U.S. First Army partners with the Army Reserve and National Guard to help them prepare for their missions. Melissa Sayers, the director of First Army’s operational data team, discusses the mission of an operational research systems analyst (ORSA) and the importance of creating a data-centric military. She joins host Tom Spahr in the virtual studio to explain how her team uses a cloud-based platform called Vantage to provide leaders with a “single pane of glass” view of friendly forces, including data on equipment, personnel, and finances. She emphasizes the importance of leadership empowerment and building trust to drive collaboration and cultural change within a large organization.
Here are the links to some of the resources Melissa mentions and recommends:
KM Data Immersion Course: https://armyeitaas.sharepoint-mil.us/sites/TR-CAC-MCCoE-KMQC/SitePages/Knowledge-Manager%27s-Data-Immersion-Course.aspx
Blue Pane: https://vantage.army.mil/workspace/module/view/latest/ri.workshop.main.module.59f9417a-cfaa-482b-b0d0-460f83a74724 (NIPR Only)
The videos walking you through Blue Pane are on the “About” tab of Blue Pane.
If you do what they ask, then do what they need, then you can start to build that trust.
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Melissa Sayers is an operations research systems analyst, or ORSA, and the director of First Army’s Operational Data Team with over 25 years of service in the U.S. Army. She began her career as a mechanic, then as a Black Hawk pilot, and for the last ten years as an ORSA focused on solving data problems in large organizations to include the Center for Army Analysis, Army Sustainment Command, and now First Army.
Thomas W. Spahr is the DeSerio Chair of Theater and Strategic Intelligence at the U.S. Army War College. He is a retired colonel in the U.S. Army and holds a Ph.D. in History from The Ohio State University. He teaches courses at the Army War College on Military Campaigning and Intelligence.
The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Army War College, U.S. Army, or Department of Defense.
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