Tom Ford Email & Phone Number

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Lydia Voice Software & Supply Chain Solutions

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Duties
• Served as the primary technical and business consultant for our firm’s largest client account for the past 12 years
• Primary responsibilities include the design, development, and testing of all Honeywell Voice solutions integrated into our client’s proprietary Warehouse Management System
• Providing on demand training and technical troubleshooting support
• Seeking process improvements for hundreds of installation locations throughout 14 countries in support of 6 different languages
• Supporting the sales team by creating and executing custom software demonstrations

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

• Duties:
• Along with my business partner, formed a business plan, designed, and constructed a combination retail and restaurant build-out
• Following grand opening, and as time allowed apart from primary vocation at Honeywell, engaged with business partner in all aspects of daily business operations
• Revenue streams were expanded by leveraging opportunities in e-commerce, catering, and event hosting
• Negotiated and executed sale of the business, which still continues to operate under new ownership
• Skills: Customer Service, Compliance, Contract Negotiation, Inventory Control, E-Commerce, Construction Management, Problem Solving, Event Planning, & Task DelegationAwards & Recognition

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Duties:
• Served a versatile role among a 15-person IT startup team by assuming responsibility for all work performed by the Implementation, Training, and Support teams – whose functions were critical to onboarding and retaining.
• Gained formative experience during a 2-year tenure that broadened my horizons beyond the role as that of an application developer only
• Technical skills: VB.Net, SQL Server, Oracle, & various scripting languages as requiredAwards & Recognition
• Reader’s Choice Award: Best in Class Technology (Consumer Goods Technology, 2007 & 2008)

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Duties:
• Pioneered the transition of Walmart’s domestic grocery distribution business from a legacy Mainframe system to real-time UNIX systems
• Led the replacement of paper-based picking with voice recognition technology, realizing previously unimagined gains in productivity, accuracy, and safety
• Drove the implementation of an RF-based “just in time” replenishment system to replace a legacy, operator-driven system
• Overhauled the receiving and shipping operations using then-new mobile printing and touchscreen-based technology to drive productivity up and learning curves down
• These new grocery DC systems became the basis for a Global Logistics System, which is still at the heart of all Walmart DC operations today regardless of the country or DC type

Bachelor Of Science, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Oklahoma Mu '96

High School Diploma, College Preparation