SUNY New Paltz’s undergraduate program in Business Analytics, which launched in spring 2018, is inviting four accomplished professionals with expertise in Big Data to campus for a TED-style panel discussion, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in Science Hall 181.
Each speaker will deliver a short, dynamic presentation on the nature of their work and the broader state of data analytics in business, before opening up a Q & A discussion with members of the audience.
Speakers will include:
- Arun Agarwal, head of customer advocacy at HLC Technologies, a next-generation global technology company;
- Andrew Krol ’91, founder and owner of Krol Data Management, which works hand-in-hand with clients to implement data management software solutions and analysis;
- Shannon Smosarski ’95, project director at PCG Staffing Solutions, where her responsibilities include using analysis of vital statistics to promote health care quality improvement;
- Jack Sturn, senior vice president for sales and marketing at 4Cite, a data-driven marketing company with a proprietary platform that uses analytics to understand when and how best to deliver marketing messages to improve overall customer experience.
Students of all majors, as well as faculty, staff and members of the community, are invited to come hear about how Big Data analytics is generating new opportunities for businesses and individuals at the intersection of business and technology.
The Business Analytics program at SUNY New Paltz, the first undergraduate program of its kind in the SUNY system, was created to address the growing need for talented analysts in a variety of professional fields in the Hudson Valley and throughout New York State.
Learn more at http://www.newpaltz.edu/schoolofbusiness/businessanalytics, and contact Lori Nutting at nuttingl@newpaltz.edu with questions about this event.
