John Arnold

Experience

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  INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

  Jun 1979 - Feb 1997

  INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT ENG./MGR

  Logistics Engineer: Supported the Tomahawk In-flight Position Reporting System (TIPRS) Tomahawk Receiver Unit (TRU) program. I performed pre-production Hardware (HW) and Software (SW) product evaluations for completeness (for all Integrated Logistics Support and Logistics Support Analyses contractual requirements) to project specifications and requirements in anticipation of site installation and system testing. Senior. Logistics Manager: Supervised a staff of 20 civilian and military personnel from various support groups involving; Configuration Management, Integrated Logistics Support and Logistics Support Analysis, Reliability and Maintainability, Provision, and Training. Together my team and I performed Acquisition Logistics, Functional Process Analyses, Integrated Logistics Assessments (ILA), and Program Management activities for the DOD’s Tactical Data Information Exchange Systems Broadcast (TADIXS B) program. This program was a multi Service (Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force) consisting of 7 different hardware and software system configuration developed simultaneously.Integrated Logistics Manager: Conducted all ILS and LSA analyses for General Atomics, San Diego, CA. for the Army’s field nuclear, biological, and chemical NAEDS (Non-Aqueous Equipment Decontamination System), for use on military field equipment exposed to battlefield contaminations. Integrated Logistics Manager: Conducted all Integrated Logistics Support analyses for the U.S. Army’s Cryfracture System developed for the disposal of Chemical munitions at Tooele Army Depot, Tooele Utah, . Participated in a comprehensive Environmental Impact Study for the transport of Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical weapons. Show less

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  Simula Scientific (Independent Contractor)

  Mar 1997 - Oct 1999

  PRODUCT OPERATIONS & QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

  Formally systematized all phases of Project Management, Program Development, Test, and Quality Assurance activities for Simula Scientific on several Department of Defense and commercial programs involving Electronic Crash Sensor Units for Fixed and Rotary wing aircraft, and surface vehicle crash management systems. Organized and supervised the definition and administration of Product Assurance/Quality Assurance policy and procedure efforts IAW ISO 9000:1994 (fundamentals of Quality Management Systems). Administered program Acquisition Logistics Functional Processes and Integrated Logistics Assessment (ILA) program, actively participated in all Integration and System level testing activities (hardware and software), and conducted all Final Acceptance Testing (customer witnessed and certified). Show less

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  Sierra Nevada Corporation (Independent Contractor)

  Jun 2000 - Feb 2002

  QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

  Managed the Quality Assurance group for all incoming inspections, in-process product development inspections, and final product inspections, and conducted Quality Audits for all company departments. I was a key participant in engineering and production Failure Review Boards. Designed, developed, and implemented a comprehensive Quality Assurance Program for ISO 9001:2000. Actively participated in the ISO Certification 9001:2000 audit process conducted by the Independent ISO Certification Audit Team, providing assistance/clarification as required. Certification Audit was successfully passed on the first attempt, and ISO 9001:2000 Certification was awarded. Show less

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  INTELESIS TECHNOLIGIES

  May 2002 - now

  Produced Technical Documentation for the Program Executive Office, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I), Program Manager Warfare, Command and Control Program Office, Naval Space Warfare Systems Center, on software modernization programs for the Rapid Integration and Test Environment (RITE). Technical Documentation development includes:- Program/Project Management Plan- Process and Product Quality Assurance Program Plan- Risk Management Program Plan- Software Configuration Management Policy, Process, and Procedures Master Plan- Software Requirements Document - Software Design Document Show less Project Manager/Operational Test and Evaluation Program • Defined, Implemented, Administered and Updated (as required), all Test and Evaluation Project Management and Quality Assurance Processes IAW ISO 21500 and ISO 9001.• Established integrated project interfaces with multiple-contractor teams, acquisition organizations, and DOD and DHS PMO's.• Generation and implementation of Project Test Plans (HW and SW). • Identified test trade study approaches (e.g. automation, robustness testing, test optimization, integration and test planning and test execution, and mission analysis). • Established traceability audit trails to demonstrate contract compliance between the HWCCI/CPCI Matrix and Test Program Matrices.• Directed the execution of all field level Operational Tests.• Performed all Cost/Schedule/and Performance Project Manager Administration duties. Show less Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for the Australian Department of Defense SATCOM UHF NCS• Completed a comprehensive Failure Modes, Effects, and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) for the UHF NCS Subsystem LRUs and SRUs.• Performed a comprehensive Level of Repair Analysis (LORA) down to the LRU/SRU level.• Identified all Scheduled and Unscheduled Operator and Maintainer Maintenance tasking.• Created a Recommended Spares List, including the identification of all tools and test equipment, and all consumable items. • Provided inputs to the Personnel Resource Requirements List (PPRL), and the Training Needs Analysis Report. Show less Development and Integration of Electronic Training Materials and Operational and Maintenance Technical Manuals for the Ground Based Missile Defense System, Alaska. • Established and authenticated all learning objectives associated with start-up, pre-operations, modes of operations, emergency operations, emergency shutdown, post-operations, and shutdown tasks required to be supported through the training media and materials.• Authored Operational and Maintenance (O&M) technical manuals for system level operations and maintenance training.• Identified all trainee learning objectives associated with localization, isolation, disassembly, interchange, re-assembly alignment, checkout, and preventive maintenance efforts.• All training documentation was assimilated into a comprehensive Computer Based Training (CBT) Interactive Courseware (ICW) program in order to support Web-Based Training (WBT) of system maintenance and operations tasks as defined in the program-training plan. Show less Logistics Support Analyses of design alternatives for the Navy’s Multi-User Joint Command and Control (JCC(X)) Ship (NAVSEA PMS-377) C4ISR • Comprehensive evaluations of Integrated Logistic Support Engineering Requirements (Reliability, Maintainability and Availability Analyses, Maintenance Planning, Supply Support, Support and Test equipment, Manpower and Personnel, Training, Technical Documentation, Human Factors, Facilities, Packaging Handling Storage and Transportation, System/Sub-System Safety, and life cycle costing). • Completed analyses of Alternatives, Design Trade-Offs, and Identification of Program Risks in regards to Feasibility, Cost, Schedule, and Performance. • Documented all results and presented findings in a formal report, to NAVSEA PMS-377, JCC (X) Program Office. Show less

  • TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION SPECIALIST

    May 2002 - now

  • OPERATIONAL TEST DIRECTOR/SR. PROGRAM MANAGER ENGINEERING SERVICES

    May 2002 - now

  • SR. SYSTEM ENGINEERING ANALYST

    May 2002 - now

  • SR. TRAINING LEAD (Curriculum Development)

    May 2002 - now

  • SR LOGISTICS ENGINEERING MANAGER

    May 2002 - now