Randall Arnold

Randall Arnold

Migration Control Analyst at Ryder Integrated Logistics

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Current
Past
  • Job-Seeking Analyst at Large
  • Logistics Quality Specialist at Nokia
  • Quality Analyst / Quality Engineer at Nokia
  • R&D Laboratory Technician at Medtronic
  • Product Specialist at KMA Associates
  • Owner / Designer at Cynical Signs
  • Product Data Administrator at The Stanley Works
  • Senior Product Designer at The Stanley Works
  • Facilities Designer at CMPA
  • Product Designer at Prescolite Controls
  • Designer (Contract) at Boeing
  • Drafter/Designer at Texas Instruments
Education
  • Eastfield College
Connections
126 connections
Industry
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Websites

Randall Arnold’s Summary

After recently ensuring Nokia secured its top worldwide supply chain ranking, I'm looking for my next opportunity to provide excellent support, tangible cost reduction and multilevel leadership to a dynamic operation!

- Highly experienced specialist in process management and improvement with passion for quality assurance and product development
- Equally adept in leading, supporting and independent roles from local to global levels and including telecommuting and international travel
- Proficient at technical, persuasive and creative writing (including corporate blogging)
- Sought after at every employer as a subject matter expert adept at translating business needs into robust and flexible documentation and workflows (recommendations available)
- Advanced skills with all Microsoft Office products (including Visio, Excel, Access and VBA automation)
- Deep and broad understanding of computer hardware and software, including building PCs from scratch and installing/managing server-based and peer-to-peer networks

Randall Arnold’s Specialties:

Business Analysis; Data mining and modeling; Report design; Logistics processes and workflows; General process definition, diagramming, automation and improvement; Product data and lifecycle management (PDM/PLM); Change management; Requirements gathering/management; Windows programming (VB.NET, ASP.NET); SQL queries and stored procedures; Product invention and design (2D and solid modeling, includes patent submissions); Product and component testing; Multicultural communication


Randall Arnold’s Experience

  • Migration Control Analyst

    Ryder Integrated Logistics

    (Public Company; R; Logistics and Supply Chain industry)

    July 2009Present (5 months)

    - support successful migration (implementation) of mission-critical enterprise software and hardware changes (including on-call and weekend duties)

    - manage change tickets (including BMC Remedy) for Supply Chain Solutions division

    - conduct technical review meetings across sites

    - automate business processes using PL/SQL on Oracle 9i database

    - create and update status reports using TOAD

    - pursuing ITIL V3 certification

  • Job-Seeking Analyst

    Large

    (Writing and Editing industry)

    January 2009July 2009 (7 months)

    Time between job opportunities, spent on searching and self-improvement

  • Logistics Quality Specialist

    Nokia

    (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2007January 2009 (1 year 8 months)

    - Instrumental in rapid development and on-schedule deployment of new global delivery claims workflow solution (DQ) built on Serena Business Mashup platform

    - Successfully translated Nokia business structure to database model and supporting processes for legacy logistics applications

    - Supported 400+ Logistics Coordinators worldwide involved in Nokia Delivery Quality by managing delivery claims tracking application and providing both virtual and onsite guidance/leadership/training

    - Top 10 participant in Nokia device testing program (Maemo, S40)

  • Quality Analyst / Quality Engineer

    Nokia

    (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

    September 2005June 2007 (1 year 10 months)

    as Quality (Data) Analyst:

    - Developed quality metrics reporting solutions using SSRS, Excel and Cognos

    - Created custom data structures, SQL queries and stored procedures for quality metrics extraction, aggregation and analysis

    - Designed and managed SQL Server and Access databases, including linking in Oracle servers and performing regular sanity checks

    - Automated data integrity and delivery activities, including SMS quality alerts triggered from database updates and sent to stakeholder cell phones

    as Quality Engineer (role assigned due to factory closure):

    - Conducted and reported on experiment proving usefulness of tinted packaging adhesive (resulting in over 300% process yield improvement) to reduce product pilfering

    - Instrumental in successful launch of revolutionary N800 internet tablet (CES 2007)

    - Participated in facilitation of Nokia Alliance factory shutdown; handoff off products and processes and training of replacement engineers from Mexico

  • R&D Laboratory Technician

    Medtronic

    (Public Company; MDT; Medical Devices industry)

    April 2004August 2005 (1 year 5 months)

    - Automated creation of Excel spreadsheets and charts from data produced by test equipment, using Visual Basic.NET, reducing task completion time by a factor of 60

    - Managed OSHA compliance, device calibrations and inventory of R&D laboratory

    - Researched alternatives for pneumatic motor assembly adhesives and identified superior material and process improvements that significantly reduced product failure potential

    - Designed and constructed elaborate lab fixture used to test up to twelve high-speed pneumatic motors simultaneously to reduce time to run experiments by a factor of 4

