John M. Rucci, President
Mr. Rucci graduated from the University of Calgary in 1977 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. During the past 33 years, Mr. Rucci has been involved with numerous public and private companies. He has been involved in many startup companies, providing deals and consulting services to these ventures. From 1996 to 1997 he was director of Fort Point Resources Ltd, a public oil and gas company trading on the Vancouver Stock Exchange. From 1996 to 2001, he was chairman of the board for United Tex-Sol Mines Inc, a publicly traded gold exploration company. From 2001 to present, he has been the president of the Corporation.
Gordon Forbes CA, CFO
Mr. Forbes obtained his CA in 1968 and spent 30 years with a major accounting firm from which he retired as a tax partner. Since retiring from public practice, Mr. Forbes has consulted to various public companies. He joined Sienna Gold Inc in 2004 in a consulting capacity. Mr. Forbes was appointed Chief Financial Officer in May 2009.
Owen D.W. Miller, Manager of Exploration
Owen D. W. Miller is a graduate of Aberdeen University in Scotland with an Honours Degree in Geology and Mineralogy (1st Class). He then did a porphyry-related Ph.D at the same university. He has over 18 years experience in the mineral exploration industry and has worked on a wide range of economically important deposit types. He has travelled extensively and lived for the past 18 years in Latin America, is bilingual in Spanish and also speaks some Portuguese.
Dr Miller first worked in Latin America for Newcrest in Argentinean Patagonia. He then worked as a contracting/consulting geologist for various companies in Chile and Argentina. He moved to Peru in 1998 as a senior geologist with Barrick before returning to consulting in 2001, specializing in database management and GIS systems and their practical applications in mineral exploration. He began working for Sienna in 2010 as a consultant and became exploration manager in 2011.
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