COMPANY PROFILE
"Real time data means more time at the face"
Summary
Maestro Digital Mine manufactures IIoT devices and last mile digital networks for underground mines, enhancing miners lives by the pursuit of safety, excellence and productivity.
Our cleantech, Industry 4.0 products and solutions deliver worker safety and productivity improvements while reducing energy and GHG footprint, aiding in corporate decarbonization efforts. Maestro provides significant capex and opex savings to mines project delivery, technology (IT/OT), ventilation, energy, and OHS professionals.
Our core purpose is to enhance lives by the pursuit of productivity and safety excellence.
Working in partnership with the mining companies to develop solutions to real-time challenges, our digital solutions are recognized in 39 countries and deployed globally in 150+ mines.
Main Leadership
MICHAEL J. GRIBBONS, President, CEO and Co-founder
Mechanical Engineer – University of Waterloo (1984) President of Synergy Controls Corporation (Incorporated in 1992) President of High Grade Controls Corporation (Incorporated in 2012)
Michael Gribbons was born and raised in the Sudbury region. He has 38 years of experience in mining and industrial process control. Synergy Controls, under Michael's leadership, has won dozens of sales awards along with two innovation awards since its inception in 1992. As CEO and co-founder, Maestro has received two innovation awards, an IoT commercialization award and recently, a Company of the Year award. Michael has been an active volunteer with the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce in advancing roles as board director, treasurer and sitting on the executive board. Michael also served two terms as a board director and treasurer of CAMESE, now called MSTA, a national mining supply and services trade association, two terms as Board Director and Vice President of MineConnect, as well as a two term Board Director and co-chair of MIRARCO Mining Innovation. DAVID BALLANTYNE, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Co-founder
Electrical Engineer – Queens University (1991) President of Emfinity Inc. (Incorporated in 1996) Treasurer and Secretary of High Grade Controls Corporation (Incorporated in 2012)
David Ballantyne has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing technology products specifically for the mining industry. During this interval, he has successfully led the development and deployment of several communication, sensing and control products within the global mining community for a variety of customers before jointly founding Maestro Digital Mine. David has significantly contributed to Maestro's two innovation awards, an IoT commercialization award and 2021 Company of the Year award. JAHANZEB SOHAIL, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Electrical Engineer – Western University (2016) Master of Engineering - MEng, Power Systems Engineering (2017)
Jahanzeb Sohail, originally from Pakistan, moved from Dubai, U.A.E. to London, Ontario, where he completed his studies in B.E.Sc Electrical Engineering and a Masters at Western University. Mr. Sohail has been responsible for managing projects, leading product development and certification testing. On his past role as product manager of the air quality products line, he managed product performance, new products and features, development life cycles, and large complex projects with multiple deliverables to customers across the world. In his role as COO, Mr. Sohail oversees engineering, operations, logistics, information technology and sourcing, as he leads the Maestro to improve efficiency and quality across the organization.
Main Products
Maestro Digital Mine manufactures IIoT ventilation devices and last mile digital networks for the underground mining sector. For a full list of products visit: www.maestrodigitalmine.com
Vigilante AQS™ - Air quality monitoring station. Accurately measures airflow and direction, wet and dry bulb temperature, gas, air particulates – reducing downtime, enabling miners a sooner and safer return to the face.
Zephyr AQS™ - Compact, low-cost. Accurately monitors real-time conditions and reports back to surface via Ethernet or analog connection to your network.
MaestroFlex™ Regulators - Automatically adjust airflow from surface, if needed, enabling manual or VoD software control. ModuDrive™ IIoT actuators provide real-time diagnostics to surface through MaestroLink™ Server.
MaestroLink™ Server - Software platform that monitors equipment underground, real-time measurements, trending. Enables troubleshooting from surface.
SuperBrite™ Marquee Display - The SuperBrite™ Marquee Display uses state-of-the-art tri-colour LEDs arranged in a total of eight fully addressable lines. The Display easily integrates into any control system and provides fail-safe, real-time data by ensuring only current information is presented.
Plexus PowerNet™ - Gigabit communication network providing data and power over coaxial cable. Delivers high speed and low latency providing PoE+ to IP devices. Can be deployed by any tradesperson.
