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Metrica, Inc. 8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 603, San Antonio, Texas 78217

Metrica, Inc. 8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 603, San Antonio, Texas 78217. Human Performance Technologies. CAPABILITIES OVERVIEW. www.metricanet.com/hpt. Metrica Corporate Overview. Small Minority, Woman-Owned Business Incorporated in 1984

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Metrica, Inc. 8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 603, San Antonio, Texas 78217

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  1. Metrica, Inc.8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 603, San Antonio, Texas 78217 Human Performance Technologies CAPABILITIES OVERVIEW www.metricanet.com/hpt

  2. Metrica Corporate Overview • Small Minority, Woman-Owned Business • Incorporated in 1984 • First SBA 8(a) Contract – Personnel Modeling System for the Department of State – Awarded September 1986 • First DoD Contract – Manpower, Personnel, and Training R&D for the U.S. Air Force Human Resources Laboratory – Awarded January 1988. • Successfully graduated from 8(a) program in 1995

  3. Corporate Staff / Business Composition Business Mix Staff Mix 28% 24% 62% 56% 10% 10% 10% 62% Facilities Management and Operational Support 28% ADP Systems Engineering Services 10% Professional Consulting 56% Facilities Management and Operational Support 24% ADP Systems Engineering Services 10% Professional Consulting 10% Administration Personnel Total Metrica Full-Time Revenues for 2005 $18.1M 85

  4. Corporate Facilities and Staff • Industrial Psychologists • Cognitive Scientists • Human Factors Engineers • Psychometricians • Economists • Statisticians • Operations Research Scientists • Training Specialists • Systems Analysts • Computer Scientists FACILITIES Headquarters San Antonio, Texas Branch Offices Houston, Texas Arlington, Virginia Princeton, New Jersey PERSONNEL • Ph.D.s 6 • M.A./M.S.s 12 • B.A./B.S.s 50+

  5. Corporate Performance Goals • Customer Satisfaction: • Selection and Assignment of Qualified, Committed Personnel • Quality Products: • On Time • Within Budget • Quick Response • Close Working Relationship Between Corporation and Client • Minimal Layers of Management: • Direct Access to Corporate Resources • Clear Lines of Communication

  6. Corporate Commendations 2002 Awarded GSA Schedule 653, Employee Relocation Services. 2001 Awarded GSA LOGWORLD Schedule 874-5. 2000Metrica awarded prestigious Tibbits award for excellence in SBIR achievement. 1999 Recognized by the San Antonio Business Journal as the largest Black-Owned Business in San Antonio. 1999 Awarded GSA MOBIS Schedule 874. 1997 Awarded GSA IT Schedule 70. 1997 Recognized by Minority Business Reports as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Minority Owned Businesses of 1997. 1994 Commended by the Department of the Treasury as 2nd Runner-up for Small Business Partner of the Year. 1994 Commended by the Small Business Administration as a recipient of the Small Business Excellence Award for its NASA Johnson Space Center efforts. 1993 Commended by NASA Johnson Space Center as their Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year. 1992 Recognized by Inc. Magazineas the 24th fastest growing, privately-held corporation in the Nation for the growth period 1987 to 1991. 1991 Honored as 8(a) Firm of the Year by the Houston Small Business Administration District. 1989 Commended by the US Air Force Air Training Command as their SDB Support Services Contractor of the Year.

