Welcome to this episode of the CANA Connection Podcast. Join us as our CANA Advisors President and Host Rob Cranston talks with long time friend Chris Schoenecker, CEO of RoadSide Systems about the logistics, changes, and innovations in the transportation trucking and fleet management industry during these changing times.  Listen in as they discuss how the current pandemic changes affect the shipping backbone of our nation's economy and what does the future hold.

If you would like more information about RoadSide Systems please visit their website at roadsidesyems.com

We hope you enjoyed this episode. To listen to more CANA Connection Podcasts or to sign up for out CANA Connection newsletter head on over to canaadvisors.com/podcast while there also consider signing up for our community forum.

And as always remember; Analyze. Assess. and Execute.

If you would like to read a written transcript of this podcast please head on over to our website at https://www.canallc.com/post/a-transportation-and-fleet-management-talk-with-chris-schoenecker

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In this second part of our two-part CANA Connection Podcast, CANA Advisors' President Rob Cranston and Resource Lead Cherish Joostberns interview Anya Eliassen about managed mental health care in Oakland County, Michigan.  Anya shares insights about her organization, the Oakland County Health Network, to include its provided services, the role of data analytics in care assessment, and also the network’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Anya is the Chief Financial Officer of Oakland County Health Network and has been with the organization for over 20 years.  She has a depth of experience in all aspects of budget and finance decision-making within the organization, including roles as a team support specialist, fiscal coordinator and controller of costing.  Anya currently has responsibility for Budget and Finance of Costing, Accounting, Contracts, and Facility Management, and is a member of the OCHN Executive Leadership team dedicated to quality service delivery for clients.  Anya was selected as one of Crain’s Business Detroit 40 under 40 for 2019 and most recently served concurrently as Interim CEO and CFO of OCHN during 2020.

If you would like to read more about OCHN, go to oaklandchn.org.

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In this two-part CANA Connection Podcast, CANA Advisors' President Rob Cranston and Resource Lead Cherish Joostberns interview Anya Eliassen about managed mental health care in Oakland County, Michigan.  Anya shares insights about her organization, the Oakland County Health Network, to include its provided services, the role of data analytics in care assessment, and also the network’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 health crisis.

Anya is the Chief Financial Officer of Oakland County Health Network and has been with the organization for over 20 years.  She has a depth of experience in all aspects of budget and finance decision-making within the organization, including roles as a team support specialist, fiscal coordinator and controller of costing.  Anya currently has responsibility for Budget and Finance of Costing, Accounting, Contracts, and Facility Management, and is a member of the OCHN Executive Leadership team dedicated to quality service delivery for clients.  Anya was selected as one of Crain’s Business Detroit 40 under 40 for 2019 and most recently served concurrently as Interim CEO and CFO of OCHN during 2020.

If you would like to read more about OCHN, go to oaklandchn.org.

And, if you would like to stay informed about more CANA Connection Podcasts follow us on social media, subscribe to our podcast feed, join our newsletter, or consider joining in the conversation at our website in our community forum.

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In this episode of the CANA Connection Podcast, CANA Advisors' President Rob Cranston interviews CANA team member Connor McLemore about his recent award and the 88th MORS Symposium.

Connor is a Principal Operations Research Analyst with over 12 years of experience in scoping, performing, and implementing analytic solutions. Recently he was awarded the 2020 John K. Walker, Jr. Award from the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) for his September 2019 article on Operational Readiness Rollup. The award is given "to recognize the author(s) of the technical article judged to be the best published in PHALANX, The Magazine of Military Operations Research, during the previous calendar year." The article highlighted Connor's analytics work on the Probability Management team with co-authors Shaun Doheney and Dr. Sam Savage.

If you would like to read more about the John K. Walker Jr. Award and MORS head on over to https://www.mors.org/Professional-Development/Awards/John-K-Walker-Jr-Award

To read the award-winning Operational Readiness Rollup article you can find the PDF version here. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a4f82d7a8b2b04080732f87/t/5d9bad674c5cd75a54567708/1570483564174/OperationalReadinessRollup_PhalanxSeptember2019.pdf

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This is the CANA Connection audio re-broadcast of part 3 of our webinar series on Working Virtually. In this session Team CANA will be discussing how they manage working from home with family in the mix.

Over the past few weeks, most organizations have made the switch to working from home, a major transition for many employees. Our inboxes and news feeds have been flooded with articles on how to master the world of remote work. As an organization that was built to operate remotely and has been operating in this context for over twelve years, CANA Advisors is no stranger to the world of working virtually. As a remote team, one of the biggest changes many of us have experienced in the past few weeks is the addition of new “coworkers,” children, spouses, etc who are home at all hours. In this session, we'll have a candid conversation on maintaining work-life balance, staying focused, and setting up a remote team for success.