    - Designed and ran tests and experiments on pneumatic and electronic surgical products, often at 100 cycles or more (including autoclave and centrifuge)

  • Product Specialist

    KMA Associates

    (Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

    April 2003December 2003 (9 months)

    - Completely overhauled and expanded company catalogs and led web site development

  • Owner / Designer

    Cynical Signs

    (Graphic Design industry)

    August 2002April 2003 (9 months)

    - Designed graphics for my own Cafepress merchandising store while searching for my next career opportunity

    - Created patent illustrations for inventors

    - Developed and deployed Access database for large local plumbing company (project and contractor management, order tracking)

  • Product Data Administrator

    The Stanley Works

    (Public Company; SWK; Consumer Goods industry)

    July 2000July 2002 (2 years 1 month)

    - Instrumental in development and rollout of PDM/PLM solution for The Stanley Works (Windchill) which included managing data cleansing and change notice incorporation effort

    - Identified and corrected several hundred product data errors in Stanley ERP/MRP systems and on documentation to reduce both opportunities for manufacturing error as well as production cycle time

    - Initiated departmental standards and best practices to reduce development cycle-time, create/ensure document consistency and reduce opportunities for errors

    - Administration of product data using Pro/INTRALINK, MS Access, BPCS and SAP

    - Vastly improved change notice incorporation process by streamlining workflow and implementing more accurate targeting of stakeholders

  • Senior Product Designer

    The Stanley Works

    (Public Company; SWK; Consumer Goods industry)

    September 1996July 2000 (3 years 11 months)

    - Invented new products that offered functionality and/or usability improvements over existing versions (patents filed) using 2D and 3D CAD tools (AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, Solidworks)

    - Conducted product liability research for corporate legal defense

    - Managed supplier component specifications and supply chain processes

    - Selected as founding member of corporate diversity council (Global Relationship Management Council, Process Team)

    - Researched and redesigned department lighting system and department/workstation layout to reduce eyestrain of workstation operators, improving productivity and morale

    - Led team that brought thousands of paper-based documents under electronic control

  • Facilities Designer

    CMPA

    (Construction industry)

    June 1995August 1996 (1 year 3 months)

    Administered Local Area Network (LAN) and remote PCs; Supported design workstations and software; Designed electrical schematics, Process and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) and piping systems; Laid out locations and services for semiconductor manufacturing machines and supporting equipment; Proofread blueprints for accuracy and completeness

  • Product Designer

    Prescolite Controls

    (Consumer Electronics industry)

    July 1994June 1995 (1 year )

    - Designed/detailed energy-efficient commercial lighting products from circuit cards to final assemblies

    - Tested electrical components (transformers, ballasts) and equipment for functionality and/or UL/CSA certification

  • Designer (Contract)

    Boeing

    (Public Company; BA; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

    April 1994June 1994 (3 months)

    - Designed/detailed parts, cables, frames, enclosures, tooling, test equipment and assemblies; incorporated change notices for AWACS 707 to 767-200 upgrade program

  • Drafter/Designer

    Texas Instruments

    (Public Company; TXN; Semiconductors industry)

    January 1987February 1994 (7 years 2 months)

    - Managed change notice resolution process, including proactive prevention of production line shutdowns by personally expediting stalled change notices

    - Invented adhesive film pattern generation process estimated to save the company $250,000 annually due to process time reduction from 20 to 2 hours

    - Initiated creation of go/no-go test fixture generation utility designed to significantly reduce part reject rates and cut cost

    - Audited corporate product literature for industry standard compliance, wrote/reviewed/edited internal drafting standards, and reviewed industry and government standards changes


Randall Arnold’s Education

  • Eastfield College

    AAS , Drafting and Design Technology , 19871988

    Graduated Summa Cum Laude (3.4 GPA)
    Emphasis on electronics (AC and DC circuits)
    Cooperative education program with TI


Additional Information

Randall Arnold’s Websites:

Randall Arnold’s Interests:

illustration, gardening, remodeling, reading, writing, social media, gaming

Randall Arnold’s Groups:

American Society for Quality (CQIA certified), maemo.org

  •    American Society for Quality
  •    MobileMonday
  •    Friends of Finland
  •    Nokia Alumni (past and present)
  •    Scandinavia Supply Chain and Logistics Network
  •    SQL Server Professionals
  •    The ITIL Group
  •    Friends of Texas
  •    Inventors Group
  •    Texas Instruments Alumni
  •    Jaiku Users.
  •    Logistic Services for High Tech products
  •    maemo.org
  •    Linking Visual Basic
  •    Forum Nokia
  •    Mashup Developer Network
  •    WordPress
  •    Stanleyworks
  •    Support Engineering
  •    A Job Needed - A Job Posted
  •    ASQ Fort Worth Texas Section 1416
  •    maemo daemons
  •    designing daemons

Randall Arnold’s Honors:

Elected to maemo.org community council, Fall 2009

Selected as founding member of The Stanley Works diversity council


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