Decision Advantage

Keith Brawner, PhD is the Program Manager of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies UARC and Senior Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Area, Soldier Effective Directorate, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command - Soldier Center. In this episode, Keith provides an overview of the importance of modeling, simulation, entertainment, games, and synthetic environments for the Army. 00:58...

Exia Labs CTO Serj Kazar provides an end-to-end blueprint for building modern MLOps architecture for the military and intelligence community based on commercial systems and best practices.

Rear Adm. Doug Small is a native of Birchwood, Wisconsin. He is a 1988 graduate of Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Physics. He also holds a doctorate degree in physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. Small’s operational tours included mechanical division officer and main propulsion assistant on USS Camden (AOE 2),...

Panelists: Philip Yu, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral (ret) U.S. Navy, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Dr. Michael A. Hunzeker, Director, Taiwan Security Monitor at George Mason University Fanny Chao, Non-Resident Fellow, Research Institute for Democracy, Society, and Emerging Technology Moderator: P.J. Huang, co-fo...

Panelists: Jonathan Pan, CEO of Exia Labs and Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University James Ryseff, Director of Defense, Special Competitive Studies Project Moderator: Judy Kurtz, Columnist, The Hill; Correspondent, DC News Now and Sunrise on the Hill

Exia Labs CTO Serj Kazar provides an end-to-end blueprint for building a modern data ecosystem for the military based on commercial systems and best practices.

Stuart is a career Army officer with over 25+ years of distinguished service, blending deep expertise in logistics, sustainment, and strategic planning. Most recently, he commanded the Army Field Support Battalion – Charleston (AFSBn-CHS), home of the Army’s Prepositioned Stocks (APS-3) program, where he led a 600-person organization responsible for maintaining and deploying combat power positione...

Colonel Kent Park has served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the Joint Base Commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, leading one of the Army’s largest and most complex installations. During his career, Park commanded at every level and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of combat operations. Park served in key strategic assignm...

Serk Kazar is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Exia Labs. 00:12 Decision advantage definition 01:43 What technology is required to generate feasible courses of action 02:43 Spatial awareness proof of concept Referenced in this episode: https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.08545 https://mapeval.github.io/

Brian L. Steed is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel with more than thirty two years of civilian and uniformed experience in artillery, armor, cavalry (reconnaissance and security), international engagement, and professional military education. He is a practitioner, student, and writer of military theory, Middle East culture, and history. The views expressed are those of the speaker and do not r...

0:16 John's background 1:00 Framework for decision dominance 3:26 Understand: Carl von Clausewitz, not taking shortcuts on mission analysis 5:17 Visualize: George C. Marshall's canal-side vision for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive 7:40 Direct: Noncombatant Evacuation Operations planning in Sudan 8:16 Assess: Spotting HIMARS flaw through data Referenced in this episode: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Colonel Craig Broyles is the Commander of the 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. 01:40 Worshiping the MDMP process 04:32 Origins of the word "Decide" 05:30 John Boyd's OODA Loop 06:50 Focusing on what's worked in the past 07:40 Understanding that the context will evolve 08:10 METT-TC / S 13:28 Deep dive on terrain analysis 17:08 Adjusting the plan when the environment changes 19:0...

Colonel Kent Park has served in the U.S. Army as an Infantry officer for over 25 years. Most recently, he was the Joint Base Commander of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, leading one of the Army’s largest and most complex installations. During his career, Park commanded at every level and deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan in support of combat operations. Park served in key strategic assignm...

Jay Miseli is a retired US Army officer and proven executive leader, founder, and innovator with 30 years of experience delivering results in military organizations and industry. Jay is Co-Founder of Red Thread X and has led Sales and Business Development for a $50M technology firm as a Senior Vice President. His military career spanned a broad range of responsibilities including large unit comman...

Jay Miseli is a retired US Army officer and proven executive leader, founder, and innovator with 30 years of experience delivering results in military organizations and industry. Jay is Co-Founder of Red Thread X and has led Sales and Business Development for a $50M technology firm as a Senior Vice President. His military career spanned a broad range of responsibilities including large unit comman...