Marygail K. Brauner

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Senior Operations Research Analyst
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in engineering and operations research, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A. in mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

Overview

Biography

Marygail Brauner is a senior operations research analyst at RAND. Her current research focuses on resource allocation to include financial implication of resource decisions, optimizing career paths of Air Force officer to better match officer competencies to job requirements, and military medical readiness with particular emphasis on developing quantifiable requirements, standards, and metrics, and costing alternative approaches to achieving medical readiness. The Air Force intelligence career field has recently implemented her research on development and utilization of intelligence officers. Brauner has also been a member of the Army Science Board and led three studies.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Methods and prototypes for force development and utilization analysis
  • Reserve forces medical readiness
  • Army working capital fund for an expeditionary army
  • Improving spare parts support in dynamic environments
  • Value of Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay

Selected Publications

Keating, Edward G.; Brauner, Marygail K.; Galway, Lionel A.,, "Air Force Medical Corps' Status and How Its Physicians Respond to Multiyear Special Pay," Military Medicine, 174(11):1155-1162, 2009

Edward G. Keating, Marygail K. Brauner, Lionel A. Galway, Judith D. Mele, James J. Burks, Brendan Saloner, Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay : Current Status and Potential Reforms, RAND (MG-866), 2009

Marygail K. Brauner, Hugh G. Massey, S. Craig Moore, Darren D. Medlin, Improving Development and Utilization of Air Force Intelligence Officers, RAND (TR-628), 2009

S. Craig Moore and Marygail K. Brauner, Advancing the U.S. Air Force's Force-Development Initiative, RAND (MG-545-AF), 2007

Ellen M. Pint et al., Right Price Fair Credit: Criteria to Improve Financial Incentives for Army Logistics Decisions, RAND Corporation (MR-1150-A), 2005

John R. Folkeson and Marygail K. Brauner, Improving the Army's Management of Reparable Spare Parts, RAND Corporation (MG-205-A), 2003

John Dumond et al., Velocity Management: The Business Paradigm That Has Transformed U.S. Army Logistics, RAND Corporation (MR-1108-A), 2002

Honors & Awards

  • Commander's Award, Assistant Secretary of the Army
  • Golden Hammer Award, Under Secretary of the Army

Publications

Using Field Data to Improve Authorized Stockage List Push Packages - 2011

Air Force Physician and Dentist Multiyear Special Pay: Current Status and Potential Reforms - 2009

Improving Development and Utilization of U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officers - 2009

The Air Force Medical Corps' Status and How Its Physicians Respond to Multiyear Special Pay - 2009

Advancing the U.S. Air Force's Force-Development Initiative - 2007

How to Improve the Army's Management of Reparable Spare Parts - 2005

Improving the Army’s Management of Reparable Spare Parts - 2005

CWT and RWT Metrics Measure the Performance of the Army's Logistics Chain for Spare Parts - 2003

Right Price, Fair Credit: Criteria to Improve Financial Incentives for Army Logistics Decisions - 2002

Velocity Management: The Business Paradigm That Has Transformed U.S. Army Logistics - 2001

Dollars and Sense: A Process Improvement Approach to Logistics Financial Management - 2000

Evaluating Five Proposed Price and Credit Policies for the Army - 2000

ISM-X Evaluation and Policy Implications - 1997

An Approach to Understanding the Value of Parts - 1994

Is Consolidation Being Overemphasized for Military Logistics? - 1993

Revamping the Infrastructure that Supports Military Systems - 1993

Using Value to Manage Repair Parts - 1993

Assessing the Structure and Mix of Future Active and Reserve Forces: Final Report to the Secretary of Defense - 1992

Assessing the Structure and Mix of Future Active and Reserve Forces: Effectiveness of Total Force Policy in the Persian Gulf - 1992

Improving Naval Aviation Depot Responsiveness - 1992

Manning Full-Time Positions in Support of the Selected Reserve - 1991

The Robust Separation Projection Method for Predicting Monthly Losses of Air Force Enlisted Personnel - 1991

Time Series Models for Predicting Monthly Losses of Air Force Enlisted Personnel - 1991

What's on the Enriched Airman Gain/Loss File - 1989

What's on the Year-At-Risk File - 1989

Middle-Term Loss Prediction Models for the Air Force's Enlisted Force Management System: Specification and Estimation - 1987