Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Jorge Valencia has a diverse work experience in the field of blasting solutions and engineering. Jorge is currently the Director of Blasting Solutions at Itasca Consulting Group, Inc. starting from October 2022. Prior to this, they worked as a Senior Drill and Blast Engineer at Nevada Gold Mines from January 2020 to October 2022.
Jorge also has experience in research and teaching as a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno from January 2018 to January 2020.
Before that, Jorge co-founded VPO Ingeniería SpA in August 2016, where they served as a Socio Fundador until January 2020, contributing to the company's engineering projects.
Jorge has also worked as a Jefe de Proyectos for GeoBlast from March 2015 to January 2020, and as an Ingeniero Planificación Operativa for Minera Antucoya from January 2014 to February 2015.
Additionally, Jorge worked as an Asesor de Tronadura at Coviaci from January 2013 to January 2014, where they provided technical advice in blasting activities.
Jorge began their career as a Consultor Técnico at Orica in May 2008 and worked there until January 2013, helping clients with technical consulting services.
Jorge Valencia's education history includes a Ph.D. in Mineral Resources Engineering with a focus on Artificial Intelligence in Mining from the University of Nevada, Reno, which they pursued from 2018 to 2022. Prior to that, they completed their undergraduate degree in Ingeniero Civil en Minas (Mining Engineering) at the Universidad de Santiago de Chile, though the specific dates of their enrollment and completion are not provided. Additionally, they obtained a Ph.D. in Geo-Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno from 2018 to 2020.
In terms of certifications, Jorge has acquired several through LinkedIn. These include "Building and Deploying Deep Learning Applications with TensorFlow" in June 2022, "Develop Your Writing Skills" in June 2022, "Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing" in May 2022, "Tips for Better Business Writing" in May 2022, "Tips for Writing Business Emails" in May 2022, "Writing in Plain Language" in May 2022, "Writing to Be Heard on LinkedIn" in May 2022, "Writing with Flair: How to Become an Exceptional Writer" in April 2022, "Writing with Impact" in March 2022, "Deep Learning: Image Recognition" in January 2022, "Building Deep Learning Applications with Keras 2.0" in December 2021, "Deep Learning: Face Recognition" in December 2021, and "Neural Networks and Convolutional Neural Networks Essential Training" in December 2021.
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Itasca Consulting Group, Inc.
Itasca is a global, employee-owned, engineering consulting and software firm, working primarily with the geomechanics, hydrogeological and microseismics communities. We solve problems in many industries including mining, civil engineering, oil & gas, manufacturing and power generation. Over a history spanning 30 years, Itasca has developed a staff of leading engineers and scientists in fields that include civil engineering, rock mechanics, mining engineering, geophysics, hydrogeology and software engineering. Itasca combines its background of practical rock and soil engineering and field experience with unparalleled knowledge of computer modeling and data analysis techniques. We provide the world’s most widely used set of commercial geomechanical-modeling software, along with software for hydrogeological analysis, microseismic processing and geotechnical data visualization. Our software is sold and supported around the globe through our network of offices and affiliated sales agencies. A significant portion of our consulting services involve the application of these products to the analysis of rock and soil performance, and the engineered structures that are dependent on that behavior. Our spectrum of clients includes mining companies, petroleum service and operating companies, civil design and construction firms, government, universities and other engineering consulting firms.