Applied Research & Partnerships

Greatest Challenges for Making Effective Policy?

Through the LMI Way of Policy, LMI has identified several key challenges at each stage of the policy life cycle to help guide organizations through these key issues, while avoiding predictable pitfalls along the way. 

Putting the Innovation in Policy: the LMI Way

LMI has proof points for delivering timely, perceptive solutions to our customers. In our upcoming blog series, policy practice area team members will share their perspectives on policy and innovation, the outlook for the policy challenges of government, and LMI’s solutions to these challenges.

Bettina Kolleda

Bettina has over 15 years of experience supporting business and digital transformation programs across various markets, including defense and civilian. For LMI, she stood up and oversees the business transformation sub-service line, home to our strategic planning, product innovation, and change management experts.

Ryan Loving

As a U.S. Army veteran and executive leader with 20 years of industry experience, Ryan brings a disciplined approach to business development, coupled with project delivery expertise, to drive market growth.

Stephanie Frilling

Stephanie brings over 20 years of experience in public health, care delivery, private insurance, and quality improvement methods to LMI’s federal healthcare customers. She has extensive regulatory and policy understanding of alternative payment models and payment incentives that drive quality and improve patient outcomes.

LMI Launches Solution to Provide "So What" to Illuminated Supply Chain Data

LMI today introduced their supply chain risk management solution, LogSmart™ Supply. The solution empowers analysts and program managers to answer “so, what?” from their supply chain risks on demand.

Where Insight Meets Innovation

Possibility starts with people. Our project teams push the boundaries of capability for our customers. We integrate extensive federal expertise with emerging technology experts to rapidly develop creative solutions. 

Tips for Successful IT Adoption Management

When it comes to transformation projects, the risk of failure falls between 70 to 95 percent. While the reasons for failure vary, the overarching challenge is related to people—and most IT deployments do not result in cost savings or improvements to the mission. 

Three Considerations for VA and DHA Digital Transformation

The transformation will improve organizations and patient outcomes. LMI experts have been strategic partners throughout other large-scale digital transformations and offer insights to help these projects succeed. 

LMI Awarded JE-OPETS Logistics and Medical Component Task Order

LMI has been selected to support the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND) Logistics and Medical business area.

LMI Selected as 2022 U.S. Postal Service Supplier Excellence Award Winner for Second Consecutive Year

Out of 12,400 suppliers, LMI is one of four recipients in the supplier excellence category, which recognizes exceptional quality and on-time delivery performance. LMI was recognized for our contributions to several strategic programs, including implementing updated program and portfolio management planning initiatives into the Postmaster General’s (PMG’s) Strategic Portfolio Planning.

Golden Bear 3: Mike Dingman on Fostering Innovation

In this interview, Mike details Capability Prototype’s (formerly the Rapid Reaction Technology Office) for the DoD Golden Bear 3 meeting for fostering innovation.

Travis Hite

Travis Hite’s background centers on the intersection of emerging technology and the federal government mission.

Scott Recinos

Scott Recinos, senior vice president of LMI’s homeland security market, uncovers customers’ current and emerging needs, acquires new business, manages profit and loss, fosters customer and partnership relationships, and champions LMI’s strategic plan, vision, and goals.

Matt Peterson

Matt leads LMI's supply chain reengineering and process improvement projects for U.S. government customers. He has 30 years of experience as a government logistics manager and supply chain consultant.

Kim Barnette, PhD

Kim Barnette is the program manager for LMI’s team at NASA, implementing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) initiatives within their Science Mission Directorate.

Dr. Joseph Norton

Dr. Joseph Norton is an analytics and IT executive with over a decade of experience in end-to-end solution development, computational sciences, advanced analytics, data management, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, machine learning and applied artificial intelligence (AI), and business strategy.

Developing in an Accelerated Future

Various technical practices, like containerization and microservices, demonstrate the benefits of abstraction. The upcoming technological landscape will increase the adoption of these practices and require organizations to embrace abstraction as part of their agile mindset. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Joe Norton

As chief technology officer, Joe nurtures innovation through organizational culture and structure while allowing LMI to deliver scalable, repeatable, and robust solutions to our customers.

Employee Spotlight: Meet Corinne Tochman

"Innovation is always necessary to serve the customer because change is the only constant in life."

