Dr. Ian Devereux Managing Director &
owner of Rocklabs

MSc (Hons) in Chemistry.PhD in Geochemistry. Fellow of the N.Z Institute of Chemistry and Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Professional highlights include 1973 ANZAC Fellow (award by Australian Government) and 1996 Mineral Industry Operating Technique Award from the AusIMM.

Beulah Johnson
Sales Manager

Twenty plus years experience in sales and marketing within the mining industry and associated research and academic institutions. Widely traveled throughout the world to liaise with ROCKLABS Agents and visit customers.

Ross Garrick
Production Manager

Thirty plus years engineering experience including maintenance of mining equipment in Australia. Manufacture and maintenance of industrial machines in New Zealand. New projects engineering in USA., eight years as Factory Manager of ROCKLABS. Ross is responsible for all equipment production and quality control.

Roger Gregg
Sales Manager - Reference Materials

BSc Chemistry and Geology. MSc (Hons) Geology. Director of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Active for over 30 years in the minerals, coal and petroleum industries. A broad work experience base includes fieldwork and management of geological/geochemical exploration in New Zealand, Canada and Australia and work in alluvial gold mining, petroleum exploration, quarries and underground and opencast coal mines.

Malcolm Smith
Productions Manager
Reference Materials

BSc in Chemistry , FNZIC. Thirty plus years experience in managing commercial laboratory including fire assay, mineral analysis and many
other analytical techniques. Technical Assessor for TELARC. Quality Control Manager. Malcolm is responsible for production, quality control and development of new products in reference materials.

Peter Howie
Automation Engineer

BSc (Hons), Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Past Auckland Branch President Institute of Measurement and Control, Associate Member Institute of Electrical Engineers (UK). Extensive experience in PLC ’s, Design team member for Microprocessor PID Controller, Systems Manager for Central and DCS Systems. Training and installation of systems throughout Europe and North America.

Mike Menhinick
Machine Designer

N.Z.C.E.(Mech), Thirty plus years engineering experience including an extensive period as a Design Draughtsman in HMNZ Naval Dockyard. Application Engineer with ABB Robotics. Design Manager with Fisher & Paykel Production Machinery. Machine designs created using Solidworks, 3D CAD software and Photoshop photo-rendering software.

Oleg Pavlenko
Company Geologist

M.Sc in Geology. Twenty plus years experience in mineral exploration, including field work and management. Has also worked in oil and gas
exploration.

Franky Kwok
Technical Support Engineer

B.E in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Auckland. Customer Support Engineer, for all customers equipment, especially Mechanised and Automated Systems; also carries out test work on customer's samples.