Following the first CAP® examination in April, 2013, an independant Analytics Certification Board (ACB)
began administering the INFORMS analytics certification program. The ACB replaced the INFORMS
Certification Task Force and became the official governing body. The ACB has independent authority to make
all final decisions regarding program procedures, program content, approval of applicants and granting of
certification independent of input from INFORMS governance including INFORMS Board of Directors.
Members of the Analtyics Certification Board are listed below:
• Chair: Scott Nestler, PhD, CAP, US Army
• Vice-Chair: Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, SAS
• Tom Davenport, PhD, Babson College
• Bill Franks, Teradata
• Jeanne Harris, Accenture
• Terry Harrison, PhD, CAP, Penn State University
• Lisa Kart, CAP, Gartner
• Kathy Kilmer, Disney
• Don Kleinmuntz, PhD, Strata Decision Technology LLC
• Jack Levis, UPS
• Paul Messinger, PhD, CAP, University of Alberta
• Jonathan Owen, PhD, General Motors
• Melissa Moore, INFORMS Exec. Director, Ex officio
INFORMS is the first professional society to develop a professional certification program for analytics
professionals. Key components of the CAP® program include the following:
1. Formal credentialing requirements, including a standardized examination and required renewal
process.
2. Program content based on the findings of a job task analysis working group, whose members
represent a broad background of analytics practitioners (see the section titled “About the
Professional Job Task Analysis Process”).
3. Agreed-upon eligibility criteria that consist of academic preparation, work experience in analytics,
and an attestation from an employer confirming adequate mastery of soft skills in analytics.
4. Certification program content that is both software and vendor neutral.
5. Successful completion of the certification process enabling analytics professionals (and their
employers) to have confidence that they bring a core set of analytics skills to a project team.
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