Mr. Osborn graduated with Honours from the University of Natal and received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Geology. He has a Master of Business Administration from the Gordon Institute of Business Science at the University of Pretoria.
With over 25 years of experience in the mining technology industry, Mr. Osborn has worked with many companies across multiple commodities to understand and deploy their digital technology requirements. Mr. Osborn began his career at Digital Mining Services as a mining consultant before joining Dassault Systèmes in 2006 to work with mining companies across Africa, India and, more recently, the Middle East. Mr. Osborn’s deep domain knowledge has allowed him to help mining companies understand and adopt new technologies from other industries to start them on their digital transformation journey.
Mr. Osborn is the Managing Director for Dassault Systèmes South Africa, responsible for deploying the company’s technology across the Middle East and Africa.