Kurt Headrick
Kurt Headrick, PhD
Head of Operations
Kurt Headrick brings more than 18 years of laboratory management experience across the mining and testing, inspection, and certification sectors. As Head of Operations, he provides strategic and operational leadership across Paragon’s laboratory network, with responsibility for site management, workforce planning, operational performance, quality standards, and continuous improvement.
Prior to joining Paragon, Kurt served as Chief Chemist at Glencore’s Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations, where he led analytical services supporting smelter, mill, and metallurgical R&D operations. He previously held laboratory leadership roles with Bureau Veritas, managing trace element and radiochemistry operations under ISO 17025 accreditation, and with Vale, where he led the startup and operation of the assay laboratory at the Voisey’s Bay mine.
Kurt holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from Carleton University and is a Chartered Chemist. He has authored more than 75 publications and presentations in analytical chemistry and laboratory management, chairs the Canadian delegation to ISO Technical Committee 155, and is a recipient of the Canadian Mineral Analysts’ Best Technical Paper award.
