“I have been blessed by a lot of random choices that happened to go my way,” said Wayne Hutchins, a systems engineer and self-described computer geek who supports everything IT-related for the Human Resource Solutions (HR Solutions) program inside PEO EIS’s Enterprise Services portfolio.

During a keynote address on digital transformation at AFCEA NOVA’s virtual Army IT Day on Jan. 13, Army Chief Information Officer (CIO) Dr. Raj Iyer discussed the importance of data-driven decision-making to multi-domain operations success and emphasized the need to shift from a system- or platform-centric acquisition approach to a data-centric acquisition approach.

Army Enterprise Systems Integration Program (AESIP) Hub’s Business Intelligence/Business Warehouse (BI/BW) program ended 2021 on a high note when it received an authority to proceed (ATP) from PEO EIS Program Executive Officer Ross Guckert with a limited deployment of developed reports in support of the Army’s aviation community through the Global Combat Support System – Army’s (GCSS-Army) Increment (INC) 2, Wave 2, Capability Drop 2.2.

PEO EIS’s General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) product office — part of the Defense Integrated Business Systems (DIBS) portfolio — has wrapped up the transition of sustainment activities for its financial management enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Software Engineering Center (SEC) Army Shared Services Center (SSC) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.

PEO EIS’s Automated Movement and Identification Solutions (AMIS) product office — which provides web-based solutions that coordinate and track materiel and equipment for the U.S. Army — has announced several program enhancements designed to simplify logistical planning for unit deployments and provide significant time and cost savings.

PEO EIS’s Business Mission Area (BMA) — which encompasses the Army’s data, finance and accounting, human capital and logistics programs — recently kicked off a series of quarterly summit meetings aimed at keeping Army stakeholders informed and coordinated on high-profile Army modernization and cloud operations initiatives.

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a healthy, meaningful and rewarding 2022. As in past years, I’d like to reflect on some of our achievements from 2021 and take a look at what’s ahead this year for PEO EIS.