John Elkington was General Manager of Snowden from 2011-2017 -...

John Elkington was General Manager of Snowden from 2011-2017 - this is a Downer company

During this time Snowden appear to have refined a suite of mining software products which appear to be world class.
https://snowdengroup.com/news/history-snowden-technologies/

They also have an agreement with Microsoft :
https://snowdengroup.com/news/snowden-microsoft-form-strategic-partnership/
went on to put Reconcilor into BHPBIO, BMA, Anglo American at Sishen and a number of Rio Tinto sites (Lihir & Diavik)

Microsoft
Snowden has developed a strategic partnership with Microsoft to drive cloud-first solutions to the mining industry. With an agreed strategy to make cloud technologies relevant to mining, both parties are working closely to develop and market Snowden’s new cloud platform.

General Manager - Mining Investment Governance
Company Name Snowden
Dates Employed Mar 2011 – Sep 2017
Employment Duration 6 yrs 7 mos
Location Perth, Australia
John was previously the General Manager – Mining Corporate Services in the Snowden head office in Perth and now sub-contracts to Snowden. He relocated from the Snowden London office where he was responsible for expanding the technical offering of the office as General Manager – UK and EMEA. He has consulted on a wide range of mining projects and metal types in many of the world’s mineral provinces. His experience includes managing feasibility, due diligence, valuation and project implementation studies.