David R. Cobb, P.E
Executive Vice President of Business Development
Mr. Cobb is Armstrong Energy's Executive Vice President of Business Development. He has over 40 years of experience in the coal business, beginning with AMAX Coal Company, where he served as a Resident Mine Engineer, Administrative Engineer, and Southern Division Engineer. In 1975, he joined Danco Engineering, a mine consulting firm located in Western Kentucky, serving as a Principal Engineer and later becoming its owner and President. Danco was acquired by Associated Engineers, Inc. in 2005. Mr. Cobb stayed on as the Director of Mining Services until joining Armstrong Energy in 2006. Mr. Cobb is registered in the fields of Civil and Mining Engineering and is licensed as a Professional Engineer in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois along with being a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator. Mr. Cobb is a member of the Society of Mining Engineers, the National and Kentucky Societies of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation, and the National Association of Fire Investigators.