Deep Industry-Specific Knowledge

Mark Vinchoff joined the Sepro team in early 1995 and brought with him over 5 years of experience in custom machinery design. After obtaining a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Lambton University, he worked as a Thermal Hydraulics Engineer at Atomic Energy of Canada Laboratories and as a Custom Machinery Designer at Accutech Engineering Inc. Mark’s career with Sepro began as a Product Development Engineer for the Semi Batch and Continuous Concentrator Models. In his position, he worked directly with customers to modify products as per their specification and went above and beyond in order to meet their equipment needs. He then moved on to become the Manager of R&D Engineering, using his expertise to co-develop the C-Valve and Icon product line, in which he holds a co-share patent. In 2008 Mark was asked to manage our new product line of Sepro Mills, Scrubbers and Agglomerators, acquired through the purchase of Sepro Mineral Processing International. His experience and knowledge has provided Sepro Mineral Systems Corp. with a solid foundation to be a leader in the international mining industry. In his current position as Sepro’s VP Engineering, Mark and his team strive to develop the world’s best Mineral Processing Equipment.

Dave Hornick joined Sepro in 2008 having spent the previous 20 years in the mining and construction aggregates industries with ABB, Lafarge Canada and Metso Minerals. Within these organizations, Dave held roles in technical service, operations management and sales management and has worked on many projects involving crushing, screening, milling, and scrubbing. Dave strives to assist our customer base with sound solutions to technical challenges in the field with the support of the very talented team at Sepro.

Sinisa Ciric brings over 25 years of experience in the fabrication, manufacturing, and equipment assembly industry to his position as Sepro’s VP Operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and has continued his professional development in the areas of program management and lean manufacturing through Lean Sensei International’s Blackbelt Program.

Previous to joining Sepro, Sinisa held high level positions at several multi-national companies where he honed his skills in the areas of supply chain design, RFQs, inventory, shortage management, on-time receivables, lead time reduction, supplier selection, negotiation, performance & development, as well as cost reduction activities. Specifically he has worked for Cascade Aerospace as Supply Chain Manager, MTU Maintenance Canada as Manager of Logistics and Stores, Boeing Seattle as Manufacturing Engineer Planner as well as De Havilland Toronto.

Sinisa is a strong believer that agile supply chain performance with a goal for the best cost and lead time in a volatile market will give Sepro the advantage and help us to better serve our customers.

Steve McAlister obtained an Honours degree in Civil Engineering in 1971 from Queen’s University and worked throughout Eastern Canada on heavy construction projects until moving to Abbotsford, BC in 1978. He is a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Exposure to placer mining while working on heavy construction projects in the Yukon led to a hobby of developing centrifugal concentration technology through the early 1980’s. In 1986, he founded Falcon Concentrators Inc. Under his guidance, Falcon developed and commercialized three centrifuge-based technologies that have expanded the range of application of gravity concentration to include ultra fine particles. Steve was also instrumental in recruiting an outstanding team of managers and engineers that have enabled Falcon to grow and prosper. Falcon became Sepro Mineral Systems Corp in 2008 after acquiring Sepro Mineral Processing International in the UK. Steve continues to serve on Sepro’s Board of Directors. Steve enjoys his grandchildren, golf and fishing as well as puttering with new inventions.

With a B.Eng,  metallurgical engineering – focusing on hydrometallurgy – and 16 years of mineral processing experience, Francois brings a lot to the table within different areas of the industry.

Francois started as a metallurgist with Anglo American, covering duties such as metal accounting, process optimization, debottlenecking and new technology implementation. He moved into a process engineer position, working with equipment selection and sizing, hot and cold commissioning as well as client site support.

He eventually became general manager of Canamix Processing Systems under direct tutelage of Warren Dale. Francois’ wealth of process stream knowledge gave him the ability to approach the impact equipment or processes can have on Canamix products, with a more holistic point of view; offering clients the best the industry has to offer.

Danny has over 12 years of metallurgical experience performing process evaluation studies, flowsheet development and extensive laboratory test work. Prior to joining Sepro Labs, he led the creation of a commercial metallurgical and analytical test facility where he was responsible for establishing all laboratory test procedures, implementing health and safety protocols and overseeing all aspects of the laboratory operation. Danny has overseen multiple projects involving ore sorting, gravity concentration, flotation, atmospheric, pressure, and bio-oxidation leaching, SART (sulfidization, acidification, recycling and thickening) cyanide recovery and many other mineral processes. Some projects of note include process development on pyrochlore, spodumene, and graphite ores, purification of ruby concentrates and leaching of arsenic from enargite concentrates. Danny holds a bachelor’s degree in mining and mineral processing from the University of British Columbia (UBC).

James Berry is the VP of Marketing and Part Sales, and has been with Sepro for over 15 years. He’s worked in our technical service division, sales, and project management. His experience with onsite commissioning, maintenance, and repair ensures that the parts team can work quickly with customers to get them the mixing, mining, or aggregate equipment parts they need to minimize downtime.

James worked alongside Project management for years ensuring on time delivery of capital projects. He is LEAN certified and has been managing parts for over a decade.