Mia R. Jardine

During the Fall 2015 I participated in the 2nd Annual Fox Analytic Challenge.  The challenge goals were sense of big data through visualization. Visualization is a key component of data analytics, and experts cite visualization.  Students worked in teams to analyze large sets of data from three large companies; Merck, Lockheed Martin, and NBC Universal.  Teams had the option to choose from the three challenges and create a visualization to the question at hand.  Over a three month period I gained vast knowledge of new visualization tools. Some of these included tools such as CartoDB and PiktoChart.  Although the the data provided by Merck included over 2000 employee records, I was able to analyze all the data and provide meaningful feedback.

The experience I gained from participating in this challenge has prepared me for handling data in a real-world sense.  Prior to this competition, large data was often intimidating and not an area of interest.  However, after the challenge I feel confident in my ability to analyze data and provide information that would be useful to my employer.

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Academic Career:

In 2013 I transferred from Montgomery County Community College, where I received my Associates in Applied Science with a 3.7 GPA.  Currently I am enrolled Full-time as an Management […]