  7. Corporate Organization Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dunson President Chief Operating Officer Bruce H. Dunson, Ph.D. Financial Management Phyllis Thompson International Group Royce Schmaltz ADP Facilities Management Group Information Technology and Analysis Group Jonathan Fast

  8. ITA Group Information Technology and Analysis Group Jonathan Fast, Sr. V.P. Technical Director Brice Stone, Ph.D. HPT-Studies and Analysis Division Randy Agee Operational Management and Support Division JD White TRACLabs Phyllis Thompson

  9. HPT Expertise

  10. Metrica Contract Experience Overview • U.S. Air Force HPT Support – 12 Years • U.S. Air Force Training Impact Decision System (TIDES) – 10 Years • Personnel Research and Development Agreements: • INTTECH • GenSurv • IPPD

  11. AFRL/HR • U.S. Air Force – Armstrong Laboratory Human Resources Directorate – 8(a) Awarded 1987. • Awarded Follow-on 8(a) contracts 1992 and 1996 – Task Order Contract – FP/LOE. • Over Seventy Tasks Awarded Under Contracts. • Systems Analysis and Requirements Analysis. • Software Development and Maintenance. • Research and Development Support for HPT. • R&D and Logistical Support of CODAP. • Selection and Classification Research. • Job Performance Measurement Research and Development. • Cognitive Performance Measurement Research and Development.

  12. Automated data collection tool capable of operating over the Internet in distributed environment Enhances Air Force’s ability to collect, retrieve, store, and share Personnel, and Training data Front-end software developed for HTML ODBC data base which stores survey responses as well as survey questions Software that reads survey questions from data base and formats them as HTML Software that receives results from browser and writes them to data base MTISurv www.metricanet.com/hpt/mtisurv

  13. Training Impact Decision System (TIDES) • Development of computer-based decision support system • Evaluates impacts on training and staffing resulting manpower, personnel, and training policy options • AFS jobs and training courses defined by Task Modules: • Co-performance • Co-training • Data collection from AFS SMEs: • Refine Task Modules • Construct AFS utilization and training pattern • Identify labor and non-labor training resources • Simulates flow of personnel through jobs and training in AFSs • Estimates resource requirements, costs, and capacities associated with training quantities

  14. Automated Skill Training • U.S. Air Force – A Large-Scale Study of Automated Skill Training. • Determine Cognitive Correlates of Skill Acquisition in High-Performance Tasks. • Identify Aptitude-treatment Interactions between Cognitive Process Measurers and Three Levels of Two Training Treatment Variables (Competition and Feedback). • Explored cognitive processes which underlie the acquisition of complex skills. • Explored training variables which influence speed of acquiring complex skills. • Explored interaction between cognitive processes and training variables (Aptitude Treatment Interactions).

  15. Integrated Training Technologies (INTTECH) • Software platform which provides for application of advanced and emerging training support technologies in wide range of training problem domains • Includes refined and enhanced Training Effectiveness and Efficiency Methodology (TEEM) • Includes Training Decision Support System (TIDES) • TEEM and TIDES are technologies that examine career field training at distinctly different levels of analysis • INTTECH provides linkages for transfer of data from one training technology to another

  16. Demographic Study • Study identified and analyzed effect of key demographic variables on individual and group Air Force accession behavior • Used current and historical Air Force active duty data in conjunction with current and projected Census and Department of Education data • Modeling effort addressed effect of changing demographics on Air Force accession flows through the year 2025 • Overall youth population projections suggested sufficient numbers to meet future Air Force recruitment needs • Lack of propensity and/or lack of technical skills could create shortfalls in certain career fields

  17. Job Structuring Technology (JST) • Study examines possible AFS mergers or restructuring based on task modules • Decision aid to support design of classification structures that provide most efficient and effective support of mission requirements through evaluation of impacts of structure on force management, manpower, personnel, and training functional requirements • Task modules semantically linked to knowledge domain lexicons developed from Office of Personnel Management (OPM) civilian series descriptions • Technology "classifies" jobs according to the commonality or homogeneity of knowledge, skill, and ability requirements, not only at general levels of commonality but at most specific level possible

  18. Explosive Ordnance Manpower Study • Study addressed the issue of how many people (military and civilian) it takes to properly and safely clear bombing practice range • Used historical range clearance and survey data • Identified several major factors contributing to variations in time and manpower required to clear a range • Modeled using simultaneous system of equations to represent multiple outputs derived from range clearance • Slight trends were identified suggesting that range clearances were being performed with fewer manpower, reducing overall production and increasing safety risks • Manpower model was developed as guide to policy and manpower decisions for EOD community

