S. A. Wyze Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF182-006

Description

In the United States Air Force alone there are more than 300,000 employees, and operational stressors on Air Force intelligence analysts increase the risk rate for clinical distress by 65%. It can take 1-3 years to train and replace an ISR analyst, and the Air Force is spending approximately $35k per recruit annually in incentives because of high burnout rates. Further, 40% of DCGS intelligence personnel report stress due to balancing marriage and family roles with their jobs. Living with burnout not only disrupts creativity, problem solving and working memory but creates a higher startle response, alters our ability to regulate emotion, leads to coronary heart disease and can change the very structure of our brain. The application of the S.A.Wyze biosignature platform has the potential to optimize and sustain peak analyst performance to increase retention rates by screening for the earliest indicators of burnout and providing preemptive action to “help service members stay in the fight and support the mission.â€Â