SONALYSTS, INC.
WATERFORD, CT

Sonalysts, Inc. is an employee-owned business founded in 1973. We offer extensive experience and strong qualifications in a wide variety of technical disciplines. We have grown steadily by providing high-quality products and services on time and within budget. Our multidisciplinary services organization includes approximately 400 engineers; scientists; computer scientists; and publication, media, and training specialists. © 2018 Sonalysts, Inc. All Rights Reserved Sonalysts is projected to have a record year of activity in its design thinking division, Ideation Development Events and Activities (IDEAS), led by Ms. LeeAnn Maryeski. The IDEAS initiative fuses design thinking methods with rigorous analytics to create new tools and methods aimed at addressing complex problem areas. One such method, Targeted Ideation Development Events (TIDEs), brings together a diverse group of stakeholders, developers, and designers to work through a tailored agenda of design thinking methods. TIDEs use a scalable convergent/divergent framework to define problems, develop innovative concepts, and refine those concepts into implementable solutions. In the upcoming year, Sonalysts has already scheduled six TIDEs for the Navy, the Air Force, and commercial small businesses with the potential to double that number by the end of the year. Sonalysts is projected to have a record year of activity in its design thinking division, Ideation Development Events and Activities (IDEAS), led by Ms. LeeAnn Maryeski. The IDEAS initiative fuses design thinking methods with rigorous analytics to create new tools and methods aimed at addressing complex problem areas. One such method, Targeted Ideation Development Events (TIDEs), brings together a diverse group of stakeholders, developers, and designers to work through a tailored agenda of design thinking methods. TIDEs use a scalable convergent/divergent framework to define problems, develop innovative concepts, and refine those concepts into implementable solutions. In the upcoming year, Sonalysts has already scheduled six TIDEs for the Navy, the Air Force, and commercial small businesses with the potential to double that number by the end of the year. IDEAS has also collaborated with the Sonalysts Human-Autonomy Interaction Lab (HAIL) division to develop two new tools: the Opinion Classification and Analysis Tool (OCTANT) and the Medium Resolution Tactical Simulator (MRTS), both of which increase data collection, concept refinement, and decision making capabilities through the introduction of a digital environment. The goal of these tools is to increase the defensibility and traceability of findings to ensure solution implementation in the problem space. Both tools are being further refined and developed in the coming year. IDEAS is based on continual improvement and iteration. As such, throughout the year, we will apply lessons learned to adapt our methods and modify the toolkit for expansion into new domains. Waterford CT – Sonalysts recently presented research at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 Annual Meeting. Mr. Steve Dorton presented a paper titled “Going digital: Consequences of increasing resolution of a wargaming tool for knowledge elicitation.” This research is an output of the Wargaming to Augment Knowledge Elicitation (WAKE) portfolio within Sonalysts’ Human-Autonomy Interaction laboratory (HAIL) and focused on evaluating the pros and cons of using a low- and medium-resolution tool to facilitate scenario-driven knowledge elicitation with a diverse group of domain experts. We helped the Air Force save over $100M in satellite training courses. © 2018 Sonalysts, Inc. All Rights Reserved