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Welcome Hiring Our Hero Fellow, Nick Ulmer!
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." - George Box Nick joins CANA as a Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellow as he transitions from over 22 years of active duty military service. Nick spent his active duty years as a Navy Supply Corps Officer where he gained experience and leadership in logistics, inventory and supply chain management, budgeting, contracting, and manpower analysis. He is on the Executive Council of the Military Operations Research Society, Chairperson of
Kassie McRostie
Jun 21, 20231 min read


Introduction to Quantum Computing
Quantum computer performance increases exponentially for each bit added (2ⁿ) due to its parallel nature.

Joe Moreno
Feb 19, 20216 min read


Welcome Aboard Our Newest Sports Analytics Intern, Thomas Scully!
We are excited to have Thomas Scully onboard as a part of our growing CANA Team. Thomas is our Sports Analytics intern and will be helping our Analytics Capabilities Section develop CANA eSports and other sports analytics programs. He is currently a second-semester Senior at Loyola University - Chicago, majoring in Sports Management with a Marketing minor. Thomas shared, "I have been blessed with multiple opportunities in the classroom to expand my knowledge of the sporting w
Kassie McRostie
Jan 11, 20211 min read


December 2020 - CANA CONNECTION NEWSLETTER
The year 2020 brought about many new business practices, and with those came an assortment of old-ish and new business expressions.

CANA
Dec 23, 20209 min read


CANA MURAL WHITEBOARD USE CASES FOR A VIRTUAL AND DISPERSED SMALL BUSINESS
Mural is one of CANA’s project management “go to” tools for collaborating on-line with clients and the CANA team.
Hannah Wallace
Sep 25, 20204 min read


Welcome Our Newest Hiring our Heroes (HoH) Fellow, Neil Young!
“Failure is not an option…. Either I am winning or I am learning, never failing!" - Nelson Mandela We are excited to bring aboard our...
Kassie McRostie
Sep 4, 20201 min read


CANA Agile Business Practices Support Quick Turn Client Requirements for FUELED Ops
CANA’s ability to pivot from a live event to virtual event planning, facilitation, and execution was phenomenal.

CANA
Aug 21, 20203 min read


CANA Connection July 2020 Newsletter
We hope you enjoy this issue where we speak to our passions - we share technology best practices from a recent symposium

CANA
Jul 2, 20205 min read


MORS 88th Symposium
This year’s theme was “Multi-Discipline Analysis in National Security.” CANA was represented through a company demo, presentations in multi

CANA
Jun 25, 20204 min read


Welcome Aboard Our New Resource Manager, Cherish Joostberns!
"You owe it to all of us to get on with what you're good at." - W. H. Auden We are excited to welcome our newest Resource Manager, Cherish Joostberns. Cherish has 20 years of leadership experience in the Marine Corps, with demonstrated proficiencies in logistics, personnel recruitment, and operational planning. She has spent several years in civilian leadership roles, taking a special interest in human resources administration and team building. Cherish possesses a bachelor's
Kassie McRostie
May 12, 20201 min read


Welcome Newest CANA Member, Kolleen Young!
"If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you". We are excited to bring aboard our newest Senior Logistics Analyst, Kolleen Young. Kolleen is a highly regarded military leader with more than 23 years of proven success in logistics management, global transportation, strategic deployment, and distributed sustainment support. Kolleen has experience and expertise spanning all facets of logistics, to include exercise planning, MPF operations, and the deployment and employment
Kassie McRostie
May 8, 20201 min read


Congratulations to Connie and Joe!
It is our pleasure to announce the promotion of Connie McKissack to Director of Programs & Project Management and Joe Moreno to Director of Development. These are new leadership positions at CANA, which report to the SVP Analytics Operations within our Analytics Operations Group and complement our current Director of Analytics Capabilities. Since coming aboard CANA, Connie and Joe have demonstrated their outstanding abilities, commitment and leadership to CANA's team, cultu
Kassie McRostie
Apr 16, 20201 min read


April 2020 Newsletter
To our friends, colleagues, and partners - Words feel inadequate to describe the COVID-19 pandemic moment that has encircled our world, our communities, and our lives. On behalf of the CANA Advisors team, we wish you and your families health, safety, and optimism during this uncertain time. We are a resilient human race, and we shall prevail. Yet, even during a time of national and world-wide crisis, silver linings trickle through. Working from home, now fondly hash tagged
Kassie McRostie
Apr 15, 20208 min read


Welcome Aboard Our Newest CANA Member, Kristin Fairman!
The CANA Team continues to expand as we proudly welcome our new Senior Contracts Manager, Kristin Fairman! Kristin is a diversified Contracts Administrator with 17 years of success in U.S. Government and Commercial contracting. Kristin possesses highly coveted skills by the contracting Community, Government, and Industry and provides cradle to grave contract administration including solicitation evaluation, bid & proposal preparation, contract negotiations, modifications, and
Kassie McRostie
Apr 9, 20201 min read


CANA and Colorado Mountain Club Team Up For The Win!
The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) recently received the 2020 Public Lands Alliance (PLA) Innovative Product Award for the CMC Recreation Impact Monitoring System (CMC RIMS). CANA is a proud technology partner of CMC and helped develop and currently maintains the CMC RIMS. PLA’s Innovative Product Award recognizes an interpretive product of any medium created in partnership by a nonprofit organization and land management agency that embodies a path-breaking approach to achieve
Kassie McRostie
Mar 31, 20202 min read


CANA Win!
CANA is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Headquarters Marine Corps Installations & Logistics (I&L), Logistics Plans, Policies, and Strategic Mobility (LP) Professional Services IDIQ-MAC. The IDIQ-MAC will provide professional support services over a five-year ordering period with a shared maximum value of over $94 million. As one of five prime awardees, CANA will compete for individual task orders over the course of the five-year period of performance, with
Kassie McRostie
Mar 9, 20201 min read


What is CANA Doing Today? We Spent an Evening With Hiring Our Heroes.
What is CANA up to? Last Thursday our CANA Team Members, Jason Fincher and Tom Fields, attended the Hiring Our Heroes event in...
Kassie McRostie
Mar 5, 20201 min read


Reflections on rstudio::conf 2020
This January, several team members from CANA Advisors attended the RStudio Conference, both in person in San Francisco and remotely! At CANA, the R language is a part of our daily analytics practice, from quick turn analyses to high impact applications build in R Shiny. The RStudio Conference provides a great opportunity to learn about the latest trends in the language and connect with others in the community. Here are a few takeaways from CANA Senior Operations Research Anal
Lucia Darrow
Jan 31, 20202 min read


December 2019 Newsletter
We hope you enjoy reading our about team’s participation in the recent NeurIPS conference in western Canada as well as our profile of Walt D

CANA
Dec 27, 20196 min read


CANA Notes from ETF2019
Presentations on topics ranging from new takes on calculating readiness to methods for capturing and capitalizing on video and speech data.

CANA
Dec 11, 20192 min read
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