Jim Arnette Email & Phone Number

Duluth, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Jim is a certified business coach with over 30 years of experience as a business owner, consultant, and organizational leader. He knows first-hand the ups and downs of growing a company while maintaining profits. Jim taps into his hard-won knowledge, education and experience to help entrepreneurs and organizational leaders master the leadership and business skills they need to grow and thrive

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Automation CoE: Currently providing strategic direction to multiple operations and technical teams. Specialized in leveraging cutting-edge automation technologies to improve customer and organizational results.Key Responsibilities:1. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.2. Technology Deployment & Adoption: Drive the implementation and utilization of various automation technologies, ensuring the effective integration of AI, GenAI, RPA, Process Automation, Process Mining, low code, OCR, and more.3. Portfolio Management: Manage the Automation project portfolio, overseeing project prioritization, resource allocation, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals and objectives.4. Operations Management: Optimize day-to-day operations, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and scalability of automation solutions deployed across the organization.5. Operational Excellence: Implement and promote operational best practices, identifying areas for improvement, streamlining processes, and enhancing overall performance.6. Agile Implementation: Drive Agile methodologies within the team and across projects, promoting adaptability, collaboration, and a responsive approach to changing business needs.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Greater Atlanta Area

Jim worked with business leaders, entrepreneurs, and business owners to improve personal and organizational performance.

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Worked with senior management to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability of end-to-end business processes through the adoption of Agile principles and frameworks.• Designed, and implemented processes, software, and data management improvements to support growth• Coached new and existing development teams to improve reporting, information management, and workflow via the adoption of continuous improvement.• Scrum Master for operational, financial, and development teams to create, develop, and deploy scalable systems for: Program & Project Management Budgets & Margin Management Purchase Order Request QA/QC and Deliverable Acceptance Vendor Portal Customer Portals Accounts Payable• Created appropriate control systems to improve SOX compliance• Collected user stories analytics and reporting for senior management• Acted as Product Owner: working with Engineering, PMO, and Finance to integrate financial and operational data.• Evaluate new low-code and mobile systems

Greater Atlanta Area

Provided corporate oversight for multi-market and national programs. • Introduced Agile project management methodologies for implementation and evaluation• Coached cross-functional teams to adopt Agile principles and Scrum to coordinated cross-market operations and customer communications. • Spearheaded integration of new acquisitions. • Worked with Finance to integrate financial and operational data at a portfolio level. • Created strategic and tactical POEs and appropriate control systems. Evaluated performance against the POE. Worked with operational teams on areas of improvement (Kaizen), and recommended recovery actions.• Provided status reports for senior leadership• Evaluated new systems, software and processes• Previously served as Director of Contracts and Director of Business Alliances

Greater Atlanta Area

Management & Consulting Services for US Wireless Carriers• Program Management for over 1000 wireless sites in multiple markets from design through site commissioning. Managed cross-discipline teams to meet strict budget and scheduling requirements. Negotiated contracts, managed vendors, managed site development, construction management, and Base Station commissioning.• Site Acquisition: Interfaced with municipal, state, and federal agencies to align all operational procedures with regulations. Charged with negotiating and drafting site amendments, leases, master agreements, and orchestrated architectural and engineering firm’s design of wireless support structures. Managed the zoning and permitting process.• Certification Training: Initiated and developed a certification program for PIM technicians. Working closely with wireless carriers and test equipment vendors, created a certification program.

Mexico

• Program Manager, Mexico – Instituted Program & Project Management group to align corporate and services strategies. Developed cross-functional teams to improve company performance in quality, scheduling, and budgeting. Directed multiple project teams.• Sr. Project Manager – Responsible for overseeing all aspects of Nortel Fixed Wireless Deployment. Including the management of Switch Implementation, Cell Site Construction and Network Commissioning. Management included Engineering, Procurement, CPM, Construction, DMS Installation, Acceptance, Contract Negotiations and Commissioning.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed operations for turnkey construction of cellular/PCS and microwave systems. Responsibilities included staff management, monthly reporting of financials to the corporate office, management of proposals and pricing.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed a staff in excess of 45 persons including all aspects of Cellular/PCS and Microwave project implementation. Responsibilities included planning, P&L management, & program development.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Responsible for Quality Control, Testing, and Installation of Coastal Defense Systems including; Radar, Command Centers, and Communications for the following countries: China, Venezuela, Korea, Sweden, & Bahrain

Camp Pendleton