PARTNERS & TEAM
PARTNERS & TEAM
Deep industry knowledge
Working relationships with mining companies
Track record of design and build of electric equipment
Capable of rapid expansion of design and manufacturing team
PARTNERS
With 40 years of experience building mining equipment and 10 years of building Light Electric Underground Trucks
Prime contractor to Pivot, building the next generation of electric heavy trucks & loaders
DIRECTORS
Michael Collins
Co-Founder, President, CEO and Director
Successful entrepreneur with a vision of what mining and construction should be in the future. Experience in both exploration for and development of mining projects. Focusing now on carbon neutral mining and construction business and non-toxic milling processes.
Kipp Sakundiak
Director
An early inovatorin the Light Electric Equipment space, Kipp is General Manager at Prairie Machine/Rokionexpanding business lines year on year. A depth of history of working in the mining & metals industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Procurement, Engineering, Strategic Planning, and Business Development. Strong sales professional with a B.Eng. focused in Agricultural Engineering from University of Saskatchewan.
Monty Sutton
CFO and Director
As a Senior Management Accountant for MacMillan Bloedel, Mr. Sutton gained a depth of experience in cost analysis as well as designing and implementing accounting systems . Mr Sutton then spent 15 years as an investment advisor, trader, and insurance specialist with PI Financial Corp. in Vancouver and has participated in raising over $100 million for junior
mining companies. Mr Sutton is also CFO for Exploits Discover Corp. a publicly listed company.
Prairie Machine/Rokion
Co-founding shareholder and prime contractor
Prairie Machine is a global leader in the manufacturing and supply of heavy-duty equipment and technical solutions for the heavy industrial and mining industries. Under the Rokionbrand, Prairie Machine supplies industrial-strength, zero emission battery powered crew and utility trucks for use in surface and underground mining operations. Prairie Machine mechanical and electrical divisions provide complete service, training, and support for mine sites worldwide.
Operations
Michael Collins
Co-Founder, President, CEO and Director
Successful entrepreneur with a vision of what mining and construction should be in the future. Experience in both exploration for and development of mining projects. Focusing now on carbon neutral mining and construction business and non-toxic milling processes.
Monty Sutton
CFO and Director
As a Senior Management Accountant for MacMillan Bloedel, Mr. Sutton gained a depth of experience in cost analysis as well as designing and implementing accounting systems . Mr Sutton then spent 15 years as an investment advisor, trader, and insurance specialist with PI Financial Corp. in Vancouver and has participated in raising over $100 million for junior
mining companies. Mr Sutton is also CFO for Exploits Discover Corp. a publicly listed company.
William Hughes
Chief Engineer
Leading projects in the mining and energy industry with experience on the owner’s, engineer’s and constructor’s team. Key member of the Rokion Team. Leading builds of up to $400 million.Independent, calm, and skilled leader able to manage high performance teams.
Christopher Huggins
VP Marketing
With a decade of successful heavy equipment sales to some of the largest and most challenging mining and construction projects in Western Canada, Chris brings a deep understanding of the capital and productivity requirements of large and medium sized operations, and saw early on the opportunity battery equipment can bring. This knowledge base intersects with his earlier experience in geology and technology, to dynamically frame issue around financing and marketing equipment and batteries through operational availability models and power as a service.
Jessica Van Den Akker
CPA, VP FINANCE
Jessica Van Den Akker is a Chartered Professional Accountant, CA, with over 17 years experience in the junior resource space as an auditor, director and VP Finance. Ms. Van den Akker has been involved in raising 100s of millions of dollars for venture projects as well crafting discrete financial instruments.
Alvin Pyke
VP Engineering
With an engineering background and a graduate of the institute of Corporate Directors DEP program., Mr. Pyke is has built and developed companies specializing in process automation, predictive machinery analysis and other process data analytics, Rally Engineering Ltd, a full service engineering firm, and Helical Pier Systems Ltd, a Civil EPCM
Advisors
Dr Chris Burns
Advisor
Co-founded NOVONIX Battery Technology Solutions, a Nasdaq listed leading battery testing and Synthetic Graphite producer. Dr. Burns holds multiple patents related to Li-ion batteries and is a co-author on peer reviewed journal articles that have been cited over 4,000 times.
Reg (Rejean) Labelle
Advisor
Former Director Technology and Innovation at Kirkland Lake Gold, pioneering electric equipment at the MacassaUnderground mine and former NationalSales & Business Development Manage with Epiroc Canada, a division of Atlas Copco Inc. Reg understands the underground mobile equipment business and has been at the forefront of the electrification of mining.