Brian is the Vice President of New Technology and Innovation for the Load and Haul Division of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. Brian has more than 28 years of experience working with battery electric vehicles. He holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Davis and worked as a researcher there for 9 years prior to co-founding Artisan Vehicles. Artisan was a pioneer in the battery electric mining equipment industry and has had battery equipment with their technology operating in underground hard rock mines since 2010. Artisan was acquired by Sandvik in February of 2018. Sandvik currently produces a pair of battery powered ore handling machines, the LH518iB, an 18 tonne LHD and the TH550B, a 50 tonne haul truck. Both larger and smaller machines are forthcoming.