Meet Our Team
Airth is a team of 30+ members with extensive expertise in different disciplines. Our head quarter is in Tucson, Arizona with team members in the USA, Canada, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium and Turkey.
Leadership Team

Erman Koc
Founder, CEO & CIO
15 years of experience in Mine Optimization and Mining Technologies with a M.Sc in ETM and Mining Engineering. Before founding and becoming the CEO of Airth, Erman was a Global Manager at Hexagon Mining.

Erika Fretheim
Chief Strategy Officer
Extensive experience in Mining Technologies with a M.Sc. in Mining Engineering; Erika was the Mine Technology Manager at Freeport-McMoRan Technology Center before joining to Airth.

Chris Sharpe
Strategical and Financial Modeling Advisor
Mining Engineer with experience in mine planning and financial modelling. Currently VP Project Development at Minera Alamos. Had been in roles such as Director Technical Services at Centerra Gold and VP Engineering at Aurvista Gold.

Alp Bora
Operational Excellence Advisor
Alp is the Principal Advisor at Bora Consulting, boutique consulting firm specialized in operational excellence in mining & metals. His areas of expertise include operational excellence and asset management. Alp led the implementation of several technology and digital solutions in mining, such as digital worker, connected vehicle & ERP.

Abraham Jalbout
Co-Founder and Strategical Advisor
+15 years of combined experience in the finance and mining industry. Mining technology portfolio development, management and commercialization. Focused on new approaches to decarbonization in the mining industry using tailings to achieve Net-Zero.

Erik Anderson
Customer Success Manager
Mining solutions and technology engineer with 10 years experience in product development, product management, and customer services.
University adjunct instructor of open pit and underground mine design and planning.

Mustafa Kaplan
Geology Advisor
Geologist with experience on oxide&sulfidic gold ore, grade control optimization, geological modelling, data integration from resource to mill and reconciliation. Pursuing PhD on geological uncertainty characterization and quantification in resource models.

Andy Obregon
Data Engineering Expert
Technology integrator with over 25 years in the mining industry with a passion for delivering BI that enables users to make sense of their data. Demonstrated experience in data mining, integration, and reporting particularly in the context of Mine Planning, Fleet Management Systems, machine health, and condition monitoring.

Raphael Gaudreault
Co-Founder and Mine Planning Advisor
+15 Years of Mine Planning Experience with companies like IAMGOLD, ArcelorMittal. Currently a COO at Arianne Phosphate.

Larry Clark
Lead Technical and Business Advisor
Former VP of Datamine, Senior Director of Technology at Newmont, COO of Newtrax and Research Associate at CSM.

John Dagdelen
Machine Learning Expert
PhD student at UC Berkeley working at the intersection of AI, materials science, and high performance computing.