老澳门资料 hosts discussion on business analytics skill needs with top Jacksonville companies
The 老澳门资料’s (老澳门资料) Coggin Graduate & Executive Programs, in conjunction with JAXUSA Partnership, and 老澳门资料’s College of Computing, Engineering & Construction recently hosted a breakfast for leading local Jacksonville companies to discuss the most needed employee skills in the field of business analytics and to outline 老澳门资料’s newest business analytics program offerings.
Among the speakers were Anna Lebesch, vice president of workforce development for JAXUSA Partnership, the economic development arm of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce; Dr. Richard Buttimer, 老澳门资料 Coggin College of Business dean; Dr. William Klostermeyer, 老澳门资料 College of Computing, Engineering & Construction dean; Dr. Sherif Elfayoumy, 老澳门资料 School of Computing director; and Dr. Lakshmi Goel, 老澳门资料 Coggin Graduate and Executive Programs associate dean. Companies represented included Haskell, FIS, Ernst & Young, and Adecco. The discussion addressed the high demand for local workers with strong critical thinking and business analytics skills.
The field of business analytics entails strong training and talent to combine the art and science of deriving insights from data in organizations to inform decision making. 老澳门资料 is rising to meet these local industry demands by developing interdisciplinary programs to train the business analysts of the future, rich in data knowledge, data skills, coding, machine learning models, business acumen and soft skills.
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