Keynote speaker
Keynote speaker
Rajkumar Mathiravedu
COO, Orica Digital Solutions
MBA Strategic Management, MS Mechanical Engineering, Bachelors Mechanical Engineering
Raj is Orica’s Senior Vice President, Digital Solutions leading the company’s global digital product development and execution team. The role is core to the delivery of Orica’s digital strategy, providing a suite of software and measurement technology solutions to customers to facilitate the continuous improvement of blast outcomes.
Raj moved into the Senior Vice President Role in January 2024 after being in the Vice President, Digital Solutions role since October 2018. Prior to this, he was Senior Manager of Technology based in Singapore.
His experience includes leadership roles across several functions including research and development, manufacturing, marketing, operations and sales. Prior to joining Orica in May 2017, Raj spent three years as Strategic Marketing & Technology Head, Schlumberger Houston (2014-2016), responsible for setting the growth strategy for one of the production segments globally.
Raj also served as Business Manager, Australasia (2012-2014) and Sales & Marketing Manager, North Sea (2010-2012) for Schlumberger Oilfield services. Prior to this, Raj held management positions dating back to 2001 when he began his career with Schlumberger.
He holds a Masters in Business Administration in Strategic Management from Indiana University, Purdue, USA, a Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University of Tulsa, USA and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras, India.
Raj's keynote title and synopsis
Transforming the resources industry: Accelerating the journey of DI2
The current state of our industry today is operating in discrete silos and fragmented ways of doing business. There is an urgent need to transition from discrete silos to integrated systems thinking in order to accelerate innovation across the resources sector. To achieve integrated systems thinking we need to move away from doing everything in-house and collectively develop an ecosystem innovation framework by challenging our organisational mindsets and accepting innovation at every level. This includes accepting innovation at partner level, innovation at an entrepreneurial level, and innovation at different ecosystem value chain.