Jason Coyle

Experience

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  US Navy

  May 2009 - Nov 2024

  Naval Officer - Commander (Ret.)

  Served as Commanding Officer for Maritime Expeditionary Squadron 11 Security Platoons, which conduct fleet support with operations around the world. Anti-terrorism and force protection missions include harbor and homeland defense, coastal surveillance, and special missions and units deploy worldwide to detect, deter, and defend an area, unit, or high-value asset

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  Walmart

  Mar 2015 - May 2022

  Program Lead for high-tech, complex automation of the Regional Distribution Center (RDC) Network. Providing direct impact to Regional Distribution Centers, Fulfillment Centers, and stores in Walmart’s Supply Chain by enabling capacity growth, flow optimization, and asset utilization.• Leads a large cross-functional team whose work supports the deployment of automation technology across a robust network of distribution nodes• Overall responsibility for budget, schedule, and future strategy development for one of Walmart's key Supply Chain initiatives, which will span years into the future and support Walmart's omnichannel environment Show less • Program Lead for Regional Distribution Center (RDC) Capability and Network Utilization, directly supporting 42 Regional Distribution Centers in Walmart’s Supply Chain. Responsible for the successful delivery of over $42M in capability enhancements between 2017 and 2019• Leads a team of four supply chain engineers whose work supports capacity, capability, and process improvement enhancements across the distribution network as well as tools and dashboards that enable increased the efficiency of Operations• Led a cross-functional team comprised of associates from Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, One-Best-Way, and Human Resources through RDC Volume Testing and execution of the RDC OEE Pilot, two programs geared towards enabling and empowering Operations with new ways of working to enable maximum throughput based on capacity model assumptions• Developed the RDC Strategy which is on track to deliver over $1.5B in capital cost avoidance, over $100M in labor savings, and over $75M in transportation savings through better utilization of current supply chain assets over the next 5 years• Gained executive approval for network-level roll-out and currently leading the supply chain organization through the training and education of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE); establishing a new method to measure asset utilization and drive operational excellence Show less • Served as Program Lead for Regional Distribution Center (RDC) Capability and RDC Strategy Development, directly supporting 42 Regional Distribution Centers in Walmart’s Supply Chain• Led a team of four supply chain engineers whose work supported capacity, capability, and process improvement enhancements across the distribution network. Created tools and dashboards that enable increased the efficiency of Operations• Developed the RDC Capacity Model, which provides visibility of current constraints and is on track to increase planned RDC Network capacity by over 50% with no additional capital expenditures Show less • Served as Project Lead for detailed design, installation, and start-up of the Davenport, FL Sortable Fulfillment Center (FC 7853), a 1M sqft Sortable Fulfillment Center in Davenport, FL• Managed a $90M+ capital budget for the Davenport, FL Sortable Fulfillment Center, saving over $17M against planned expenditure and delivered the project ahead of schedule, despite over two weeks of unplanned weather delays• Project Lead for the design, installation, testing and go-live of the Empty Tote Buffer and Transfer System at two sites- a ~$4M enhancement. Optimized decision logic to improve system performance. System is now in “Patent Applied For” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office• Established and maintained the cubic capacity for the entire Walmart eCommerce network• Supported the Sortable eCommerce network by creating a staffing and equipment model to aid in Peak planning as well asequipment procurement• Successfully planned and executed volume testing for three Sortable Fulfillment Centers for FY16 Peak and four SortableFulfillment Centers in FY17• Created dynamic flow models for each major work stream within an eCommerce Fulfillment Center Show less

  • Director, Supply Chain Automation Strategy

    Feb 2020 - May 2022

  • Senior Manager II, Supply Chain Engineering at Walmart

    Jul 2018 - Feb 2020

  • Senior Manager, Supply Chain Engineering

    Aug 2016 - Jul 2018

  • Project Manager, eCommerce Engineering

    Mar 2015 - Aug 2016
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  Valor Photography

  Dec 2016 - Jan 2021

  Founder and President
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  Tyson Foods

  May 2022 - now

  Engineering Program Lead for Tyson’s Center of Excellence. Directly responsible for the development of governance, process, and engineering standards for the Tyson Foods enterprise.- Currently leading a team of 47 team members across Logistics engineering, discipline engineering, program management, safety, sustainability, and enterprise asset management.- Responsible for enterprise capital management process and governance for a $1B+ capital plan.- Retained leadership of Tyson’s Logistics Engineering team and associated responsibilities from previous role. Show less

  • Managing Director, Engineering

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Senior Director Of Engineering

    May 2022 - Mar 2024
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  Northwest Technical Institute

  Mar 2025 - now

  Board Member