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\nArnold, who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in engineering through the Whiting School\u2019s evening college, went to work for Westinghouse Defense Electronics soon after graduation. There he helped design and implement a variety of high-tech devices to support the defense industry. But after seven years, lunch with an old high school friend who worked as an engineer for Disney completely changed his career track. After she told him that Disney was always looking for new talent, he submitted his resume and was quickly hired. His first position was in program development to ensure Disney parks were compliant with legislation that allowed it to self-inspect ride systems. <\/span><\/p>\n Over the course of the next three decades, Arnold has used his knowledge and experience in a number of other areas throughout Walt Disney World, including in central shops, industrial engineering, and finance. In his current role, he\u2019s responsible for engineering at Walt Disney World\u2019s second largest park, overseeing about 400 cast members who do hands-on work and about 65 employees in administrative management. Arnold problem-solves with his colleagues on a daily basis\u2014finding the right answers to challenges ranging from cast development and capital investment strategy to ride safety.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere are families who will be here just one time, who save years for their once-in-a-lifetime visit,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat they experience on that one day is what they\u2019ll always remember, so it\u2019s critical that we\u2019re on our game every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roger Arnold \u201983, Epcot\u2019s director of engineering services, uses his knowledge and experience to find the right answers to challenges ranging from cast development and capital investment strategy to ride safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1506,2063,4864,4869,4874],"class_list":["post-13344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","tag-whiting-school-of-engineering","tag-johns-hopkins-engineering","tag-epcot","tag-roger-arnold","tag-disney","issue-winter-2020"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Roger](\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Todd-Heiden-BW-Roger-Arnold-225x300.jpg\")
To find that solution, Arnold says, he relied on a guiding premise he learned during his undergraduate years at the Whiting School and has carried with him ever since: \u201cLife is full of difficult problems, but there\u2019s an answer somewhere,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s not a problem we can\u2019t solve with enough time, energy, and know-how.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n