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Table of
Contents.
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Plenary
Sessions
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Luncheon Speakers
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Track
1: Operations, Support and Contract
Servicing Costing
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Track
2: Lifecycle Costing and Methods
Costing
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Track 3:
Acquisition and Logistics
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Track
4: Data and Analytic Tools
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International
Symposium
2008
Program with Bios.
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The views
expressed on the various briefs do not represent the views of DODCAS, its
representatives or the U.S.
government.
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Plenary Sessions:
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“Plenary Session I: Contractors: From the Backroom to the Battlefield”
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Panel Chair: Honorable Nelson M. Ford, Acting Under
Secretary of the Army
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Panelists:
Mr. Shay Assad, Director, Defense Procurement,
Acquisition Policy and Strategic Sourcing (DPAP)
Dr. Frank Camm, Senior Economist, The RAND Corporation
BG Steven M. Anderson, Director, Operations and
Logistics Readiness, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-4
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“Plenary Session II: Global
War on Terror: Cost and Resource Implications”
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Panel Chair:
Mr. Bradley M. Berkson, Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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Panelists:
Dr.
J. Michael Gilmore, Assistant Director For National Security, Congressional
Budget Office
Mr. Joseph W. Bowab, Associate Director, National Security Programs
Executive Office of the President, Office
of Management and Budget
LTG
David F. Melcher, Military Deputy for Budget
Office
of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller)
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Luncheon Speakers
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Wednesday:
“Strengthening
Homeland Security: Reforming
Planning and Resource Allocation”
Dr. Cindy Williams, Principal Research
Scientist, Security Studies Program,
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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Thursday:
“Federal
Budget
Outlook and Implications for DoD”
Mr. Stephen Daggett, Specialist in National Defense, Foreign
Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Congressional Research Service
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Track 1: Operations, Support and
Contract Servicing Costing
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
I: Macro Models for Programming and
Planning
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“Cost of the
Army”
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Mr. Joe Gordon, Chief, Unit Mission Costing
Division, Deputy Assistance Secretary of the Army, Cost & Economics
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“Cost of the Air Force"
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Mr. John Wallace, Technical Advisor, AFCAA
Captain Joshua Weed, USAF, AFCAA
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
II: Naval Aviation Operating and
Support Trends.
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“Naval
Aviation Operating and Support Cost Composition and Trends”
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Mr. John A. Johnston, Division Head,
ILS/O&S Cost Estimating, NAVAIR Cost Department
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“CAVTS, Navy/Marine Corps Flying Hour Program, Historical Data and
Future Trends”
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Mr. Douglas F. Monin, Branch Head, Naval
Aviation Enterprise
ILS/O&S Cost Analysis, NAVAIR Cost Department
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
III: Resource Allocation Tools
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“Standard
Service Costing for Army Installation Services”
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Mr. Kevin Kelly, Operations Research
Analyst, ODASA-CE
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“Expanding
Global Defense Posture: Challenges in Costing Forward Operating Sites and
Cooperative Security Locations”
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COL. Douglas A. Hersh, USA, Operations Analyst, Force
and Infrastructure Cost Analysis Division, OSD/PA&E/RA
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
IV: Contractor-Provided Sustainment
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“Cost
Analysis of Contractor Maintenance Strategies”
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Mr. Jason Mushrush, Industrial Engineer,
Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.2.2 O&S/ILS Cost Estimating
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Mr. Gregory Veit, Operations Research
Analyst, Naval Air Systems Command, AIR-4.2.2 O&S/ILS Cost Estimating
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"Characterizing
Support Costs of Contractor Supported Systems”
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Dr. James A. Forbes, Senior Research
Fellow, LMI Government Consulting
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
V: Return on Investment
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"Hidden
Investment in Spares beyond the First Two Years and Resulting Major
Distortions in Engineering Trade Studies”
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Ms. Virginia Stouffer, Research Fellow,
LMI Government Consulting
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Dr. James A. Forbes, Senior Research
Fellow, LMI Government Consulting
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"Costs of
Unsuitability”
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Dr. Tzee-Nan K Lo, Research Staff Member,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Dr. Harold S. Balaban, Research Staff
Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
