, which includes everything from exploration, feasibility, construction, production, reconciliation, through mine closure. In addtion, Andrew represented Barrick on the OSI Soft Client Advisory Board, collaborating with representatives from other OSI Soft customers from other industries, which he thoroughly enjoyed.
Andrew has recently taken up the position of Principal Innovator at Symbiotic Innovations, and coupled with his concurrent role as CORE Skills Facilitator, he is enthusiastic about further supporting the resource sector’s successful digital transformation
“I feel as though I’ve been in the innovation space for my whole career. Whether it be with mining industry professionals investigating or implementing new technology, with researchers researching and tackling challenges, or helping researchers implement proof of concepts and then testing them; working with people to solve problems has always been a passion of mine,” Scott says.
Having studied biotechnology and computer science at the University of Queensland, he was drawn to the mining industry as a means of funding his ongoing study. As a young field assistant, he quickly found himself fulfilling the role of “go-to” person for any new technology that needed to be investigated or implemented.
If ever he felt that a position within a company wasn’t giving him technology exposure, Andrew discovered that he would engineer himself into those roles. The latest example being when Michelle Ash became Chief Innovation Officer at Barrick, he made sure that he was on her team delivering on their digital strategy as Senior Director Innovation.
Andrew was In-coming Chairman, Chairman and outgoing Chairman fo the Global Mining Guidelines Group between 2012 and 2018 and thoroughly enjoyed working with motivated and passionate people to improve the industry through collaboration, guidelines, and innovation.
As Senior Director, Innovaton/Digital Mining at Barrick, Andrew had the scope of providing technology support for the entire mining process, which includes everything from exploration, feasibility, construction, production, reconciliation, through mine closure. In addtion, Andrew represented Barrick on the OSI Soft Client Advisory Board, collaborating with representatives from other OSI Soft customers from other industries, which he thoroughly enjoyed.
Andrew has recently taken up the position of Principal Innovator at Symbiotic Innovations, and coupled with his concurrent role as CORE Skills Facilitator, he is enthusiastic about further supporting the resource sector’s successful digital transformation
“I feel as though I’ve been in the innovation space for my whole career. Whether it be with mining industry professionals investigating or implementing new technology, with researchers researching and tackling challenges, or helping researchers implement proof of concepts and then testing them; working with people to solve problems has always been a passion of mine,” Scott says.