Authors and Contributor
About the Authors
Franco Oboni is a geotechnical engineer (Ph.D.) with over 35 years of experience
and has specialized in quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for over 25 years. He
leads Riskope, a Vancouver-based practice active internationally providing advice
on quantitative risk assessment (QRA) and decision-making support. His clients
include Global 1000 companies, large insurance companies, natural resource
entities (mining companies, etc.), railroads, wharves, governments and suppliers.
He consults on risk and crisis mitigation projects, risk and security audits and
geo-environmental hazard mitigation studies on four continents. He has authored
over 50 papers and has co-authored 2 books: Improving Sustainability Through
Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management (2007) and The Long Shadow of Human‐
Generated Geohazards: Risks and Crises (2016). He delivers customized seminars
(in English, French, Italian and Spanish) to industrial audiences worldwide. He was
co-recipient of the Italian Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Canada West) 2010
Innovation Award.
Cesar Oboni has been involved in risk analyses and reviews for numerous facilities and organizations, communities, mining companies (coal mining, gold, copper
and zinc mining), military bodies and transportation entities, including “at perpetuity” projects. In addition to his activities in Risk Assessment and Optimum Risk
Estimates (ORE, the flagship product of Riskope for industries and projects around
the world), he has been very active in the analysis of special and emerging risks,
co-authoring a report on cyber-defense at national scale for an European country.
Cesar analyzes and prioritizes residual risk of mining infrastructures, tailings and
water treatment plants. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, large mining
corporations, UN/UNDP, transportation and military bodies. He is the author of
more than 20 papers published in the proceedings of international conferences and
symposiums. He is the co-author two books: Improving Sustainability Through
Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management (2007) and The Long Shadow of
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About the Authors
Franco Oboni is a geotechnical engineer (Ph.D.) with over 35 years of experience
and has specialized in quantitative risk assessment (QRA) for over 25 years. He
leads Riskope, a Vancouver-based practice active internationally providing advice
on quantitative risk assessment (QRA) and decision-making support. His clients
include Global 1000 companies, large insurance companies, natural resource
entities (mining companies, etc.), railroads, wharves, governments and suppliers.
He consults on risk and crisis mitigation projects, risk and security audits and
geo-environmental hazard mitigation studies on four continents. He has authored
over 50 papers and has co-authored 2 books: Improving Sustainability Through
Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management (2007) and The Long Shadow of Human‐
Generated Geohazards: Risks and Crises (2016). He delivers customized seminars
(in English, French, Italian and Spanish) to industrial audiences worldwide. He was
co-recipient of the Italian Canadian Chamber of Commerce (Canada West) 2010
Innovation Award.
Cesar Oboni has been involved in risk analyses and reviews for numerous facilities and organizations, communities, mining companies (coal mining, gold, copper
and zinc mining), military bodies and transportation entities, including “at perpetuity” projects. In addition to his activities in Risk Assessment and Optimum Risk
Estimates (ORE, the flagship product of Riskope for industries and projects around
the world), he has been very active in the analysis of special and emerging risks,
co-authoring a report on cyber-defense at national scale for an European country.
Cesar analyzes and prioritizes residual risk of mining infrastructures, tailings and
water treatment plants. His clients include Fortune 500 companies, large mining
corporations, UN/UNDP, transportation and military bodies. He is the author of
more than 20 papers published in the proceedings of international conferences and
symposiums. He is the co-author two books: Improving Sustainability Through
Reasonable Risk and Crisis Management (2007) and The Long Shadow of
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