{"id":4989,"date":"2024-02-09T20:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T20:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/annabella-kadavanich-copy\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T21:07:19","slug":"jack-smith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/speakers\/jack-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4989\" data-postid=\"4989\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4989 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row dropPadding-bottom tb_pacz840 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_4uzs016 first\">\n                    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_s6js886 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\/02\/Jack_Smith.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-4986\" title=\"Jack B. Smith\" alt=\"Jack Smith headshot\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Jack_Smith.jpg 300w, https:\/\/meetings.informs.org\/wordpress\/analytics2024\/files\/2024\/02\/Jack_Smith-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                                    Jack B. Smith                            <\/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_q0ge071 last\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_aq86510   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h1>Lieutenant Commander Jack B. Smith<\/h1>\n<h5>Operations Research Analyst at U.S. Coast Guard<\/h5>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module accordion -->\n<div  class=\"module module-accordion tb_h6s9888 \" data-behavior=\"toggle\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n    \n    <ul class=\"ui module-accordion   tb_default_color\">\n            <li>\n            <div class=\"accordion-title tf_rel\">\n                <a href=\"#acc-h6s9888-0\" class=\"tb_title_accordion\" aria-controls=\"acc-h6s9888-0-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-h6s9888-0-content\" data-id=\"acc-h6s9888-0\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"accordion-content tf_hide tf_clearfix\">\n                                    <div class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n                        <p>Lieutenant Commander Jack Smith is an accomplished Coast Guard officer with 20 years of wide-ranging experience in operations research and emergency response operations. At the U. S. Coast Guard Academy, he graduated fifth in his class with a bachelor\u2019s degree in both electrical engineering and operations research. He holds two master\u2019s degrees, including a Master of Science in management science and engineering from Stanford University. As a Certified Analytics Professional, he brought these technical skills and requisite soft skills to bear on the most challenging Coast Guard problems throughout his career, ranging from the operational to the strategic. Most recently, he supported the Coast Guard\u2019s Data and Workforce Revolutions in two vital ways: creating a persistent simulation for the workforce; and collaborating to stand up the Coast Guard\u2019s new Office of Data and Analytics to bring data science to scale across the service. After leaving the Coast Guard, he will continue to pursue his passion \u2013 bringing together teams of great people to solve complex problems \u2013 in the operations research and management science space.<\/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=\"tc6g190\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row fullwidth_row_container tb_tc6g190 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_jh0b891 first\">\n                    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_m3yw609 track  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h6>Track: Business Administration<\/h6>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_3fbm191   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <h2>Investigating Coast Guard Investigators: A Discrete-Event Simulation Approach<\/h2>\n<p>Recent recruiting and retention challenges across the U.S. Coast Guard have been raising questions about its current workforce structure. 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