The INFORMS Analytics Framework details specific analytics roles, responsibilities, and tasks essential for successfully applying analytics to problems, questions, and opportunities, enabling impactful business, research, medical, and other decisions. Developed with input from the analytics community, the framework establishes best practices for analytics success. In this webinar, Kathryn Walter, CAP-X, will walk through the IAF and discuss different ways to use it.
Kathryn Walter, CAP-X, is a Senior Operations Research Analyst who works on mathematical models supporting better decision making at Avista Corporation, a utilities company in Spokane, WA. She is a former optimization consultant and a former military officer. She received MS and BS degrees in operations research from Columbia University and the US Coast Guard Academy, respectively. Kathryn currently serves on the Analytics Certification Board, was previously on the INFORMS Board of Directors, and was the general chair of the 2024 INFORMS Analytics+ Conference.