Photo By Elizabeth Szoke | Chase Levinson has been an automation champion for OASA (FM&C) since 2019 and is...... read more read more
Chase Levinson has been an automation champion for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) since 2019 and is currently the acting Chief of Modern Delivery within the Financial Information Management directorate.
Part of Levinson’s charge within FM&C is robotic process automation, or RPA, which is a set of tools and techniques for automating business processes.
“We contribute to a number of efforts with FM&C using RPA including audit support, legacy divestiture, quality of life for our user community and business process reengineering,” said Levinson. “We also provide data services to the rest of our audit department, creating reconciliations to help the Army conduct research to improve audit readiness. Our end goal is to increase transparency and completeness of the data available to us.”
As an example, Levinson and his team recently created an automation that refreshed 180,000 real property assets across the Army, which saves both time and manpower while still ensuring the Army maintains timely information about the resources it controls.
“Automation allows us to focus the human effort on higher value activities so they’re not doing lower-value repetitive tasks,” Levinson said. “While we don’t do too much directly, I’d like to think that we’re key enablers of core missions by creating more efficient tools.”
Some of that data has sensitive information about the Army’s most important assets and Levinson’s team works to provide clear protection guidelines and secure the data.
“We have to protect our sensitive data if we want to protect our people and enable our mission,” said Levinson.
Levinson’s dedication to public service originated from his introduction to the government, where he first served as a page in the South Carolina Senate. After earning his master’s degree in public economics, Levinson spent five years as a data analyst for a defense contractor, gaining a deeper appreciation for the military and its mission. As he gained broader experience in data analysis and infrastructure, Levinson took on increased responsibilities in information technology program management. His work ethic caught the attention of a Senior Executive Service member, who invited Levinson to join the FM&C team.
“I’ve always been intrigued by government,” Levinson said. “And I’m proud to be a part of the Army team. I feel our Soldiers help us weather the storms our nation face and provide a pillar of stability to affected communities.”
Levinson’s dedication to the Army’s mission continues with goals to close out the fiscal year strong by decommissioning older systems to start fresh. He and his team will expand training on automation, expand capabilities throughout the Department of the Army and pivot from using data reactively to using it more proactively.
“We can use the data traditionally applied for audit and benefit from it more broadly to make financial business processes better,” Levinson said.
When Levinson isn’t discussing ways to automate and save the Army time, he proudly sports his fourth-generation, University of South Carolina Gamecock spirit and travels back to his home state for football games in the Fall.
| Date Taken: | 07.27.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 07.12.2023 11:42 |
| Story ID: | 448981 |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US |
| Hometown: | COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, US |
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