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Mr. Waynard C. Devers, Adjunct, Institute
for Defense Analyses
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Mr. Christopher Wait, Research Assistant,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Track 1: Concurrent Session VI: Manpower Costs
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“Trends in Military Manpower Costs”
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LTC Fernando M. Huerta, USA, Operations Analyst,
Economic and Manpower Analysis Division, OSD/PA&E/RA
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Dr. Ching-Mei Chen, Operations Analyst,
Economic and Manpower Analysis Division, OSD/PA&E/RA
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“Cost
Analysis in Support of the Block Assessment of Training Transformation”
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Mr. Stanley Horowitz, Assistant Director, Cost
Analysis and Research Division, Institute for Defense Analyses
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Track 1: Concurrent Session
VII : Installations and
Infrastructure
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“Agreements,
Planning and Execution System (APES) Database”
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Mr. Kevin Cincotta, Research Fellow, LMI
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“A Model for
Decision Maker Preferences in the Acquisition of a Portfolio of Defense
Programs”
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Dr. Scot Arnold, Research Staff Member,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Dr. Patricia Bronson, Research Staff
Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
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Top
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Track 2: Lifecycle Costing and
Methods Costing
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
I: Operations & Support Overview
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“Operations
& Support Overview - From Organizational To Depot”
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Dr. Laurence W. Stoll, Consultant
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
II: Force Structure Analysis
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“Aviation
Affordability Study”
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Mr. William F. Stranges, Senior Cost
Analyst, NAVAIR
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Mr. Donald P. Allen, Senior Cost Analyst,
NAVAIR
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“Civil Support Analytic Baseline”
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Mr. Wilmer A. Sweetser, Director,
Simulation & Analysis Center, Theater Assessments & Programs, OSD
PA&E
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
III: Life Cycle Costing from Prime
Contractor Perspectives
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“Cost
Estimating Methods and Products, Current Vs. Future State: A Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Perspective”
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Mr. Ralph Smith, Director, Core
Estimating, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
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“O&S
CERs for USAF Fighters and Bombers”
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Mr. James (Jim) H. Carlson, Technical
Fellow, Boeing Phantom Works Cost and Affordability
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Mr. Matthew A. Anderson, Senior Manager,
Boeing Phantom Works Cost and Affordability
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
IV: Life Cycle Costing Studies
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“Progress
Toward An Empirical Relationship Between Reliability Investments and Life Cycle
Support Costs”
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Mr. E. Andrew Long, Research Fellow, LMI
Government Consulting
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“Empirical
Evidence Relating Aircraft Age and Operating and Support Cost Growth”
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Mr. Erik Hawkes, Senior Consultant,
Booz-Allen-Hamilton
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
V: Pre-Milestone A Decision Making
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“Pre-Milestone
A Cost Estimating: Progress, Challenges, and Change”
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Ms. Martha A. (Marti) Roper, Senior
Operations Research Analyst, ODASA-CE
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“Milestone A OSD AT&L Case Studies Lessons Learned”
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Mr. James “Raleigh” Durham, Director,
Joint Advanced Concepts, OUSD AT&L
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
VI: Service Cost Directors
Perspectives
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Dr. Richard P. Burke, Chairman, OSD Cost
Analysis Improvement Group (CAIG)
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Mr. Stephen T. Bagby, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Financial Management & Comptroller
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Ms. Wendy P. Kunc, Director, Naval Center
for Cost Analysis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Financial Management & Comptroller
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Mr. Richard K. “Rich” Hartley, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Cost and Economics, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller
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Track 2: Concurrent Session
VII: Satellites and Space
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“Satellite-Subsystem
Development Costs”
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Mr. Erik Burgess, Consultant, NRO Cost
Group
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Mr. Nathan Menton, Cost Analyst, MCR, LLC.
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“Cost Estimating Initiatives at NASA”
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Mr. Thomas Coonce, Director, Cost Analysis
Division, NASA Program Analysis and Evaluation
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Dr. Stephen A. Book, Chief Technical
Officer, MCR, LLC.
