Kenneth J. Girardini

Biography

Kenneth J. Girardini is a senior operations researcher at the RAND Corporation, where he serves as director of the RAND Arroyo Center's Military Logistics Program. He works primarily in the area of logistics and, more generally, organizational change. Girardini has led projects focusing on most aspects of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) supply chain for a variety of clients. Working under the velocity management umbrella, which has become the Army's initiative for improving performance while reducing support costs of key logistics processes, Girardini has worked on improvement efforts in the order and ship, stockage determination, and procurement processes. Girardini has also done work for the Navy's Special Programs office on supply chain improvement for the Trident submarine system. He is also leads a project team that is working to improve stock positioning across the DoD distribution network as part of DLA & TRANSCOMs Strategic Distribution Management Initiative. Girardini received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.