Case Studies | Cervus Advisory

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Operational Digitization: Mining

Digitizing a pen-and-paper fuel and lubricants operation across Canada's oil sands. installing IoT, AI-enabled cameras, and live data pipelines to deliver $150M+ in sustained annual savings within a ~$1.2B operating budget.

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Feb 2026

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Technology Commercialization: Oil Sands

Bridging the gap between R&D and commercial deployment for solvent-assisted SAGD, systematically isolating subsurface risk and charting a viable path to field-scale economics.

Power Asset Development: Alberta

Gas-fired cogeneration development from concept through sanction, requiring investment-grade business cases and asset structuring for Alberta's volatile merchant power market.

Large-Scale Operations Leadership

Leading a 300+ person organization with $1.5B P&L accountability across one of Canada’s largest oil sands mining complexes, bridging corporate strategy with field execution.

Business Improvement Program

Rapid cost reduction initiative delivering $50M+ in annualized savings through systematic opportunity identification, agile initiative management, and automated stewardship.

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Capital Portfolio Optimization

Restructuring a multi-billion dollar capital portfolio, eliminating low-value projects, redirecting resources to high-return opportunities, and establishing disciplined governance.

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