Introduction:

Ricki G. Ingalls, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi) in the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at Oklahoma State University. He has developed a graduate program in Supply Chain Engineering where he teaches Supply Chain Strategy and Supply Chain Modeling. He joined Oklahoma State in 2000 after 16 years in industry with Compaq, SEMATECH, General Electric and Motorola. His last position at Compaq was an executive position reporting to the Vice-President of Global Integrated Logistics where he was responsible for Supply Chain Design projects for the corporation. He served as co-editor of the Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference. He has a B.S. in Mathematics from East Texas Baptist College (1982), a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University (1984) and a Ph.D. in Management Science from the University of Texas at Austin (1999).

Education:

May, 1999 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Doctor of Philosophy – Management Science (Finance/Operations Research)
 

December, 1984 Texas A&M University College Station, TX
Master of Science – Industrial Engineering (Mathematics)
 

May, 1982 East Texas Baptist College Marshall, TX
Bachelor of Science – Mathematics (English)

Work Experience

2000-Present

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK

Associate Professor, School of Industrial Engineering and Management
 

Director of the Center for Engineering Logistics and Distribution (CELDi). CELDi is a six-university National Science Foundation center with the University of Arkansas, the University of Louisville, Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Florida and Lehigh University. CELDi currently has over 25 member companies from across the United States. OSU is sponsored by six members: The Oklahoma Department of Transportation, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, the Defense Ammunitions Center, ConocoPhillips, Smith Tool, and Halliburton.
 

Appointed to the University Planning Council – one of three faculty from OSU-Stillwater to be appointed, 2004.
 

Received tenure in 2004.
 

Recipient of award in OSU’s Distinguished Faculty Recognition Program, 2003.
 

Appointed member of Governor’s EDGE (Economic Development Generating Excellence) Task Force, Infrastructure and Logistics Expert Panel, 2003.
 

Commendation from the Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce for “distinguished service” for logistics expertise on the Boeing-Oklahoma project, 2003.
 

Research in the areas of Supply Chain Strategy, Supply Chain Modeling and Qualitative Discrete-Event Simulation. Secured $1,330,000 as principal investigator ($1,087,000 for OSU) and an additional $99,900 as co-principal investigator in funded research since 2001.
 

Publications in the areas of Qualitative Discrete-Event Simulation, The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains, and Control-Based Forecasting and Project Scheduling.
 

Developed two new courses, Supply Chain Strategy and Supply Chain Modeling, which have become the key courses in the new Supply Chain emphasis at OSU. This course combination, with the emphasis on Supply Chain Modeling, is unique. Also teaching in the areas of Production Control, Linear Optimization, Non-Linear Optimization, and Simulation.
 

Currently advising 3 Ph.D. Students and co-advising 1 Ph.D. student.

1995–2000

Compaq Computer Corporation

Houston, TX

Manager, Supply Chain Modeling, Global Integrated Logistics

Manager, Supply Chain Modeling, Global Integrated Logistics
 

Managed a group of Operations Research Professionals who provided analytical consulting internal to Compaq and external to other corporations reporting to the Vice-President of Global Integrated Logistics.
 

Designer and Project Manager for the Compaq Supply Chain Analysis Tool, a discrete-event simulation tool that allows the building of complex supply chains for analysis. CSCAT has the ability to model the dynamics of entire market segments, including other companies and the complete financials of each of the companies in the model. This model has been used to make substantial financial gains in the supply chain.
 

Supply Chain expertise exhibited by creating supply chain simulation models, which included complete corporate financial information, including P&L and ROIC/EVA.
 

Implemented statistical forecasting rules in Compaq’s global supply planning system. Proper implementation will cut the planning needs of the corporation by approximately 75%.
 

Supply chain analysis of Compaq internal supply chain and key OEM supply chains, such as monitors and portables. Analysis has cut supply chain costs by 20%. Supply chain analysis of Compaq Canada distribution for all products in Canada. Cut non-material costs by over 15% and total costs by 1.5%.
 

Manufacturing Strategy Manager, Manufacturing Strategy Group
 

Primary responsibility for creating the Compaq World-Wide Manufacturing Strategic Plans, including a plan by quarter for two years, and an annual plan for 5 years. This plan serves as the blueprint for

Compaq Manufacturing, in that all major deployment, capital purchase, and direct labor personnel decisions were determined in the plan.
 

Primary involvement in the development of Compaq World-Wide CPU, PCA, and Options manufacturing strategies.
 

Developed and deployed other models throughout the corporation, including models for optimal capital utilization, optimal material positioning and capital positioning.
 