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Top
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Track 3: Acquisition and Logistics
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
I: Technology Readiness Levels
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“How DoD
uses Technology Readiness Levels”
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Dr. Cynthia Dion-Schwarz, Associate Director,
Network Technologies, Office of the Director, Defense Research and
Engineering, OSD
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“Technology
Readiness Levels Usage at NASA”
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Dr. Chris Moore, NASA Headquarters
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
II: Logistics
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“Financial
Performance Based Logistics Business Case Analysis”
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Mr. Paul Hein, Industrial Engineer,
O&S/ILS Cost Estimating, NAVAIR
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“Fully-Burdened Cost of Fuel IDA Modeling & Selected Results -
2006”
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Mr. Shaun McGee, Research Associate,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Dr. Lisa Veitch, Research Staff Member,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Track 3: Concurrent Session III:
GAO Handbook
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“GAO Cost
Assessment Guide: Best Practices for
Estimating and Managing Program Costs”
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Ms. Jennifer Echard, Senior Cost Analyst,
Government Accountability Office
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Ms. Karen Richey, Senior Cost Analyst,
Government Accountability Office
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
IV: Cost Risk
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“A
Scenario-Based Method for Cost Risk Analysis”
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Mr. Paul R. Garvey, Chief Scientist,
Center for Acquisition & Systems Analysis (CASA), MITRE
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
V: Nunn McCurdy – Process & Example
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“Nunn McCurdy Process”
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Mr. Lary Axtell, Senior Program Analyst, Acquisition
and Resources Office, OSD(AT&L)
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“The
Nunn-McCurdy Law and Certification Process - An OSD CAIG Analyst’s Perspective”
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Mr. Curt Khol, Operations Research
Analyst, Operations Analysis and Procurement Planning Division,
OSD/PA&E/RA
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
VI: Earned Value Process
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“Earned Value Process”
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Mr. Frederick Meyer, Director of the
Defense Contract Management Agency’s Earned Value
Management Center
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“New Tools for
Earned Value Analysis”
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Dr. Patricia Bronson, Research Staff
Member, Institute for Defense Analyses
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Dr. Tzee-Nan K Lo, Research Staff Member,
Institute for Defense Analyses
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Track 3: Concurrent Session
VII: Software
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“Use of
Software Cost Estimates in Program Support Review”
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Mr. Christopher L. Miller, Senior Software
Engineer and Cost Analyst, ODUSD(AT&L)
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Mr. Scott Lucero, Assistant Deputy
Director, ODUSD(AT&L) Software Engineering and Systems Assurance
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“Implications
of Systems of Systems on Systems Engineering and Cost Analysis”
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Mr. Robert M. Flowe,
ODUSD(A&T)/SSE/SSA
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Dr. Judith Dahmann, Principal
Senior Scientist, MITRE
Corp Center for
Acquisition and System Analysis
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Track 4: Data and Analytic Tools
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
I: Service Visibility and
Management of Operating and Support Costs (VASMOC) Programs
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“Kick-off”
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Mr. Walt Cooper, Operations Research
Analyst, OSD/PA&E/RA
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“OSMIS”
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Ms. Kathleen
O'Brien, DASA-CE
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
II: Service VASMOC Programs
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“Naval VAMOSC
Program”
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Mr. Mike Carey, Cost Analysis Tools Branch
Head, Naval Center for Cost Analysis
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“AFTOC”
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Mr. Richard Snow, AFTOC Program Manager,
AFCAA
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Mr. Thomas Lies, Chief of the Cost Factors
Branch, AFCAA
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
III: Weapon System Cost Data
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“Defense Cost
and Resource Center”
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Dr. Ron Lile, Director, Defense Cost and Resource Center, OSD/PA&E
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“A Sample
Analysis of CCDR Data: Are the Data
Credible and Useful?”
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Mr. David Lyons, Cost Analyst, Technomics,
Inc.
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Mr. James York, Cost Analyst, Technomics,
Inc.
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
IV: AT&L Data Sources
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“Earned Value
Management (EVM) Central Repository”
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Dr. Ron Lile, Director, Defense Cost and Resource Center, OSD/PA&E
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Mr. Schatten Douglas, DAU BIL &
Kaleidoscope Program Manager, OUSD(AT&L)/ARA
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Ms. Deborah Tomsic, Senior Program
Analyst, OUSD(AT&L)
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“What
USD(AT&L)'s Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Means for Cost Analysis
Data”
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Mr. Gary R. Bliss, Deputy Director, Enterprise Engineering
and OSD, USD(AT&L)
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
V: Software
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“How Software
Resource Data Reports (SRDRs) are changing the way NAVAIR does estimating”
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Mr. Michael Popp, Operations Research
Analyst, NAVAIR
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“An Approach
for Building a Normalized Software Database using SRDRs”
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Mr. Michael Gallo, Senior Cost Analyst, Technomics,
Inc.
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
VI: O&S Cost Models
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“Introduction
to the Operating and Support Cost Analysis Model (OSCAM)”
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Ms. Molly Mertz, Operations Research
Analyst, Cost Effectiveness Branch, NSWC-Carderock
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Track 4: Concurrent Session
VII: Maintenance Manpower Costing
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“Estimating
aircraft maintenance manpower requirements with IMEASURE simulation model”
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Ms. Kristen Guerrera, Research Associate,
Cost Analysis and Research Division, IDA
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Dr. Harold S. Balaban, Research Staff
Member, Cost Analysis and Research Division, IDA
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Mr. Waynard Devers, Adjunct Staff Member,
IDA
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