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Apr 16, 2020
1 min

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, cultur

Kassie McRostie

Mar 9, 2020
1 min

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

Lucia Darrow

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

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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

CANA

Dec 11, 2019
2 min

News & Events

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

Oct 16, 2019
2 min

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2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting

If you are planning on attending the 2019 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Seattle, and want to learn how CANA is collaborating and sharing, then p

CANA

Oct 4, 2019
1 min

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Informs Podcast - Resoundingly Human

Organizations around the world, big and small, in nearly every industry, are implementing operations research and analytics to improve their

CANA

Nov 30, 2018
1 min

News & Events

CANA at The MORS Emerging Techniques Forum

CANA Advisors is taking advantage of this opportunity to showcase analysis performed by its outstanding analytical professionals.

Feb 9, 2018
3 min

News & Events

CANA at SportCon!

The worlds of analytics and statistical analysis in sport are increasingly merging. This fact was celebrated by MinneAnalytics this past Fr

How Learning French Refreshed My Analytical Strategy

Lucia Darrow

Jan 12, 2018
2 min

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How Learning French Refreshed My Analytical Strategy

In the early stages of learning, every interaction with a new language can feel like a game of abstraction, as we try to translate back to o

CANA

Jan 1, 2018
1 min

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Here is to a Great 2018!

From all of us here at CANA Advisors to all of you, Here is to a great 2018 and beyond!

Does Sports Analytics Help Win Championships?

Sep 1, 2017
4 min

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Does Sports Analytics Help Win Championships?

Over the past four years, a majority of the championship teams from the four major US sports were big users of analytics. So, to the casual observer, the answer must be yes. Now, we would like to prove the case analytically. In 2015, ESPN ranked all MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL teams and divided the teams into five categories. The article was named “The Great Analytics Rankings.” The first category was “All In.” These teams used analytics to influence team performance at a high lev

CANA

Jun 26, 2017
2 min

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Leadership for a Bright Future

Leadership Through Example CANA would like to highlight our very own Director of Analytics Mr. Norman Reitter for his leadership both here at CANA and his leadership as the President of MORS this past year. A bit about Norm’s Year We would like to take a minute to mark Mr. Norman Reitter for finishing up an incredible year as President of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). His term ended at noon on Thursday, 22 June. His presidency serves as a capstone to his

CANA

May 10, 2017
2 min

News & Events

CANA at INFORMS Business Analytics 2017

Professional conferences are important for keeping sharp with the practice of Analytics. For many people (including myself) the highlight of the professional year is the INFORMS Business Analytics conference, held in the Spring each year. This year’s conference was held at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. CANA Advisors has a strong presence at this meeting, with our Director, Analytics Norm Reitter President of the partner society MORS, Walt DeGrange as Chair of the SpORts Ana

Day in the Life of an Analytics Professional

Apr 17, 2017
3 min

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Day in the Life of an Analytics Professional

What do Analytics Professionals do? In 2017, the website Glassdoor.com ranked the following analytical career fields: Data Scientist #1, Data Engineer #3, and Analytics Project Manager #6. Do college students know what these professionals do on a typical day? There are TV shows with nurses, doctors, police, firefighters and lawyers but there are not any shows that focus on analytics professionals. My challenge over the past few months was to create and deliver a presentation

CANA

Apr 17, 2017
2 min

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Spring into 2017 with CANA

Recently CANA had its annual Company Spring Offsite. It was once again held at the lovely Airlie resort and hotel in Warrenton, VA. As always, the Airlie was very accommodating and a refreshing location to host our meetings and get together. Beyond the lovely atmosphere provided by the rolling hills of Warrenton, VA, the Offsite afforded our team a great chance to connect face to face and to talk about the current state of CANA and the future of where we are going. The gene

CANA

Aug 19, 2016
1 min

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INFORMS OR/MS Today Articles - Two CANA Analysts Have Articles Published in June 2016 INFORMS OR/MS

The June 2016 INFORMS OR/MS Today contained two articles authored by CANA analysts. OR/MS Today is a bimonthly publication covering a broad range of operations research subjects. It has a readership of over ten thousand. Our very own Harrison Schramm’s article coauthored by Scott Nestler and covers why understanding p-values are important. < Link to INFORMS Article > In addition, CANA's Walt DeGrange was coauthored with Gary Cokins, Stephen Chambal, and Russell Walker. In a

Professional Certifications – an Investment well worth the Effort

CANA

Jul 15, 2016
5 min

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Professional Certifications – an Investment well worth the Effort

The defining characteristic of a professional is the constant drive to be as fully proficient as possible in their chosen endeavor. One standardized way of measuring proficiency in Operations Research and several other fields – notably computer science – are certifications. A Certification is a voluntary credential that professionals acquire to demonstrate their competence in the community. This is distinctly different than Licensure, which are legally mandated to perform a

CANA

Jun 15, 2016
2 min

Press Release

CANA Welcomes Harrison Schramm!

Harrison Schramm joins CANA as a Principal Operations Research Analyst. His career has included leading enterprise risk assessments for the Navy Headquarters staff and teaching Operations Research at the graduate level. His work has appeared in the Journal of Mathematical Biosciences, Naval Research Logistics, Naval Institute Proceedings. Harrison is a frequent contributor to MORS Phalanx and INFORMS Analytics, and just as importantly, he is active in broader community, se

Apr 28, 2016
3 min

News & Events

CSAM 2016!

Mix sports analytics, sunny weather, a beautiful campus, interested students, and great speakers and what do you get? The 2016 Carolina Sports Analytics Meeting (CSAM) of course! CANA Advisors, along with ESPN, Furman, and National Amateur Sports, sponsored this event. The plenary speakers were David Kaplan, Director of Analytics for the Charlotte Hornets, and Peter Keating, writer for ESPN the Magazine. Other speakers and attendees ranged from high school and college student

Liz Cranston

Jan 4, 2016
1 min

Press Release

CANA Welcomes Newest Team Members

Please Welcome our Newest CANA Team Members! We pride ourselves on building and retaining a team with both deep technical expertise and multi-faceted experiences. Adding to our current team of outstanding professionals in both operations logistics & analytics, we are proud to announce our newest CANA team members. They bring immediate value and expertise to our clients, and quite simply they are a joy to work with! Please welcome Kurt Eades, Jason Brown, and Ashlee Knapp t

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