The CANA Connection

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” –Maya Angelou Kerry joins CANA as a Hiring Our Heroes Corporate Fellow as she transitions from over 20 years of active duty military service. Kerry spent her career in the Marine Corps as a Manpower Officer and later as an Operations Research Analyst. She has a passion for improving the lives of employees through data-informed solutions a

Here are some interesting facts, statistics, and other oddities about Friday the 13th: Paraskavedekatriaphobia: It is the fear of Friday...

"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

5K Celebration “5for5” By Kassie McRostie CANA established the CANA Foundation in 2017 on the premise that we are blessed with individual talents, financial resources, and a successful company that provides a platform for the CANA family to connect with and give back to community areas we feel passionate and care about. We believe we have an obligation to use our skills and resources to help individuals and organizations in our communities overcome any barriers they face. Tru

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

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

Today is a celebration of our military veterans. It is both a solemn and joyous day - a continuation of the commemoration of Armistice...

Anya shares insights about her organization, the Oakland County Health Network, to include its provided services, the role of data analytics

“Failure is not an option…. Either I am winning or I am learning, never failing!" - Nelson Mandela We are excited to bring aboard our...

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

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

The award is given "to recognize the author(s) of the technical article judged to be the best published in PHALANX Magazine...

Written by Kenny McRostie

"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

"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

For the next 3 1/2 hours, our five small "crews" picked up trash along both sides of of our local highway, approximately 1.5 miles in ...

Our team members will share their stories, challenges, and tips in their roles as caregivers and professionals.

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

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

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