COL. Bobby Saxon

Colonel (COL) William M. (Bobby) Saxon leads an Army, big data initiative staffed by military, government and contract personnel called the Enterprise Management Decision Support (EMDS) system. COL Saxon and his team are charged with the development, sustainment, and delivery of the Army’s EMDS readiness/resourcing system. EMDS provides Senior Leadership, their staff, and Unit Commanders with visually-driven, dashboard-displays of information integrated from across the Army-enterprise, to provide decision-support tools for deployment planning and forecasting. EMDS cuts across the Army’s functional areas to serve as one-stop-shop for critical information for people, equipment, training, and more. Under COL Saxon’s leadership, EMDS has a growing user base of over 1,600 worldwide users; supporting 70 Army organizations which include 300 directorates/divisions. COL Saxon works with knowledge experts, data scientists, and domain specialists to provide the Army with predictive information 5+ years into the future for personnel and manning, equipping and installation information across the enterprise.