Jon Ranstrom

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About Jon Ranstrom

Flexterm Simulation and Emulation engineer at Moffatt & Nichol. Simulate container terminal operations for purposes of planning or optimizing their design. Provide emulation interfaces to the terminal operating system (TOS) and/or equipment control system (ECS). This allows validation and testing of a multi-billion dollar terminal project before it is built, and optimization afterwards. Here is a short video clip showing Flexterm: & utm_medium=member_desktop_web.1 year as Practice Leader, Terminal Technology for Cargo Velocity. Led technology consulting and delivery services, including strategic technology planning, procurement support, and implementation of TOS and related container terminal technology.2 years as Director Software Engineer with Codeshelf, which offered a cloud solution for warehouse and distribution center operations.23 years with Navis, the leading provider of Container Terminal Operating Systems and Solutions. I was an architect of the N4 TOS product, focusing on the operational planning and control systems.(That is XPS, SPARCS client, and ECN4.)Specialties: Automated terminalsContainer Terminal operations and optimization: Expert decking and yard planning; Autostow and ship planning; PrimeRoute and equipment control.Integration to diverse systems and components.Automated business case testing of multi-component systems.