Problem Solver

James Noble

James Noble

Areas James Noble is Knowledgeable in:

Management Systems and Procedures, Energy technologies, mechanical design, management of complex facilities...

Techniques James Noble Uses:

There are many techniques that I employ depending on the nature of the assignment. However a common thread in all of them is that I develop a conceptual model of current reality as well as one of what might be deemed to be the target solution. Having these in hand, it facilitates the communication of the process of bridging the space between them both in procedure and in time. Obtaining a common understanding of what is to be accomplished, when and how it is to be done, and by whom helps to insure success in transition by encouraging participants to assume "ownership" of their portion of the process.

James Noble's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. As a former Army Transportation & Logistics Officer I am knowledgeable of the issues of transportation.
  2. I have successfully provided strategic planning and FM consultation services to Fortune 500 clients.
  3. I have invented and successfully patented a new vertical axis wind turbine with both US and Foreign Patents issued.
  4. I majored in physics and mathematics at UT Austin before entering the School of Architecture there.
  5. It is incumbant on any person involved with bringing a new energy technology to market to be familiar with the competition. Ia
  6. I am currently CEO of an alternative energy start-up, Renaissance Wind Systems, Inc.
  7. I am a licensed architect with more than two decades of experience and well developed graphic communications skills.
  8. I first flew single engine fixed wing at age 14. I am familiar with flight principles of rotorary wing aircraft.
  9. I know Wind Energy! As CEO of Renaissance Wind Systems, it has been my responsibility to actively maintain a personal knowledg

James Noble's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. I have invented and obtained issued patents on a new vertical axis wind turbine. The technology has been reviewed by NASA and by one of their contractors, Northrop/Grumman. (Re: www.renaissancewind.com)
  2. As a Transportation office during the Viet Nam war I served as operations officer for Northern I-Corps and coordinated all common assets for the benefit of the 1st and 3rd Marine Divisions and both the 101st Airborne and the 1st Air Calvary Divisions. Common assets were those of the 7th Air Force and US Navy Inter-coastal LST fleet and special, contracted common carriers. Ours was a joint service organization, the first of its type to operate in wartime. I was deemed qualified for this assignment as a result of training received at the Army's Transportation School at Ft. Eustis, Virginia, and my rank achieved by completing Officer Candidate School concurrently.
  3. I have used CAD systems to document available lease space to support high volume lease-space management activities. This concept utilizes a graphic presentation of available assets with a means of tracking pending leases and active encumbrances to future lease. The success of this program enable my client to obtain an exclusive lease management agreement with Friendswood Development Corporation (Exxon) for an entire planned community of commercial development consisting of six high rise office buildings.
  4. I designed and implemented a management system to assist Quality Turf Farms in more accurately matching production to market demand resulting in increased profitability. Additionally I facilitated the consolidation of their farming assets by documenting these assets and providing design services to enable the construction of a larger and more centrally located facility.
  5. I contracted to provide strategic planning for Tracor, Inc. (now BAE Systems, Inc.) to aid them in reorganizing their Facilities Services department. I lead a small team in modeling both their then current operational scheme and later defined an ideal model to migrate toward. As a result of this effort Facilities Services was able to begin generating income where before it had simply been a cost center. Procedures identified in this effort were eventually adopted corporate wide.
  6. After identifying and documenting new procedures for Tracor Facilities Services, I then led a team of contract programmers in designing and developing applications software tools which automated the revised procedures and enable the facilities staff to extend their services and at the same time to save money. Their FSDBMS (Facility Services DataBase Management System) has been viewed by many similar defense department contractors in their efforts to duplicate common features of value to them.