Panel Discussion
Tuesday, 15 September 2026 · Eastern Standard Time
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Current operational decision cycles and rapid technological disruption demand a decisive shift from traditional, protracted analysis toward proactive, agile analytic support. In this session, senior leaders examine the strategic imperatives facing the analytic community. Panelists will address balancing analytic speed with rigor, ensuring standardized data accessibility in theater, and overcoming workforce deficits stemming from recent hiring constraints and personnel shaping initiatives.
The discussion will also explore modern mentorship models required to accelerate junior analyst readiness, strategies to dismantle joint and allied data silos, and practical approaches to communicating uncertainty so operational commanders can act on complex analysis with complete confidence.
Panelists:
Chris Barrett
Executive Director, Army Evaluation Center
Josh Helms
Technical Director, Center for Army Analysis
Cody Beck
Deputy Director, Transformation Decision Analysis Center
COL Sean Madden
Chief Data Science Officer, U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command
Current operational decision cycles and rapid technological disruption demand a decisive shift from traditional, protracted analysis toward proactive, agile analytic support. In this session, senior leaders examine the strategic imperatives facing the analytic community. Panelists will address balancing analytic speed with rigor, ensuring standardized data accessibility in theater, and overcoming workforce deficits stemming from recent hiring constraints and personnel shaping initiatives.
The discussion will also explore modern mentorship models required to accelerate junior analyst readiness, strategies to dismantle joint and allied data silos, and practical approaches to communicating uncertainty so operational commanders can act on complex analysis with complete confidence.
Panelists:
Chris Barrett
Executive Director, Army Evaluation Center
Josh Helms
Technical Director, Center for Army Analysis
Cody Beck
Deputy Director, Transformation Decision Analysis Center
COL Sean Madden
Chief Data Science Officer, U.S. Army Western Hemisphere Command