The IPPS-A Podcast

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebekah Lust chats with SGM Paul Smith and CPT Kevin Valdez about AUSA 2023, perception of the program nearly one year since Release 3, and CRM (Customer Relationship Management). Listen here for more on an AUSA recap; feedback from the field; lessons learned from the field on CRM. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! SGM Gary Krese introduces his replacement SGM Paul Smith, IPPS-A’s new Senior Enlisted Advisor. They chat about HR legacy systems and processes, as well as the transition to IPPS-A, HR modernization, MilPay, training, information sharing, and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system and HR wea...

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Becky Lust chats with MAJ Mercedes Skidmore and CPT Kevin Valdez on the enhanced user interface updates (PeopleTools) to improve the intuitiveness, framework and personalization of the system. Additionally, they cover Customer Relationship Management (CRM) benefits and upcoming optimization. These changes help users do tasks faster and enrich user experience. Thi...

In this episode, we introduce IPPS-A's new leadership, COL Rebekah Lust, and wish the outgoing chief, COL Rebecca Eggers farewell.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with SGM Gary Krese and MSG Robert Simmons on IPPS-A’s Talent Management capabilities, Soldier Talent Profile, MilPay transactions, and future payroll absence enhancements. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system.

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with MAJ Ollie Akanni and CW2 Alex Segura on Release 3’s SABIR (Service Analytics Business Intelligence Reports), OBIEE (Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition), and CRM (Customer Relationship Management). Listen here for more on data, reports, and dashboards; differences between SABIR and OBIEE; SABIR updates; customer support resou...

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast! COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC Lee Baklarz and MAJ Mercedes Skidmore on Release 3 stabilization and accountability. Listen here for more on data conversion, assignments, policies, training, and mobile app. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier system. While we will begin to stand down our In-Person Over-the-Shoulder-Support (OTSS), t...

Welcome to the IPPS-A Podcast all NCO episode! SGM Gary Krese chats with MSG Anre Hall and MSG Neal (Chris) Robinson on Release 3 Go-Live progress and the priorities. Listen here for more on pay-impacting actions, promotions, assignments, guidance, CRM cases, lessons learned, support, resources, and adapting to a new system. This episode will give you the insight you need! IPPS-A is a Soldier syst...

Release 3 Go-Live is here! In this inaugural Season 3 episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Brian Hollandsworth on Release 3 Go-Live progress and how far it has come. Listen here for more on access, accountability, roles and subcategories, Teams support, communication, testing, known issues, fixes, and future enhancements. This episode will give you the insight you need! Sel...

In this final 2022 episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with MAJ Emily Marty-Soto and MAJ Olumide (Olly) Akanni about the development and capabilities of customer services and support, as well as the business analytics within the system. If you’re looking for insight on customer support resources for the transition to IPPS-A Release 3 and the data tools such as Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise...

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Megan Meinholz about Brown Out and Cut Over (BOCO), accountability, training and resources. If you’re looking for insight on required unit tasks, flag tracking, webinars, demos, User Manual, and Cutover Guide, this is the episode for you. Visit the BOCO page at: https://ipps-a.army.mil/brownout-cutover Please email the IPPS-...

In this next episode, MAJ Stanley Gillens, Jr. chats with LTC John Elko and LTC Brian Hollandsworth about testing and all the preparation events taking place prior to brownout/cutover to ensure a successful Go-Live. If you’re looking for insight on who participated, what was tested, outcomes, and preparing users, this is the episode for you. Brownout is no earlier than 10 November.   Leaders/...

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with COL June Copeland and LTC Megan Meinholz about how IPPS-A will impact all components upon Go-Live and the tasks that must be completed to support Soldiers. If you’re looking for insight on the benefits coming to Soldiers, mandatory training, provisioning, and preparatory tasks, this is the episode for you.   Leaders/Approvers: Leader Course...

