JOHN D. RATHBUN

President & CEO

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Leader
• Part of the Austin Family since 1986
• Over 35 years of explosive industry experience in progressive roles at Austin Powder, from technical service to executive leadership
• Chairman of SAFEX International, Advisory Board Member SD School of Mines

ANDREA G. SINGER

Global Human Resources Director

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2023
• Over 28 years of Human Resources experience with proven expertise in implementing successful global human resources practices and processes geared towards win / win outcomes and bottom-line results

JASON F. RAWLINGS

President, Austin Powder Company

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2019
• Over 20 years of Mining and Heavy Industrial experience with increasing responsibilities in sales, marketing, and senior management
• Previously Executive Director of Sales for Cummins Inc., a $20B corporation

BRIAN WALLACE

President, Asia Pacific & Africa

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2013
• Over 30 years of explosives industry experience, including technology, sales, operations, product management, and general management, and senior leadership at AECI, Orica, and Dyno Nobel
• First assignment in the USA was in 1990 to lead integration for the ICI acquisition of Atlas Powder Company

CLEMENS HUETTNER

Managing Director, Austin Europe Gmbh

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2014
• Over 20 years of building material and finance industry experience
• Previous roles include Managing Director, Dexia Carbon Fund (Luxembourg based Private Equity Fund); Head of Commodity Trading, HCFuels Ltd (London-based commodity trading firm); and Senior Process Engineer Heidelberg Cement Group

JIM BOLDT

Chief Financial Officer

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 1994
• Over 25 years of explosives industry experience in financial & business development roles

OTTA GREBEN

Global Director – Detonator Products

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 1999
• Over 25 years of explosives industry experience, including sales, marketing, technical support, and executive leadership
• Current Federation of Explosives Manufacturers board member

MARIO JULIO ALCEDO

Global Director – Field Operations

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 1997
• Over 25 years in the blasting industry
• Previous roles include Operations Manager in the quarry and transportation industry

DR. MARTIN HELD

Global Director – Emulsion Products

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2007
• Nearly 30 years of explosives industry experience, including plant management, SHES and technical oversight
• Board Member, SAFEX International

DETLEF RALF WEBER

Global Director – Engineering

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2018
• Over 40 years of petrochemical and explosives industry experience with Shell (24 years) and Orica (12 years)
• Specialization in chemistry, plant process engineering, manufacturing, operations, engineering management, and maintenance

ANTONIO MENDEZ

Global Director – Safety Health Environment & Security

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Part of the Austin Family since 2018
• Over 44 years of explosives industry experience, including roles in SHES, Maintenance, Engineering, Technical, Marketing, Manufacturing, and Field Operations at ICI, Atlas Powder, Orica and Austin Powder companies.
• Experienced with explosives plant optimization, field technology conversion, and global technology transfers

ROBERT GARE

Global Ammonium Nitrate Strategist

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team Member
• Working with the Austin Family since 2014 as a contractor and joined the Family in August 2020
• Almost 20 years of explosives industry experience with Orica, Hanwha, including AN sourcing and production
• Specialization in global ammonium nitrate contracting and supply

DAVID FERNANDEZ

Global Director Strategy, Sustainability, and Innovation

• Austin Powder Global Leadership Team member
• Part of the Austin Family since January 2021
• 24-year experience in the explosives industry in technical, operational, marketing, sales, and strategy leadership roles across more than 20 countries (Africa, Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific, LATAM and US & Canada)