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I am a data science and geoscience professional with over a decade of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions across mining, energy, and geoscience domains. I enjoy turning complex business and research problems into robust data-driven systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive real-world impact. I am passionate about empowering decision makers with predictive models, automation, and cloud-based workflows. I thrive in leadership and hands-on roles, building end-to-end solutions from ideation to production. My work blends data science, geoscience, and software engineering to optimize exploration footprints, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency, all while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and pragmatic outcomes.…I am a data science and geoscience professional with over a decade of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions across mining, energy, and geoscience domains. I enjoy turning complex business and research problems into robust data-driven systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive real-world impact. I am passionate about empowering decision makers with predictive models, automation, and cloud-based workflows. I thrive in leadership and hands-on roles, building end-to-end solutions from ideation to production. My work blends data science, geoscience, and software engineering to optimize exploration footprints, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency, all while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and pragmatic outcomes.

Baichun Sun

Data Scientist, AI Engineer, Full Stack Developer, +2

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I am a data science and geoscience professional with over a decade of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions across mining, energy, and geoscience domains. I enjoy turning complex business and research problems into robust data-driven systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive real-world impact. I am passionate about empowering decision makers with predictive models, automation, and cloud-based workflows. I thrive in leadership and hands-on roles, building end-to-end solutions from ideation to production. My work blends data science, geoscience, and software engineering to optimize exploration footprints, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency, all while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and pragmatic outcomes.…I am a data science and geoscience professional with over a decade of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions across mining, energy, and geoscience domains. I enjoy turning complex business and research problems into robust data-driven systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive real-world impact. I am passionate about empowering decision makers with predictive models, automation, and cloud-based workflows. I thrive in leadership and hands-on roles, building end-to-end solutions from ideation to production. My work blends data science, geoscience, and software engineering to optimize exploration footprints, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency, all while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and pragmatic outcomes.

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I am a data science and geoscience professional with over a decade of experience delivering scalable AI/ML solutions across mining, energy, and geoscience domains. I enjoy turning complex business and research problems into robust data-driven systems, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to drive real-world impact. I am passionate about empowering decision makers with predictive models, automation, and cloud-based workflows.

I thrive in leadership and hands-on roles, building end-to-end solutions from ideation to production. My work blends data science, geoscience, and software engineering to optimize exploration footprints, improve safety, and increase operational efficiency, all while maintaining a strong focus on collaboration and pragmatic outcomes.

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Work Experience

Product Development Lead / Consultant at Sandfire Resources

July 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025

Led the development of strategic and planning products to support business decision-making. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into data-driven solutions. Implemented Python-based analytics and cloud-enabled workflows using Snowflake, AI, SQL, Docker, and Kubernetes to accelerate decision-making and strategic planning.

Principal Consultant & Founder at Geoappsol

February 1, 2025 - Present

Founded a digital transformation practice for mine planning. Designed, developed, and implemented a cloud service build and migration to a scalable cloud environment. Built an AI agent to extract and summarize information from inspection PDFs, enabling efficient data processing and post-analysis.

Data Geoscientist at Anglo American

March 1, 2021 - January 1, 2025

Led data-driven studies on copper and PGE exploration projects across Peru, Greenland, and Africa, reducing search space and optimizing footprinting strategies. Designed and implemented machine learning workflows for feature identification, robust classification, data processing, and interpretation, achieving significant reductions in human effort and cost. Collaborated with cross-functional teams and served as a data science SME for internal stakeholders and external vendors.

Data Scientist / Decision Automation – Specialist at BHP

September 1, 2018 - March 1, 2021

Developed a machine learning workflow for multi-scale data integration in copper exploration. Collaborated with SMEs to analyze electrode furnace monitoring requirements, developed and validated a temperature prediction model for real-time operator insights, and created a notification system to reduce exposure risks. Enhanced predictive modeling for coal seam quality estimation using drill hole data, increasing estimation accuracy and efficiency.

Data Scientist / Traffic Automation at TrafficGuard.ai

July 1, 2018 - September 1, 2018

Developed click fraud-detection algorithms based on entropy and autoencoders; built data pipelines for clickstream data analysis, data mapping, enrichment, reduction, scaling, and labeling.

Senior Scientist at Halliburton Far East Pte Ltd

January 1, 2015 - January 1, 2018

Developed and commercialized four analytical algorithms for formation evaluation, including a data-driven method to improve shear velocity estimation from 2D coherence maps, and enhanced oil & gas estimation through data cleansing, regression, modeling, and borehole data quality control.

Research Assistant at Curtin University

October 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014

Feasibility analysis of the South-West CO2 geo-sequestration project, developed numerical modelling to assess geological response, and performed data analysis based on a limited sensor network to inform survey design.

PhD Researcher at Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre

March 1, 2011 - September 1, 2014

Algorithm development for in-front-bit imaging techniques using large monitoring data, driving research funding and project advancement.

Field Geophysicist / Crew Leader at Fugro Airborne Surveys Pty Ltd

January 1, 2007 - March 1, 2011

Led field crews to acquire and process gravity, magnetic, and EM data, ensuring the highest possible data quality and efficient field operations.