Brian Ecker is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Headstream Capital Partners. Brian Ecker is a leader of Portfolio asset and investment management. Brian’s many years of managing one of the largest private agriculture portfolios in the United States he has acquired decades of knowledge in private portfolio asset succession. Brian has spent many years working closely with generational mining families building Headstream Capital Partners portfolio. With Brian’s knowledge and experience he has established Headstream Capital Partners with one of the largest Mining asset portfolios in the world including assets with some of the purist quality of precious metals and rare earth elements in the world.
Brian’s goal is to drive the company’s development and guide it towards long- term success.
Warren Durham has more than 15 years’ combined experience in international/global real estate consulting and operations for Fortune 500 clients. He specializes in risk analysis, business process assessments and re-engineering, organizational design, project management, occupancy cost reduction, outsourcing, and procurement analysis. Successful track record with process (Plan-Do-Check-Act) utilizing creative problem-solving skills to deliver technical large-scale projects on-time and on-budget. Proven ability in cultivating effective win-win client relationships within a wide range of industries. He holds both the Project Management Professional (PMP) qualification of the Project Management Institute and is a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Accredited Professional (LEED AP BD+C) with expertise in design and construction phases of green buildings.
Warren has extensive expertise as a Developer around the US and has performed numerous consulting assignments including planned land use, entitlements, cost estimating/reduction, risk management, contracting for and managing professional consultants, construction contractors, accounting, forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, and project management.
Warren has a Masters Degree in Information Systems from the University of Texas at Dallas. His undergraduate degree in science and math is from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Summary (Mining) Resumé
Education
Cambridge University, UK: B.A. & M.A. (Natural Sciences – Geology & Mineralogy)
McGill University, Montreal, Canada: M.Sc. & Ph.D. (Economic Geology)
Also P. Eng, (Province of Ontario Canada)
Professional Employment
Anglo American/De Beers, Johannesburg, South Africa:
Placer diamond mining exploration, Namibia Hydroelectric dam site investigations, Kafue R., Zambia Kimberlite & Placer diamond exploration, Botswana
Quebec Dept. of Mines, Canada:
Geological mapping & exploration, Quebec Province
Johns-Manville Corp., Quebec:
Asbestos exploration, Newfoundland
Diamond Corporation/DeBeers, London:
Managing diamond exploration programs, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), West Africa
INCO (International Nickel Company), Sudbury, Canada:
Research Geologist & Manager, Geological Research, Sudbury nickel-copper- platinum metals deposit,
INCO, Toronto, Canada:
Managing Geological Research, Toronto Managing mining exploration programs, US & Mexico Supervising/investigating nickel & other properties (Canada, West Africa, New Caledonia...)
United Nations, New York, USA
Technical Advisor: Managing the design and implementation of technical assistance programs in the mining sector for developing countries in Africa, Asia & the Middle East
Miscellaneous Consulting
Noranda: Precious & base metals in India Phelps Dodge: Nickel in New Caledonia, India & elsewhere Other: Placer & bedrock gold deposits in Sierra County, California
Tim Adrian has enjoyed a career spanning 35 years in the Defense Industry in Research and Development and production in specialty areas of Radar, Electronic Warfare, Electro Optic and Infrared Sensors, Airborne Early Warning, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Surface Warfare, and defense-related satellite technologies. Highlights include many years of active business development engagement with the Department of Defense, the Navy, Marine Corps, the US Air Force, and the US Army and their associated Laboratories, and serving as Chief Engineer or Program manager on several aerospace development programs.
Adrian holds a Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University Southern California, a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Missouri Institute of Science and Technology, and a Maryville University Mini-MBA certificate.
Adrian is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), the Institute Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and The Association of Old Crows (Electronic Warfare Association)
Jonathan has applied knowledge of science and analytics from 130 countries on seven continents. His full-time dedication to Headstream Capital allows us to create and develop innovative ideas in many fields.