Ryan Tempestini

My experience last summer at Pfizer was incredible and gave me great professional experience. I was able to apply what I learned in prior MIS classes and use those skills on real, intricate projects. In all honesty, I enjoyed every day of work and was always excited to meet new people and learn new skills. While I was a bit overwhelmed when I…[Read more]

The main skills I developed over my internship that weren’t learned in the classroom dealt with professional communication, and more specifically email etiquette. At Pfizer, the majority of people I interacted with were at least twice as old as me, so there was certainly a learning curve on how to effectively communicate with them in a…[Read more]

Throughout the course of my internship, I truly realized how applicable some of the MIS courses are in a professional setting. For one, MIS 2502 was beneficial to me because I had a lot of exposure to very large databases during my internship and the SQL background I developed in 2502 helped me run queries and effectively navigate through a…[Read more]

Since my internship was in the summer, I was luckily able to give my complete focus on my job rather than attempting to balance an internship and college course load. However, I have held a job at Temple for the past 5 semesters so I have learned what it takes to balance work and school. While I’ve learned it can be tricky at times, the biggest…[Read more]

While it may seem obvious, the most important skills I learned this summer were how to effectively communicate in the workplace and make beneficial relationships. The main reason I say that is because it can make your job so much easier on you. For instance, I did a lot of work with Tableau and SQL this summer and while I would consider myself…[Read more]

Hi everyone! This past summer I had the privilege of interning at Pfizer, a pharmaceutical company located in Collegeville, PA. During my time there, I was a part of the Revenue Management team which fell under their Business Technology division. My main projects focused on developing interactive Tableau dashboards that allowed managers to see…[Read more]

My most important (and favorite) takeaway from this course was learning how to analyze data sets with Tableau. I will be using Tableau for my internship this summer, so getting a solid understanding will certainly benefit me. Being a huge sports fan, the one in-class assignment from this semester where we analyzed college basketball statistics was…[Read more]

ESPN uses many different spreadsheets to display statistics. In the case of NBA player stats, each row would represent an individual player, and the columns could display values for points per game, rebounds per game, assists per game, and field point percentage.

1. The subject of our project focuses on variables that may affect voters during election years.
2. My group members are Ryan Tempestini, Cole Krug, Jim Dwyer, Haley Sienkiewicz, and Taylor Thomas.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-york-now-has-more-mets-fans-than-yankees-fans/
This article compares both New York MLB teams, the Mets and the Yankees, to see which team is more popular in their home state. For the first time in over a decade, New Yorkers surveyed leaned towards the Mets. This is interesting because the Yankees are one…[Read more]

Class performance for a semester:
Specific: How well I perform in my courses over the period of a semester
Measurable: Grade point average
Achievable: Factoring the rigor of classes, extracurriculars, and past semester performance
Relevant: Based on how I need to perform to pass classes
Time: Over a period of a semester

Typically I don’t have many problems when using Excel, but one mistake on the list I have made is #9: Copying formulas that use relative coordinates. This seems to be a common mistake among college students. One time when I created a grade book for a course, I forgot to add a “$” before the cell location which corrupted my intended calculations.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/kemba-walker-doesnt-care-how-close-youre-guarding-him/
This article from FiveThirtyEight uses advanced statistics to detail the play of Charlotte Hornets point guard Kemba Walker and how his three point shot has improved over the years. Being an avid NBA fan, this article was very interesting to me, as it…[Read more]

The principle that I find to be most important is simplification. When dealing with complex, messy data, it is nearly impossible to come away with a firm conclusion which is why I find this principle to most important. For instance, if you were given a set of data that included statistics of every NFL team, it would be difficult to compare and…[Read more]

The major takeaway I took from Brian’s talk on Thursday was how valuable big data is in today’s age, especially because of the rapidly increasing quantity. Not only were companies willing to pay top dollar to acquire personal information of individuals, but they later use that information to aggressively advertise to them. They view an…[Read more]

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/russell-westbrook-does-everything-fast-for-better-and-for-worse/
This article takes an interesting look at one of the NBA’s most electrifying superstars and the rapid pace that he plays at. Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder is known for his unbelievable athleticism among basketball fans, and the…[Read more]

An example of conventional wisdom that comes to mind is the saying “Money can’t be happiness.” While the overall takeaway is commonly accepted for obvious reasons, this is a statement that is never tested and may be found to be untrue. The data I would collect to possibly debunk this statement would be the general happiness of citizens living in…[Read more]