Kenneth P. Pavlich began a consulting association with the Company in 2005 focusing primarily on the El Capitan deposit. He joined the Board of Directors in late 2006 and was subsequently elected to his position as President and C.E.O. in early 2007.
Before joining ECPN Mr. Pavlich operated as the Principal of Pavlich Associates providing consulting services to numerous precious metal base metal and industrial mineral companies. Prior to that he held senior management positions with industrial minerals producer Oglebay Norton Company (1997-2002) and precious metals producer Santa Fe Pacific Minerals (1989-1997) where he managed the development of three gold operations in Nevada (Lone Tree Mule Canyon and Trenton Canyon).
Earlier in his career Mr. Pavlich held positions with several entrepreneurial technology firms providing services to natural resource companies. He also served in engineering positions with two coal companies. Throughout his career Mr. Pavlich has worked with many of the premier precious metal base metal industrial mineral and energy resource companies in North America. His 30-year career has included stints in marketing and sales engineering operations and corporate development.
Mr. Pavlich earned a B.S. in Mining Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Idaho where he was elected to both the Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society and the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society. He holds an M.S. in Management and Administrative Science - Finance Concentration from the University of Texas at Dallas. |