About Us

About DataRiders

Data Riders Educação e Consultoria Ltda. is a consulting firm specializing in the mining industry. We combine deep technical expertise with innovative technology to help mining companies achieve operational excellence and sustainability compliance.

Our team of international consultants works across four continents, bringing together decades of experience in geotechnical engineering, tailings management, governance, and artificial intelligence.

Rua Modesto Carvalho de Araújo 144, Belvedere – Belo Horizonte/Brasil, 30320-410

Mission

To empower the mining industry to adopt the most advanced sustainability practices, combining technical consulting, auditing and artificial intelligence to promote safety, environmental responsibility and operational efficiency on a global scale.

Vision

To be a global reference in innovation applied to sustainable mining, recognized for our ability to transform complex challenges into smart and accessible solutions that create value for companies, communities and the environment.

Values

Integrity and Transparency: we act with ethics and open communication in all projects.
Technical Excellence: our team seeks the most robust solutions based on science and data.
Innovation with Purpose: we apply technology intelligently, focused on generating real value.
Collaboration: we work side-by-side with customers, communities, and partners.

Global Experience

Our international consultants bring together years of accumulated expertise in areas such as Mining, Tailings Dams, Geotechnics, Hydrology, Governance, Technology and Artificial Intelligence.

Geotechnical engineering and tailings management
Governance structures and management systems
Change management and stakeholder engagement
Artificial intelligence and emerging technological innovations

We actively contribute to global mining standards, with renowned publications in geotechnics, hydrogeology, governance, technology and other initiatives.

Main Consultants

The senior consultants behind every Data Riders engagement — working side-by-side on real mining challenges across four continents.

Fernando Damasio

Principal Consultant / Director

Approved Assessor for MAC-TSM and The Copper Mark, with two decades across technology, mining, steel and logistics on four continents. Led the GISTM assessment of eleven tailings structures. Turns automation, sensing and process control into auditable governance evidence.

Johan du Toit

Senior Advisor

Thirty years of international consulting across Africa, Australia, the Americas and Europe, including Bain & Company and Hatch. Led Vale's Tailings Management System programme after Brumadinho and the GISTM assessment of eleven structures. Shapes assurance strategy at GISTM.ai.

Luis Cervantes

Senior Advisor

PhD in rock mechanics, GISTM lead auditor and Approved Assessor for MAC-TSM and The Copper Mark. Twenty-four years in geotechnics, from Vale's corporate tailings leadership after Brumadinho to water and tailings dams at MMG Las Bambas. Chairs Slope Stability 2026.

Alexandre Botelho

Head of Legal & Mining Law

Mining lawyer with eighteen years in regulated environments and postgraduate work in mineral rights, corporate and civil procedural law. Built legal, contract and litigation governance for SDS Siderúrgica, Morro do Ipê, Porto Sudeste and TAESA. Author on Brazil's mining framework.

Marcelo Moreira

Head of Business Development

Business developer working at the interface of mining operations, soil and environmental services and technology adoption. Built commercial partnerships and field-service operations across Brazil. Structures how Data Riders reaches operators, consultancies and regulators.

Thiago Azevedo

Head of Strategic Marketing & Growth

Entrepreneur and new-business developer who structured foreign mining investment and led business development at Construtora Mello Azevedo. Founded Cogumelado, creating its concept, products and strategy. Directs that path toward AI that generates operational intelligence.

Carlos Neves

Senior Consultant · GISTM & Process

Mining engineer with thirty years in gold, copper, nickel, niobium, iron and bauxite, ISO 45001 lead auditor and certified Cyanide Code auditor. Technical lead of the GISTM gap assessment of eleven structures at Hatch. Turns standards requirements into evidence packages.

Bernardo Cordeiro

Consultant · Mining, Management & Projects

Mechanical engineer with MBAs in project and business management, formerly a management consultant at Hatch on catastrophic-risk work for Vale and Glencore. Structured Vale's corporate water-resources function and its first AI agent. Leads PMO and field coordination.