Strategies and Tactics for Engaging High, Medium, and Low Performers

Organizations with a positive team culture tend to have more engaged, higher performing employees. 

Career Development

Every employee has the opportunity to accelerate their own pace of progress with developmental resources.

LMI Fellows

LMI fellows work across the enterprise to match LMI capabilities and strategy with government challenges, differentiating our solutions.

How We Innovate

Operating in an innovation ecosystem, we combine market-leading technical resources, strategic partnerships, and agile development capabilities to accelerate mission success. 

LMI and UVA Partner to Lead the Data Science Community to Serve the Public Good

LMI partners with UVA to facilitate an exchange of ideas needed to formulate, refine, and implement innovative solutions for U.S. government stakeholders.

Beacon™: Data Management and Analytics Platform

Beacon™ enables data scientists and consumers to discover, manage, and use data sets for analytics in a shared space. 

Interoperability Can Unlock the Future of Healthcare

Healthcare systems require seamless data flow, visibility, and agility in communication. 

LMI Awarded the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Data Readiness Artificial Intelligence Development (DRAID) Program Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA)

LMI will provide a broad spectrum of data management and analytic services for the Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) with the goal of accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) scaling across the department.

LMI Welcomes New Chief Technology Officers

LMI announced today the addition of three chief technology officers—Jared Summers, Elias Peroulas, and Chris Hagner—and the promotion of Dr. Joseph Norton to senior vice president, chief technology officer.

LMI Expands Presence in Space Industry by Acquiring Synaptech

LMI has acquired Synaptech, a technical solutions provider with a primary focus on creating cutting-edge digital engineering, modeling, and simulation software within the national security and space industries. LMI’s expertise in logistics and deep analytics, paired with its ability to conduct strategic independent research and development investments, will complement Synaptech’s strengths and vehicle access within the Department of Defense’s Space Force, making a transformational impact in LMI’s space business.

LMI Agrees to Sell For-Profit Subsidiary to Consortium of Investors

The investor group brings a blend of long-duration capital, industry expertise, and technology/data analytics resources to enhance LMI’s support of customers. The remaining nonprofit entity to re-brand as NobleReach Foundation™.

Demystifying ChatGPT for Government Leaders

Technologies work best when used as human-in-the-loop capabilities, with the model functioning as an accelerator.

Featured Solutions

We’re creating innovative solutions to transform emerging needs into extraordinary impacts at The New Speed of Possible™.

To Improve FEVS Scores, Take a Deeper Dive into the “eh”

Whether you’re managing a small office or an entire organization, look for ways to improve your Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) scores across the board — not just in the negative areas. Making incremental changes that are meaningful and measurable in all areas can help improve employee engagement and morale. However, to do so, you first have to uncover the underlying reasons for the scores.

Innovative Advancements for More Equitable Healthcare

Value-based programs are opening new pathways to equity in healthcare.

LMI’s Approach to Improving Government Supply Chains

Supply chains are rapidly changing. Knowing how to make supply chains efficient and effective is more important than ever, but sometimes the challenge is knowing what to focus on and which practices to implement. 

LMI’s DEIA Maturity Model Helps Organizations Build on Strengths, Improve Weaknesses

The DEIA Maturity Model is used to assess an organization's current state of DEIA according to representation, opportunity, and buy-in.

Generative AI Renaissance

The future has arrived in the form of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI).

Digital Twin

LMI uses digital twin technology to help government agencies obtain visibility, achieve situational awareness, and improve enterprise-wide decisions. 

Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution

Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution

To successfully return from remote to onsite work, managers will need to draw on all their leadership skills, including empathy, flexibility, and agility.

Turning Supply Chain Risks into Decisive Action

LogSmart™ Supply offers the industry's most complete insight into the impacts of supply chain risks and mitigation strategies. Turn your risk data into decisive action. 
 

Enterprise Maintenance and Operations Support for WIC Program

LMI's Les Milner has over 30 years of experience working in information technology while supporting the WIC program alongside over 40 state agencies, Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO), and territories on multiple contracts.

LMI Symposium Brings Together Customers Tackling Complex Problems

Programs are finding innovative ways to streamline their acquisition and systems engineering strategies to compress schedules.

To Improve Federal Workplace Morale, Simple Civility Is Not Enough

Building an inclusive, positive work environment that enables cohesion and collaboration requires not just civility, but “active” civility. 

