Kalev Ruberg: The architect

With experience spanning academia, the private sector, government and even a start-up, Kalev Ruberg came to the mining sector rather late in his career. When he arrived 12 years ago, he found a "very fractured landscape" from a technology systems point of view. "Independent development may result in a one-off success, but being entrepreneurial and working in silos is the biggest challenge we all have," said Ruberg. "We need to govern the way innovation proceeds into production. The innovation success we've had at Teck has come from a very disciplined platform approach because it has staying power."