Advisory Board Member
CEO, Tercio Solutions
Dr. Arnold is CEO of Tercio Solutions, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company that provides dynamic scheduling and real-time optimization software for advanced manufacturing operations. Previously Dr. Arnold was the Director, Standards and Coordination Office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) until May 2014. In that role, he was responsible for leading the agency’s standards and conformity assessment activities. From 2009-2014 he served as National Coordinator for Smart Grid Interoperability and led the development of standards underpinning the nation’s Smart Grid and also co-chaired the White House National Science and Technology Council’s Smart Grid policy subcommittee. In 2011 he added an additional responsibility as Director of the Smart Grid and Cyber-Physical Systems Program at NIST. Dr. Arnold joined NIST in September 2006 as Deputy Director, Technology Services, after a 33-year career in the telecommunications and information technology industry.
Dr. Arnold served as Chairman of the Board of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a private, non-profit organization that coordinates the U.S. voluntary standardization and conformity assessment system, from 2003 to 2005. He served as President of the IEEE Standards Association in 2007-2008 and Vice President-Policy for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 2006-2009.
Dr. Arnold previously served as a Vice-President at Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories where he directed the company’s global standards efforts. His organization played a leading role in the development of international standards for Intelligent Networks and IP-based Next Generation Networks. In previous assignments at AT&T Bell Laboratories he had responsibilities in network planning, systems engineering, and application of information technology to automate operations and maintenance of the nationwide telecommunications network.
Dr. Arnold received a Doctor of Engineering Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Columbia University in 1978. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and has delivered or authored over 100 talks and publications.
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