  19. IPPD Program Evaluation • Study to develop, implement, and transition formative evaluation program of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) Program for the Air Force Science and Technology (S&T) community • Gathered and analyzed data on effectiveness of IPPD Program • Identified obstacles to successful implementation of IPPD Program • Assess potential for employing alternative means of delivery • Develop, test, and provide recommendations concerning instruments and methods for long term program evaluation

  20. Correlates of Success • Performed two separate studies addressing Air Force Air Traffic Controllers and Enlisted Weapons Directors to determine cause and effect relationships of successful graduates. • Investigated / evaluated technical school as well as on-the-job factors leading to elimination from the career field: • Training policies, methods, and materials • Duty schedules • TDY rotation • Supervision • Upgrade training

  21. Police Applicant Screening Tests • Tests constructed for screening and selection of public safety personnel • Metropolitan Personal History Questionnaire (MPHQ) and Checklist of Problems and Resiliency (COPAR) • Validated over 5 years with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department fire, EMT, and 911 applicants • Improves prediction of success 20% to 30% over next-best procedure in research literature • Validated against long-term success including police academy grades, disciplinary history on the job, and citizen complaints • Ethnically and gender nondiscriminatory and meets EEOC selection criteria

  22. Simulation Utility Management System (SUMS) • Software which provides for what-if scenarios concerning promotion, retention, aptitude requirements, accession flows, and manning levels • Simulation model based on aptitude and experience cohorts for short term force projection • Includes all 5-digit enlisted career fields and three terms of enlistment • Allows for evaluation of alternative aptitude and experience mixes within and across various career fields • Provides measures of force productivity and effectiveness • Used at Air staff to support analysis of alternative drawdown policies and their effect on force structure and effectiveness

  23. Flight Engineering Knowledge • U.S. Air Force – Cognitive Correlates of Flight Engineering Knowledge & Skill Acquisition. • Determine Cognitive Correlates of Knowledge and Skill Acquisition in a Complex Learning Environment. • Compare Findings with Those Obtained from Two Previous Studies Conducted with Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs): Computer Programming Skills and Basic Principles of Electronics. • Compare Relevant Variables (i.e., Basic Cognitive Process Measures) that Predict Successful Learning (i.e., Learning Behaviors, Outcome, and Efficiency). • Administered to a Sample of 300 Subjects Battery of Learning Abilities Measurement Program (LAMP) Cognitive Tests and an Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS) for Teaching Basic Skills Employed by Flight Engineer. • Computed Correct Values in Take Off and Landing Data (TOLD) Sheet Using Complex Graphs as Data Sources.

  24. Basic Job Skills Job Family Tutor • U.S. Air Force – Basic Job Skills Job Family Tutor Development: F-15 Hydraulics & Avionics Automated Test Equipment (ATE) Domains. • Advance Instructional Design and Software Development for BJS Job Family Tutors (JFT), with Particular Focus on Hydraulics Job in Mechanical JFT (MJFT) and Automatics Job in Avionics JFT (AJFT). • Enhancement of Development of HYDRIVE – An Intelligent Tutoring Component of Mechanical Job Family Tutor. • Conducted Cognitive Task Analysis Studies for Three F-15 Hydraulic Subsystems. • Enhancement of Software Development for Automatics Job of Avionics Job Family Tutor. • Completion of Software Development for Avionics Job Family Tutor.

  25. Convenient GSA Contract Vehicles • Logistics Services (Consolidated Schedule GS-00F-0008P): • Management, Organizational and Business Improvement Services (MOBIS) • Schedule 874 Logistics Worldwide (LOGWORLD) • Schedule 874-V • Authorized Information Technology (Schedule 70) • Schedule 70 • Contract No. GS-35F-4743G

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