Jeffrey M Angstadt

The most important takeaway from this course is how I was taught real life applications to mining data, in which that is the industry I am immersing myself. Being able to use technologies like Tableau, which is used often in the real world, is invaluable experience to be able to learn in a class. I would absolutely recommend this course for anyone…[Read more]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/tableau-ge-aviation-partner-on-data-analytics-for-planes/

This article is focusing on the recent partnership between GE, specifically the Aviation department, and Tableau by leveraging their service to visually analyze data to help improve fuel efficiency and customer experience, among other things. It is awesome…[Read more]

One KPI that I use on a regular basis is my school GPA, as it measures my overall school performance for the semester. This KPI fits the SMART criteria because GPA is a specific measure that tells you your overall grades for the year, and it is also achievable because if I study more, my GPA will most likely get better. Additionally, GPA is…[Read more]

Personally, I have made a few mistakes that are listed in the following article, whether it was opening a CSV file right into Excel, or working in a workbook and editing info without having a backup copy that was untouched. However, the mistake that I made most often, especially this summer at my internship, was the mistake of accidentally using…[Read more]

http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-opens-up-testing-of-azure-data-box-its-amazon-snowball-rival/
This article is highlighting Microsoft’s direct competitor to Amazon’s snowball, the Azure Data Box. The Azure Data box is a 45 pound tamper resistant and manageable data source which safely and more efficiently move data to Azure. With Amazon…[Read more]

I believe that the most important step of these 8 principles is the first one, Simplify. There is a reason MIS majors are in such high demand in today’s corporate society, to take hundreds of thousands of cells of data into a way a common person could interpret it. From my experience at Pfizer this summer, I often had to take huge sheets,…[Read more]

When thinking in depth about the example above, I find it believable and astounding that so many companies automatically shun away people who have made mistakes, and are solely looking for a second chance. Based off personal experience in which I’ve worked with people with criminal records, I can vouch for these “criminals” being more productive…[Read more]

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Jeffrey Angstadt