Javier Cordova

President

Javier Cordova is a renowned expert in the mining industry with over 27 years of experience. He is recognized as one of the "20 most influential people in the mining industry" as awarded in 2017 by the prestigious London-based Mining Journal. Mr. Cordova’s written works have appeared as a series in a major South American mining trade publication featuring discussions on the evolving mining policies in Latin America, emerging industry trends, and the impact of sustainable practices on the region’s economy. He’s been featured in other leading mining publications and industry journals worldwide, writing and speaking about mining policies in Latin America, the US/Canada, Europe and Africa.

Currently, as President of Cordex Mining & Education LLC, he oversees a three-pronged approach to advance "new mining methods" globally.

• From a government leadership perspective, he filled multiple critical leadership roles in Ecuador firmly establishing his views on the responsibilities of companies when entering a country’s space to do business. He was the Vice Minister of Mining, Vice Minister of the Interior, Deputy Minister of Justice, Deputy Secretary of Mining, and Advisor for the Minister of Foreign Trade. By 2015, he was appointed as Ecuador’s first Minister of Mining.

• From the corporate leadership side, Mr. Cordova filled the CEO role as a pivotal leader taking one Canadian boutique/independent mining company listed on the Exchange (TSXV) leading a 230% jump in their valuation within 2 years. Meanwhile, the company remained dedicated to bringing mining reform to regions of investment (eliminating slag runoff, joining education opportunities, utilizing local artisan miners).

• From an educational perspective, Mr. Cordova has spearheaded joint university programs for mining engineers in the US and Ecuador. Further, at colleges and when participating in panels as a leading international mining expert, he shares impactful insights on industry innovation, transformative trends, and policy developments shaping the future of mining.



“Mr. Cordova’s business, political and strategic abilities in mining are extraordinary.”

Robert Jonas

Robert Jonas is the Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of ARS Partners (www.AssociationRevenueSolutions.org), a leading events and exhibitions planning and management firm based in the DC metropolitan area. His company is hired by some of the most prestigious educational and trade associations to develop exhibitor logistics, integrated revenue solutions in contracts for tradeshow and advertising space.

Clients, like Cordex, benefit from his mastery of meetings and exhibitions ranging from quarterly 25-person sponsored meetings to full-scale logistical sales and setup of Exhibitions and Trade Shows attended by 25,000+ people. His insights span 35 years foresees issues on full spectrum of forum planning and operational logistics throughout “the show” or meeting -- exhibitor registrations, rebooking, and sponsorship fulfillment. Mr. Jonas’s team at ARS supervises the entire set up, running of the events, and breakdown of a meeting or show – handling all vendors onsite with expertise: decorators, caterers, internet providers, security firms; appropriately distributing areas of responsibility to unions, AV experts and other on-site delivery agents.

From an events’ messaging perspective, ARS’s goal for Cordex is always to invite attendees who feel that their message relates to principal agenda, and to provide space (in the main hall or through meetings or dinners/lunches/breakfasts) for entities to distribute their message. Besides Cordex, clients include, and have included, the National Science Teachers Association, Girl Scouts of America, and the American Association of Museums in Alexandria, Virginia, the National Youth Leadership Foundation, Messe Stuttgart, the Solid Waste Association of North America, the American Vacuum Association, Halls Erickson and the American Healthcare Philanthropy Association.