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and SGM Gary Krese about ROC Drill 4, testing and command tasks for Go-Live. If you’re looking for insight on feedback, results, brownout/cutover and training, this is the episode for you. Brownout is 13 August. Leaders/Approvers: Leader Course is due 31 July 2022. HR Professionals/HR Field Users: SUBCAT Training due 31 July 2022. S...

In this next episode, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC John Elko and MAJ Marisha Mclean about how HR Professionals and Units should prepare for Brownout and Cutover (BOCO). If you’re looking for insight on what BOCO means to you, the Cutover Guide, Faces-to-Spaces, and elevated roles (subcategories) and access, this is the episode for you. HR Professionals/HR Field Users: Hands-On/Instructor Faci...

In this next episode of season 2, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with LTC Megan Meinholz and LTC Brian Hollandsworth, about the ongoing testing efforts and the importance of mandatory training for users (everyone above the self-service level). If you’re looking for insight on how the system is being tested and mandatory training (sorry, no deadline extensions), this is the episode for you.   HR Pro...

In this next episode of season 2, COL Rebecca Eggers chats with COL John Clemons and SGM Gary Krese, about the ongoing Release 3 HR and Pay Summits. If you’re looking for insight on supplemental training, how processes are changing, and pay accuracy, this is the episode for you. The HR and Pay Summits schedule is available at https://ipps-a.army.mil/training-aids. HR Professionals: Remember to com...

In this next episode of season 2, SGM Gary Krese chats with LTC John Elko and CW3 Roscoe Harris, about the rehearsal of concept (ROC 3) event to prepare for Release 3 Go-Live. If you’re looking for insight on brownout, cutover, mock conversion, slotting, hands-on training, over-the-shoulder support and SOPs, this is the episode for you.   Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox with your questions: u...

In the first episode of season 2, LTC Rebekah “Becky” Lust and SGM Gary Krese chat with COL Rebecca Eggers, IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, about what the team has been working on since the Release 3 shift. If you’re looking for insight on IPPS-A deployment and testing, data correctness, training, HR summits, and resources, this is the episode for you. Please email the IPPS-A Mailbox...

In this episode, MAJ Rohan Oldacre and MSG Dimas Fonseca “Fonzie” chat with COL Greg Johnson, former IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, about IPPS-A’s audit capabilities in Release 2, capabilities coming in Release 3 and 4, and the status of auditability in the Army. If you’re looking for insight on Army audits, military pay and the future capabilities within IPPS-A, this is the episode...

In this episode, CW5 Hickman, CW5 Martinez and CW4 Freeman chat with COL Greg Johnson, former IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, about what IPPS-A is doing for the Adjutant General (AG) Warrant Corps, AG Corps and beyond. If you’re looking for insight on preparing the AG Corps, data, training, auditability and Army Organizational Server to implement the Army’s historic HR transformation,...

Former IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, COL Gregory Johnson speaks with LTC Paul “Greg” Lockhart and CPT (now MAJ) Olly Akanni about talent management in the Army. If you’re looking for insight on changes coming to the Army, this is the episode for you. #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAR3 #USArmy #PeopleFirst #modernization https://ipps-a.army.mil/ https://www.facebook.com/arm...

IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, COL Gregory Johnson speaks with CW3 Scedric Moss, LTC Megan Meinholz and Harper Hurwitz about social media, change management and strategic communication in the Army. If you’re looking for insight on these topics, this is the episode for you.

The new IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, COL Rebecca Eggers, joins the podcast for the first time to speak with IPPS-A team member Leonard (Lee) Baklarz about the IPPS-A mobile app creation and improvements based on Soldier feedback. If you’re looking for insight on mobile human resource capabilities, this is the episode for you. #TeamIPPSA #IPPSA #USArmy #IPPSAPodcast #USArmy #PeopleF...

Outgoing IPPS-A Functional Management Division Chief, COL Greg Johnson speaks with IPPS-A team members CPT Joshua Wilson and MAJ Leo Cruz [check both names]. In this episode, subject matter experts discuss authoritative data sources and what that means for the Army. If you’re looking for insight on data and the human resource enterprise, this is the episode for you. #IPPS-A, #IPPS-A Podcast, #Toda...