The Top 3 Strategies Every Leader Needs for a Successful Digital Transformation

Successful organizational change depends on leaders who can inspire innovation, create digital strategies, understand and lead an agile team, and leverage the power of standing-up new technology solutions while managing risks.

LMI Workshop Examines Data Ethics for Government

How can organizations ensure artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) techniques are free from human biases? 

LMI Workshop Highlights Data-Driven Resiliency

"Analytics for Resilience: Infrastructure, Supply Chain, and Climate" attracted a cross-section of federal managers. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Katherine Coles

Katherine is passionate about helping leaders and teams build inclusive cultures and achieve organizational goals.

Employee Spotlight: Meet Karen Goodson

Karen Goodson leads a team that offers innovative solutions to solve the Army’s toughest challenges.   

Employee Spotlight: Meet Jordan Hefferan

As a product portfolio owner, Jordan has defined and developed applications offering on-demand supply chain resiliency through LogSmart™ Supply and created customer solutions to understand, measure, and mitigate risks to contested logistics. 

Employee Spotlight: Meet Jared Summers

Jared joined LMI this year from the XVIII Airborne Corps, where he served as its first corps chief technology officer. He is a recognized corporate leader in data, analytics, and technology, and operates as a senior technical advisor and strategic visionary.

Health & Civilian

Our subject matter experts and advisors have a broad knowledge base across the spectrum of federal health and civilian agencies to enable excellence in execution that transcends boundaries. 

Work with LMI

LMI works with industry and academic partners to ensure the most robust resource pool is brought to bear on customer challenges. 

LMI Builds the Next Generation of DoD Civilian Scientists and Engineers with the SMART Scholarship-for-Service Program

LMI has been awarded a new five-year, $450 million contract supporting the Department of Defense’s Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DoD SMART) Scholarship-for-Service Program.

LMI and TCS Uncover Climate Risks to F-35, Announce Enhanced Climanomics Platform

Coastal flooding, temperature extremes, and storm damage could significantly disrupt the availability of facilities supporting the F-35 weapon system over the next 30 years, according to a joint analysis by LMI and The Climate Service (TCS).

LMI and Howard University Expand Partnership To Include R&D

LMI announces its enhanced partnership with Howard University, which will bring research funding, mentoring, and client engagements to Howard University and, for LMI, expanded participation in groundbreaking academic research for its clients.

LMI History

With a legacy of solving the government’s most complex challenges and an outcome-driven model to execute above expectation, LMI transforms missions with solutions that define the new speed of possible. 

Bruce Kaplan

With more than 35 years of experience in program management, source selection, information systems requirements and tools, and supply chain logistics, Bruce is one of LMI’s leading innovators and solution architects. He focuses on processes and technologies that cross organizational and functional boundaries to improve customer outcomes.

Press Releases

Explore our press releases to find out what’s new at LMI. 

About LMI

Combining a legacy of federal expertise with an innovation ecosystem, we minimize time to value and accelerate mission success. With an emphasis on agile development and human-centered design, we enable agencies to experience solutions faster and conquer their toughest challenges sooner. 

NASA Selects SMD IDEA Program Team Members for Group Achievement Award

NASA has recognized LMI’s Dr. Kim Barnette, Ruth Starr, Lakiesha Cooper, Ilana White, Tracy Urman, Tiffany Kelly, and Dr. Jade Singleton—all members of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate’s (SMD) Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Program team—with the Group Achievement Award (GAA).

Next-Level Program Management with Master Scheduling

Advanced programs have diverse milestones and end goals. Executives require an abstract, high-level summary of these elements while analysts need concrete, actionable details. A well-engineered and tailored schedule enables all stakeholders to access the appropriate information to achieve mission success.

An Agile Framework for Research and Development

LMI developed an agile framework for research and development that encourages the creation of rapid prototypes based on Innovation and crowdsourced ideas. 

Addressing Complex Problems

During his 30-year tenure at LMI, Bruce Kaplan has used his expertise in defense logistics and research and development to help LMI and its clients succeed. With a strong commitment to innovation and exceeding customer expectations, Bruce has led efforts to modernize logistics through finding, developing, and pushing pioneering technologies. Learn about Bruce’s role as a logistics strategy and integration fellow and his plans to continue making a positive difference at LMI.