Krishna Parameswaran received a Bachelor of Technology degree in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, in 1968, a Master of Science degree in metallurgical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1971, and a Doctor of Philosophy in metallurgy from Pennsylvania State University in 1974.  He has been a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania since 1989. 

Dr. Parameswaran is currently President of KP Strategic Consulting, LLC (dba tfgMM Strategic Consulting) in Irving, Texas, focusing on environmental compliance, permitting, and sustainable development in the extractive industries, especially metal mining.  Krishna retired from ASARCO LLC (Asarco) after 34 years of service on March 31, 2015.  He joined Asarco, an integrated primary copper producer, as a Senior Research Engineer in 1981 at Asarco’s Central Research Laboratories in South Plainfield, New Jersey.  Prior to joining Asarco, he was employed as Professional Staff with Arthur D. Little Inc. in  Cambridge, Massachusetts.

His most recent position at Asarco LLC was Director of Environmental Services and Compliance Assurance in Asarco’s Environmental Affairs Department in Tucson, Arizona.  His responsibilities included oversight of environmental permitting and compliance activities at Asarco’s operating facilities; coordination of environmental activities among the facilities; providing technical support to environmental programs within the operations; developing environmental policy, goals, and objectives for the company and operations; and ensuring internal consistency within Asarco on environmental issues.  In addition, he coordinated the company’s Sustainable Development activities and managed its Environmental Management System (EMS) and compliance auditing programs.  The most significant achievement was coordinating implementation of the Avalon Solar Project, a 57-MW photovoltaic solar plant at Asarco’s Mission mine in Sahuarita, Arizona. He has edited, authored/coauthored chapters in four books dealing with sustainability development considerations in mining, innovative mineral and metallurgical process development, and marketing. He has published numerous papers in journals and conference proceedings discussing sustainability initiatives at Asarco.

Since founding tfgMM Strategic Consulting ( Trusteeship for Future Generations Mining & Metallurgy) in April 2015, he has provided consultancy services for domestic and international mining companies in the areas of process development, technology assessment, environmental permitting and compliance; environmental reporting; regulatory analysis, sustainable development support for domestic and international mining companies and environmental consulting firms for their mining and manufacturing clients.