Did you miss Part 1 or 2 of our Working Virtually series?

No worries! If you missed any of our Working Virtually series you can watch them here: https://www.canallc.com/working-virtually-series

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Building a vibrant, virtual professional community is more important than ever before. We want to hear about your experience working remotely and answer any questions you may have. Join in the conversation now on the CANA Connect Forum.

This was Part 2 of our CANA Advisors' Webinar series "Working Virtually" that took place on April 9th. It was a interactive panel discussion on working remotely. Norm Rietter of CANA Advisors was joined by several of our partners and clients for an exciting discussion on collaborative remote work.

Over the past few weeks, most organizations have made the switch to working from home, a major transition for many employees. Our inboxes and news feeds have been flooded with articles on how to master the world of remote work. As an organization that was built to operate remotely and has been operating in this context for over twelve years, CANA Advisors is no stranger to the world of working “virtually” as we like to say. 

​Building a virtual professional community is more important now than ever. We want to hear about your experience working remotely and answer any questions you may have. Join in the conversation now on our forum: CANA Connect Forum

This Webinar took place on April 2nd, CANA team members will talked about maintaining a remote culture, the tools and techniques for successful execution, and how we put it all together in practice. If you wish to watch a re-broadcast of the this webinar please visit https://www.canallc.com/working-virtually-series

Over the past few weeks, most organizations have made the switch to working from home, a major transition for many employees. Our inboxes and news feeds have been flooded with articles on how to master the world of remote work.  As an organization that was built to operate remotely and has been operating in this context for over twelve years, CANA Advisors is no stranger to the world of working “virtually” as we like to say.

Building a vibrant, virtual professional community is more important than ever before. We want to hear about your experience working remotely and answer any questions you may have. Join in the conversation now on the CANA Connect Forum.

This is a re-broadcast of the Informs ORMS Today magazine Resoundingly Human Podcast

Host Ashley Kilgore

Last October I was joined by Norman Reitter, chief analytics officer and senior VP of analytics operations at CANA Advisors, to discuss the INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model, and how it is helping organizations of all sizes evaluate their analytics capabilities. In this episode, we will continue this conversation by exploring the new INFORMS Analytics Capability Evaluation (ACE) Coaching Program, which was developed to engage and assist organizations in developing and enhancing their analytics capabilities with the help of specially trained coaching experts.

I am joined once again by Norman Reitter, as well as Dave Saranchak, CAP, research fellow at Concurrent Technologies Corporation. Norm and Dave, who in addition to leading the ACE Subcommittee, completed two rounds of research of analytics models, developed the ACE Coaching curriculum and held the inaugural, pilot ACE Coaching class earlier this spring, and are now working to set up their first organizational assessment and schedule additional coaching classes.

For more information or for a copy of the article visit https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2020.02.26p/full/

Visit https://www.informs.org/

To join in the conversation with team CANA hit up our community forum at https://www.canallc.com/forum

#informs #ORMStoday #resoundinglyhuman #canaadvisors #canaconnection #ace

WFO Life Posdcast EP 033 original broadcast link https://wfolifepodcast.com/2020/03/27/ep-033-interview-jerome-dixon/

This a re-broadcast share of the interview Dr. William Curtis and USMC Lt. Col Chris Story had with our former Navy guy Jerome Dixon on Analytics, Personalized Medicine, Pandemics, COV19 in particular, and Genomics. We hope you enjoy. Link to the original podcast provided above.  

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This is a re-boadcast from the Informs ORMS Today magazine Resoundingly Human podcast

Resoundingly Human original podcast https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2019.05.25p/full/

Resoundingly Human Host Ashley Kilgore 

Organizations around the world, big and small, in nearly every industry, are implementing operations research and analytics to improve their business operations. But how can an organization tell how well it is using O.R. and analytics? With the INFORMS Analytics Maturity Model! Joining me to help tackle this topic is Norman Reitter, chief analytics officer and senior VP of Analytics Operations at CANA Advisors and chair of the INFORMS Analytics Capability Evaluation Subcommittee. To learn more about the Analytics Capability Evaluation program, contact Norm Reitter at [email protected] or Taryn Lewis, INFORMS Director of Education and Industry Programs.

For more information or for a copy of the article visit https://pubsonline.informs.org/do/10.1287/orms.2019.05.25p/full/

Visit https://www.informs.org/

To join in the conversation with team CANA hit up our community forum at https://www.canallc.com/forum

#informs #ORMStoday #resoundinglyhuman #canaadvisors #canaconnection