{"id":4580,"date":"2024-01-29T19:45:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T19:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/?page_id=4580"},"modified":"2024-03-12T14:28:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T14:28:01","slug":"kristin-saling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/kristin-saling\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristin Saling"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4580\" data-postid=\"4580\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4580 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_0l52602 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-1 tb_0ygc603 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_esex603 image-top   tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/03\/Kris_Saling.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-6045\" title=\"Colonel Kristin Saling\" alt=\"Kristin Saling headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/03\/Kris_Saling.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/03\/Kris_Saling-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>    \n        <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n        <div class=\"image-content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"image-title\">\n                                    Colonel Kristin Saling                            <\/h3>\n                    <\/div>\n    <!-- \/image-content -->\n        <\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->        <\/div>\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-3 tb_g2w3604 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_t7c7604   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Colonel Kristin Saling<\/h1>\n<h5>Acting Director, Innovation Directorate<br>United States Army Recruiting Command<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_dp51952 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion  glossy tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-dp51952-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-dp51952-0-content\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                    <i class=\"accordion-icon\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-plus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-plus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <i class=\"accordion-active-icon tf_hide\"><svg  class=\"tf_fa tf-ti-minus\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use href=\"#tf-ti-minus\"><\/use><\/svg><\/i>                    <span class=\"accordion-title-wrap\">Bio<\/span>                <\/a>\n            <\/div><!-- .accordion-title -->\n            <div id=\"acc-dp51952-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-dp51952-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Colonel Kris Saling is a recognized leader in the US Army Human Capital Enterprise who has been introducing analytics, automation, and transformational business processes into Army human resources for the past eight years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She and her hand-picked teams of technologists and human resource subject matter experts have coordinated with the best across government, industry, and academia to pilot innovation programs at scale, including three talent management programs of record and an Army-wide data literacy program that has trained hundreds of Soldiers over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>She is an Army operations research and systems analyst with experience not just in Army human resources and people analytics, but in government acquisition and contracting, data governance, personnel policy, law, and statute, and the business process of innovation. She has led significant analytic and modernization efforts at US Indo-Pacific Command, Headquarters Department of the Army, Army Human Resources Command, and now, her most challenging effort, US Army Recruiting Command, where she serves as their Innovation Director.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Saling is also publishing her first book, Data-Driven Talent Management, compiling practical and actionable insights from her years transforming Army personnel business processes. It is available this August.<\/p>                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div><!-- .accordion-content -->\n        <\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n\n<\/div><!-- \/module accordion -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                        <div  data-css_id=\"u6fe602\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_u6fe602 tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_84q1605 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_k572608 track  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6>Keynote Speaker<\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_xwmz608   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p><strong>FROM DATA TO ACTION: The Building Blocks of a Data-Driven Ecosystem<\/strong><br><br>\u201cThe best analytics not used are the worst analytics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In this data and AI obsessed world, organizations are learning they can\u2019t buy their way into modernization with large data sets and tools. 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