Why Data Literacy Is Important for Future Business Leaders
About the class
Businesses are embracing data and technology now more than ever. It is no longer a bonus to be “tech savvy”, but rather it is essential for anyone trying to lead an organization into the fourth industrial revolution.
Watch this webinar as Matt Hashim, Associate Professor of MIS and Gray Hunter, Lecturer of Economics, at the Eller College of Management detail the importance of data and how it is being used to make better decisions by leveraging technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning and augmented/virtual reality.
Participants will leave this webinar recognizing:
• Importance of data and how top performing firms are leveraging it both successfully and unsuccessfully
• Technologies that firms are using to manage and work with data as well as how students are learning those technologies
• Emerging and disruptive technologies and how they are currently being embraced and utilized within leading businesses
About the Presenter
Gray Hunter is a Lecturer of Economics at the Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. He earned a Doctorate in Economics from the University of Kentucky in 2017. He teaches courses in Statistics, Business Analytics, Intermediate Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, and the Economics of Sports. He has twice been named instructor of the year for his large lecture courses. His research interests are in Public and Labor Economics with an emphasis on educational expectations and workforce preparedness. He has published his own textbook on Business Analytics, presented at various conferences, and has led several small seminars for various private firms.
Matt Hashim joined the Eller College of Management in 2011 after earning his PhD in Management Information Systems from Purdue University. He brings with him vast industry experience in the information technology field, including working as a network administrator, programmer and systems management manager. His research is focused around information security and privacy, digital piracy, experimental and behavioral economics and electronic commerce.