Interaction with senior Compaq executives, including negotiating during the long-range planning process, site visits for a better understanding of Compaq world-wide business needs, and playing the role of advocate for off-site Vice-Presidents.
 

Granted bonuses and stock options from 1996-1999 as part of the Compaq Management Incentive Program.
 

1992–1995

SEMATECH

Austin, TX

Technical Staff, Operational Modeling Group
 

Responsibilities included technical and managerial contributions to the Manufacturing Enterprise Model, Future Factory Modeling, the Cost/Resource Model and the Semiconductor Workbench for Integrated Modeling.
 

Project Manager: Manufacturing Enterprise Model – MEM is a global strategic planning system developed for the semiconductor industry. Project was on time and on budget. MEM was customized and rolled-out to all Motorola Semiconductor sites world-wide. IBM also implemented a version of MEM.
 

Technical Project Manager: Future Factory Modeling and Analysis – Assisted the project manager, Dr. John Fowler, with all aspects of project management. The project included development of the Manufacturing Enterprise Model, the Factory Layout/Relayout Tool (FLRT), the Measurement andImprovement of Manufacturing Capacity (MIMAC) project, Automatic Model Linking and Multi-Model Optimization Project.

Project Manager: Cost/Resource Model (CRM) – Responsible for the support and planning of the Cost/Resource Model. Developed and taught the CRM training course. Developed the first long-term strategy for the model.

1988–1992

Compaq Computer Corporation

Houston, TX

Manager, Operations Analysis, CPU Business Planning Group; Manager, Manufacturing Simulation/Analysis, Manufacturing Technology Group; Supervisor, Manufacturing Software/Analysis, Manufacturing Technology Group; Manufacturing Engineer III, Manufacturing Technology Group
 

Responsibilities in the disciplines of simulation modeling, operations research, scheduling, factory control software, capacity and long range planning. Contributions as an individual contributor, personnel manager, project manager, and manager of sub-contractors. Major projects included Compaq Production Scheduling System (CPSS), World-Wide Supply Planning System (WSPS), simulation and analysis of four proposed facilities and two existing facilities, implementation of the four facilities, personal computer (PC) and programmable logic controller (PLC) software development and maintenance for new and existing facilities.

1988

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Adjunct Professor, Systems Engineering Department

Developed and taught the Junior level Systems Engineering course on simulation. Class had 70-75 students, a teaching assistant and two graders.

1985-1988

General Electric Company

Charlottesville, VA

Consulting Engineer, Electronics Automation Application Center
 

Manufacturing facility analysis using discrete event simulation along with applying operations research techniques to manufacturing problems. Accomplishments included: (1) The redesign and management of the programming of the Facility Analysis and Simulation Technique (FAST). FAST was used in every EAAC consulting contract for analysis of the current and any proposed manufacturing systems. (2) Developing approximation methods to non-integer server queuing systems for production analysis purposes. (3) Development and analysis of several facilities, both existing and proposed, using SIMAN and CINEMA. This list includes two facilities inside of GE, two General Dynamics facilities and Chrysler Electronics City in Huntsville, Alabama.

1984-1985

Motorola, Inc.

Ft. Worth, TX

Industrial Engineer, Communications Sector
 

Involved with the simulation of proposed and existing manufacturing systems of the Ft. Worth facility. Also had responsibility for auto insertion areas including capacity planning and implementation of additional equipment.

Consulting

Halliburton Technology Center, Duncan, OK – Various business modeling projects, 2002-present.
 

Frito-Lay Corporate Operations, Plano, TX – Develop scheduling algorithm for plants, 2002.
 

JoeAuto.com, The Woodlands, TX – Advising on Supply Chain and related business issues for the growth phase of a nationwide service business, 2001.
 

PELCO, Edmond, OK. – Evaluation of their Manufacturing Control System, 2001.
 

Brivo Systems, Inc., Arlington, VA. – Designing the logistics network for the startup of Brivo’s new product nationwide launch, 2000.

Service

Oklahoma State University Planning Council, 2004 - present.
 

Proceedings Editor, Proceedings of the 2004 Winter Simulation Conference.
 

Expert Panel Member (Governor’s Appointment), Oklahoma’s Economic Development Generating

Excellence (EDGE) Program, Infrastructure and Logistics Committee, 2003.
 

Boeing-Oklahoma Logistics Team, Oklahoma Department of Commerce, 2003.
 

Industry Advisory Board, North Harris Montgomery Community College District Engineering Programs.
 

Industry Advisory Board, Texas A&M University Life Cycle Engineering/Operations Management Program.
 

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