Ricki Ingalls, Ph.D Email and Phone Number

As a Founding Principal, Vice President and Chairman of the Board for Diamond Head Associates, Inc., Ricki Ingalls co-founded the organization in 2009 with 2 part-time principals without venture funding to reach profitability in 2010 and grow to 3 principals and 11 associates, 100+ clients, and generate annual revenues of $2.4M+. Specialize in financial, supply chain, logistics and manufacturing systems analysis using tools such as discrete-event simulation and optimization. Create process improvements and implement new best practices for control systems of large organizations and their facilities through large-scale analytics, analysis, and custom algorithms for optimizing supply chain configurations, route-planning of trucks, inventory, allocation of work to distribution center workers to maximize efficiency, optimize labor usage and increase profitability.► Architected the Auto Portability Simulator (APS) to evaluate the effect of policy changes over 40 years, incorporating individual record keepers, third-party SHIRA, and participant decision making that has been implemented in Retirement Clearinghouse ► Designed and implemented the $500K AB-InBev (Anheuser-Busch) North American planning system with a 13-month rolling horizon down to the SKU level, including packaging line capacities, transportation, and distributor inventories► Created the Well Life Express system for Halliburton to analyze and find optimal zonal-isolation solutions using advanced data analytics techniques including K-Cliques and optimization algorithms enabling Halliburton engineers to analyze and quote complex zonal isolation work at the well siteDiamond Head Associates is a consulting firm specializing in Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics Systems Analysis and Manufacturing Systems Analysis using tools such as Discrete-Event Simulation and Optimization.

As the Department Chair and Associate Professor for McCoy College of Business, Texas State University, Ricki Ingalls orchestrated the strategic planning, budgets, and personnel management of the Department of Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods (CIS/QM), McCoy College of Business Administration and served on the Dean’s staff collaborating in the university’s strategic vision and planning.► Drafted and executed the strategic plan with a budget of $2.5M to grow student enrollment by 20% (7276 to 8717) and right-sized faculty from 21 to 25 to drive incremental revenues of $400K► Established the momentum leading to the creation of a new M.S. program in Data Analytics

As an Associate Professor the Oklahoma State University, Ricki Ingalls aligned the strategic planning to grow research, enhance teaching and serve the School of Industrial Engineering and Management. Advanced a strong graduate and undergraduate program to graduate 7 Ph.D. students as an Advisor, 3 additional Ph.D. students as a Co-Advisor, 48 M.S. students, and advised 10 Senior Design teams. Built industry focused research through facilitating collaboration across departments and universities.► Secured $2M in incremental research revenue, contributed to the expansion from 4 to 10 Universities, and cultivated 30+ corporate relationships as a Founding Site Director of the National Science Foundation’s Center for Excellence in Logistics and Distribution (CELDi)► Acquired $2.4M in Research Funding as principal and co-principal investigator► Mobilized a project team to deliver a large-scale analytical model for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation using national Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, and GIS information to predict freight movement across the US on all major freeways and highways ► Built the renowned Supply Chain Engineering Program by adapting three course areas: Financial Analysis, Optimization, and Simulation to a supply chain focus and instituted two new courses, Supply Chain Strategy and Supply Chain Modeling

As President of Entero Technologies LLC, Ricki Ingalls founded and established this independent consultancy to develop software, artificial intelligence (AI) products, and services using promising academic research in the areas of simulation and optimization.► Developed and implemented Frito-Lay’s $200K line-scheduling algorithms still in use today► Cultivated business development relationships and closed consulting opportunities with Halliburton, Global Concepts, Shell, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Ditch Witch, Frito-Lay Corporate Operations, JoeAuto.com, PELCO, and Brivo Systems, Inc► Merged consulting practice into Diamond Head Associates in 2009Entero Technologies LLC is a consulting and product development firm created for the purpose of taking leading-edge university research in the areas of Simulation and Optimization and creating products and services based on that research.

As the Senior Manager of Global Integrated Logistics for Compaq Computer Corporation, Ricki Ingalls drove the strategic planning and implementation of all supply chain operations as a member of the executive team, reporting to the Vice-President of Global Logistics to support $35B in sales, $25B in material acquisitions, and $1B in additional manufacturing cost.► Evaluated and advised in the M&A of Networth ($272M), Microcom ($280M), Tandem ($3B), and Digital Equipment ($9.6B)► Re-designed the storage sub-systems dropping inventory by 65%+ to reduce costs by 20%, and increase on-time customer deliveries of the desktop business in North America from 75% to 95%► Restructured the Canadian supply chain and cut non-material costs by 18%, saving $20M