Nick Ulmer (Owner)
Empowering Decisions
At Ulmer Analytics Consulting & Education (UACE), we specialize in helping client create actionable strategies. Led by an experienced Operations Research (OR) professional and analytics leader with over 20 years of hands-on experience, UACE provides specialized consulting, professional education, and custom workshops designed to elevate organizational decision-making without the overhead of full-scale agency engagements.
Core Expertise & Focus Areas
Operations Research & Analytics: Helping clients understand and harness optimization, simulation, and probabilistic modeling to solve their real-world challenges.
Education & Skill Development: Designing and delivering tailored workshops and training programs that translate complex quantitative methods into accessible tools for technical teams and executive leaders alike.
Bridge Between Data & Strategy: Ensuring technical models translate into clear, trusted choices that non-technical stakeholders can confidently deploy.
Background & Foundations
The foundation of UACE is rooted in elite academic preparation, extensive military leadership, and active industry involvement:
Technical Rigor: M.S. in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School (Outstanding Thesis Award recipient) and Certified Analytics Professional - Expert (CAP-X) credential through INFORMS.
Proven Leadership: 20 years of military service—including leading high-level personnel planning at scale and serving three years as OR faculty at the Naval Postgraduate School—paired with leadership roles across the broader professional OR community, including serving as President of the Military Operations Research Society (MORS).
Real-World Impact: Decades of experience leading end-to-end technical projects from problem definition to full deployment across defense, energy, supply chain, and commercial domains.