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understand that vastness,” he said. “Data science knowledge will affect how we design systems to allow our warfighters to remain safe in the field and enhance the effectiveness of their missions.”
MADE POSSIBLE BY Te new training originated in the “Consolidated Appropria- tions Act, 2022,” in which Congress mandated that the military services enhance the digital capacity of the workforce. Te DACM Office leveraged Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account (DAWDA) funds to cover the training. Tis training, coupled with other efforts involving data-tools acquisition and project improvement efforts that the acquisition community is pursuing, will lead to the ability to leverage artificial intelligence tools that enhance Army programs and formations.
Over the next year, the Army DACM Office will sponsor a series of weeklong Army data leader courses intended for Army acquisition professionals. It aims to improve data-driven decision- making across all domains, from human resources and training to research development and engineering, to build awareness of enterprise data management efforts focused on increasing data quality and usability, and to provide executive-level understand- ing of the enterprise data management components and best practices.
Concurrently, the Army DACM Office will sponsor a two-week digital data user’s skill development course for midgrade acquisi- tion professionals to better understand how to identify problems that might be solved with data methods, such as which data methods and tools are most appropriate for each problem and where the Army faces the most pressing data issues. Tis training, along with the acquisition of better tools, directly support and will enable realization of the vision set by the Army and Army acquisition executive’s focus on digital transformation.
CONCLUSION “Te amount of data coming at our warfighters can be over- whelming,” said Waldran. “Having more people exposed to the science will help those designing and building complex systems to help the management and visualization of that data.”
For more information about the Army DACM Office and its initiatives for the Army Acquisition Workforce, go to https://
asc.army.mil/web/dacm-office.
MARKO NIKITUK is the chief of analysis and planning in the Army DACM Office, where he oversees the Career Acquisition
TRANSFORMATIVE TRAINING
Professionals from across the Army Acquisition Workforce attended the Army Digital Data Leader’s Course at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy in Pittsburgh, Sept. 19-23. This is the first offering of a series of digital transformation training courses planned over the next year, specifically targeted to Army acquisition professionals. (Photo courtesy of the DACM Office)
Management Portal, DAWDA and an operations research cell focused on providing talent management analysis. He has an M.S. in information technology management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He holds the DAWIA Advanced
certification in program management and the
Practitioner certification in engineering technical management. He possesses certificates in finance from Harvard Business School and in digital data leadership from Carnegie Mellon University. He has more than 35 years of service in U.S. Army infantry, Army acquisition, in industry and as an Army civilian.
STEFANIE PIDGEON is the communications branch chief in the U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center’s DACM Office. She has worked in strategic communications and public affairs for the Department of Defense and U.S. Army for more than a decade. She holds a master of mass communication degree in integrated communications from the University of South Carolina, and a bachelor of music education from Winthrop University.
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