Ralph Knode
Ralph Knode joined Strata Energy in April 2012 as the Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Knode holds a Bachelor of Arts in Geology from Amherst College, in addition to twenty years of experience in uranium production. Prior to his time with Strata, Mr. Knode served as Senior Vice President for Projects for Uranium One. Over the past decade, Mr. Knode has held several high-ranking positions with major uranium developers and now brings this extensive experience to the Strata team.
W. David Hofeling
Mr Hofeling has over 30 years’ experience in operational
management and finance specific to the mining industry. Mr
Hofeling’s most recent assignment at Rio Tinto lead the finance
team at a $5 billion smelter project. Prior to this, Mr Hofeling was
responsible for financial oversight including global finance,
governance, compliance, tax optimisation and risk management
at other numerous domestic and international copper, gold and
nickel projects.
Ken Milmine
Ken Milmine has almost 30 years of regulatory, environmental, health and safety experience in the mining industry including gold, molybdenum, coal, and uranium extraction in Idaho and Wyoming. Mr. Milmine has managed uranium specific health, safety, and environmental regulatory programs through his previous experience with Cameco, Energy Metals, and Uranium One. He joined Strata in August of 2021.
Mr. Brian Pile
26 years of professional experience, worked directly on ISR projects
in US states Nebraska and Wyoming, and in Kazakhstan (JV Inkai)
As a consultant prior to joining Strata/Peninsula, worked on mining,
water treatment, and environmental projects throughout the
western US. Have worked directly on constructing and/or
commissioning five major ISR projects
Jeramy Spicer
Over 30 years of production and management
experience in multiple chemical industries including
sodium percarbonate, lactic acid, and soda
ash. Production planning and optimization along with
budget development and tracking.
Jessie Self
Jesse Self has over 13 years of uranium-specific geology experience in
Wyoming, having worked as a geologist for both Ur-Energy Inc. and
Strata. His ISR-specific experience includes geology management
services from development and delineation drilling to wellfield design
and construction, drilling supervisor, wellfield operations, geophysical
logging, and reclamation.