Our Team
Powering Progress Through Teamwork
Our team includes experienced AI and blockchain experts, as well as legal and
financial advisors with expertise in decentralized governance and financing models.
Venkatesh Padala
(Founder/CEO)
He is a serial entrepreneur and has successfully started and developed business in IT services, Manufacturing, automation and is currently a Managing director/CEO of a public listed company in Australia.
Having identified the challenges in the mining industry, conceptualized a block chain solution for bringing transparency to the industry and be able to get mineral resource investment opportunities directly to the doorstep of the investors with rightful benefits to investors and mine owners
Jason Ferris
Director - Finance
An experienced ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) company director with 20 years’ experience in corporate, property and investment finance sectors
Jai Krishnan
(CTO)
Jai has over 25 years of experience in the software industry with over 20 years of leadership experience. He has a proven track record of successful leadership around the development and release of quality enterprise software products.
He has extensive experience building extended teams through outsourcing/offshoring in the US, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Abhisekh S
Blockchain/AI
Technology leader with 25+ years of experience creating and operating innovative platforms including AI and Blockchain.
The Experts behind Minetech
Our Geological experts are experienced in exploration and assessment of various minerals
across the globe. We also have partnerships with leading drilling companies and industry associations.
Dr. Ramesh Babu
Dr. P.V. Ramesh Babu was awarded a doctorate on his research work on Rare Metal mineralization in pegmatites with a specialization in geology and mineralogy of pegmatites. He has 38 years’ experience in various capacities in planning and guiding Uranium, Rare Metal (Li, Be, Nb, Ta) and Rare Earth (REE, Y) mineral exploration in several geological domains in India.
GeoActiv
GeoActiv is a geological consulting and contracting business, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 1999 we offer a broad spectrum of geological services to the mineral industry in Southern Africa as well as internationally. The founders and share holders are professional geologists with many years of experience in various geological disciplines and they ensure confidential and reliable services of a high standard.
Dr. Suresh S.R
Dr. Suresh holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Economic Geology, with an experience spanning over 25 years. Through his career, he has worked in numerous countries across a wide variety of deposit styles, settings and commodities where he has gained a diverse range of experiences in most aspects of geological modelling, resource estimation and mine geology.
Kobus Badenhorst
JORC/SAMREC certified
Mr Kobus Badenhorst, a Competent Person who is a Member of SACNASP and the South African Geological Society (GSSA), with over 25 years of experience in metallic and energy mineral exploration and development, and as such has sufficient experience which is relevant to the style of mineralization and type of deposits under consideration as a Competent Person as defined in the 2012 Edition of the “Australasian Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”.