Daniel Martinez

Energy & Resources | Major Projects

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

About

A high-performance leader with excellent results in investment evaluation, option selection and delivery of major investments up to $15B USD within the Australian and international resources and energy industry on a multicommodity basis for Fortune 500 and blue-chip companies. More than two decades with assignments from Australia to Latin America, having held international -Asia Pacific Region- responsibilities managing teams in cross cultural environments and ability to engage top stakeholders as well as investors. Have prospected for Gold in Chile and Peru through my own company engaging private equity, law firms, managing engineering and other service providers in the region as well as regulators. I have developed quantitative trading systems modelled via .afl code and executed in retail trading platforms as a hobby. With high results in employee evaluation and active engagement in the community through charities, I am at the intersection of assuming senior leadership responsibility with global reaching business.

Experience

  • Stantec (4 yrs 7 mos)
    • Snr Project Manager
      Jun 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Project Manager
      Jan 2022 - Jun 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Founding Director at Lightning Resources
    Apr 2013 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

    Development and Operation of an investment business model based on quantitative trading systems. Multiple investment strategies with negative correlation to increase smoothness of growth with minimal drawdown and capital efficiency. Interests as a resources development company with focus on the identification, acquisition and development of deposits in South America. Founded in 2013 and with prospects in Chile and Peru, Lightning aims to raise funds for the development of prospects. The company has identified a number of deposits in the region as is currently assessing the business potential of these deposits.

  • Program Delivery Lead at Engenium, now Stantec
    Sep 2021 - Mar 2022 · 7 mos

    Study Manager - Rio Tinto Water Projects OZ Minerals - Project Execution consulting services for Carrapateena Expansion Seconded to Glencore Minara, design and implementation of staged gated project development methodology for the program of projects supporting Minara Resources. The value adding investment systems ranks investment in projects by alignment with growth strategy at acceptable risk.

  • Project Controls Manager at Covalent Lithium Pty Ltd
    Nov 2018 - Feb 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Project Controls Manager at Albemarle Corporation
    Nov 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr

    US$1.2B Green Field Lithium Project