Freddy Aird is Founder and CEO of Stratajam LLC, a Texas-based mineral development and technology commercialization company focused on critical minerals, industrial minerals, mining innovation, and resource-related business development. He brings more than two decades of experience across geology, mining, mineral economics, plant operations, project development, due diligence, and commercialization. His current work includes rare-earth and critical-mineral opportunities, advanced exploration technologies, and the development of UniLab, a platform intended to accelerate field-based mineral analysis and decision-making. Freddy holds an MSc in Mineral and Energy Economics from the Colorado School of Mines, an Executive MBA, and a BSc (Hons) in Geology. He is also a PMP and Professional Geoscientist