MineCore's Board of Directors
Jerry G. Mikolajczyk
Mr. Mikolajczyk has been on the Board of Directors of MineCore since July 2004 and is the Chairman of the Board. Jerry has over 15 years of experience of being on the Board of Directors of several public and private companies. Mr. Mikolajczyk is the founder and principle of Platinum Works, Inc. (PWI) which he founded in 2000. MineCore acquired PWI in June 2004 resulting in a Reverse Take Over. Mr. Mikolajczyk maintains controlling position of the shares of MineCore.
Mr. Mikolajczyk has more than 27 years experience in Executive and Senior Management positions with large international mining, exploration, construction and oil & gas companies. Mr. Mikolajczyk has been involved in mining projects such as Syncrude tar sand mining, one of the largest oilsands mining operations in the world, Key Lake Uranium mine, Hope Brook gold mine, and International Nickel Company of Canada (INCO).
Mr. Mikolajczyk's business career spans over 35 years with his expertise in operations. Mr. Mikolajczyk is an internal control specialist and has performed hundreds of audits including operations audits, SOX compliance audits, internal control reviews, and internal control assessments. He has presented seminars, lectures and papers on internal control.
Mr. Mikolajczyk has worked for Fortune 500 companies such as BP Resources (British Petroleum), SCI Group of Companies, Syncrude, Bechtel, Guy F. Atkinson and INCO. Most recently, Mr. Mikolajczyk was seconded from MineCore/PWC to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in California. Here, Mr. Mikolajczyk served as the turnaround, interim CFO at the $3.3 billion asset (cash portfolio in excess of $1 billion) California-based transportation authority.
Mr. Mikolajczyk is a professional accountant and forensic auditor by trade, holding CIA and CGA certifications in addition to a diploma in Business Administration. Mr. Mikolajczyk is also widely recognized for his creativity and ability to think outside the box.
Breene Kerr
Breene Kerr is President and Founder of Mavric Media, a closely held ASP (Application Service Provider) that provides web hosted applications for digital content creators. Previously, he co-founded two successful digital media startups, serving as CFO of Lightspeed Interactive and CEO of Asset Factory. He also worked in various technical roles while an engineer at Ampex, consultant to Matsushita, Honeywell and a host of international corporations. As managing director of BK Productions, his clients have included Google, Yahoo!, Intel, CalPERS, SunPower and Hewlett Packard.
Mr. Kerr has a rich background in the public sector, serving his second term as councilman of the City of Los Altos Hills, CA. Mr. Kerr served as Mayor of the City of Los Altos Hills for one term. He also served in various capacities at the VTA (Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority), a $3.3 Billion asset transit authority for the County of Santa Clara, California from 2004-2008, including chairing the VTA Administration and Finance Committee during his last year as a board member of the VTA. He served as a Board member of the Dumbarton Rail Policy Committee and continues on various other government boards and committees. Mr. Kerr is also a co-founder of the Bullis Charter School of Los Altos, CA, the highest performing K-6 Charter school in California.
Mr. Kerr has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University.
As a member of the well known Kerr family of Oklahoma, Kerr has strong ties to the oil and gas industry, including the Kerr-McGee Corporation, now part of Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and spin off Tronox Corporation (NYSE: TRX).
Richard L. Boehner
Richard "Dick" Boehner is President of Research Services at Symyx Technologies (Nasdaq: SMMX) based in Santa, Clara, California, where he directs the efforts of the chemical and pharmaceutical services businesses as well as incubating spinout venture groups
Mr. Boehner has had a long and distinguished international career in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and electronic industries. His accomplishments include helping plan and implement over 20 acquisitions and divestitures with a total value in the billions of dollars for a varied group of companies including MacDermid (NYSE: MRD), Rhone-Poulenc (NYSE: SNY), Allied-Signal (NYSE: HON), and Great Lakes Chemical (NYSE: CEM). In addition, Mr. Boehner has held executive Managing Director positions in the software, silicone, and polyester films industries. Mr. Boehner has a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Colorado State University.
Tomaz Klingberg
Mr. Klingberg is a Caracas based businessman, with extensive management experience in the insurance field. He has been an economist at the University Central de Venezuela for more than seven years, and serves as director for various privately held businesses. His 30 plus years of diverse and successful business experience in Venezuela include international markets. He has actively participated in managing MineCore's Venezuelan subsidiaries and has been a director of the company since 1993. Mr. Klingberg was vice president from February 1993 to May 1998, and was the Secretary of the Company from November 1999 to 2008.