changing and dynamic market space.
Perduco met with a number of sports
companies, including STATS Inc., and
continued to gain exposure for their predictive analytic expertise. The business
case is working, but it takes considerable time and resources to develop solutions at the level required for these
companies to market to their client base.
Business-to-business was expected to
be the major push in sports until a second chance encounter presented Perduco with a new option and a major shift
in company focus.
c
ontinuing
ducation
ESSENTIAL PRACTICE SKILLS
FOR ANALYTICS PROFESSIONALS
Topic areas:
» Problem Framing
» Developing the Work Plan
» Testing Recommendations
Next time I get a visionary assignment
that needs some clarity, I’ll be using what
I learned in this course to work towards
a great solution!
- Caroline Alexander,
Fed Ex Corporation
A NA L Y T I C S
ANALYTICS
PROFESSIONALS
INFORMS Continuing Education
program offers intensive, two-day
in-person courses providing analytical
professionals with key skills, tools, and
methods that can be implemented
immediately in their work environment.
Topics areas:
This course will be held
San Jose, CA – June 20-21, 2014
”
Learn more about these
courses at:
informs.org/continuinged
COURSES FOR
DATA EXPLORATION
& VISUALIZATION
» Presenting Results
» Impact Assessment
“
Prior to my 20-year reunion, I reconnected with an old friend and classmate
from the Air Force Academy, Troy Neihaus. We talked over the phone and
during this call, Troy mentioned Perduco’s website and noticed the push into
sports analytics. He had a friend who
was part-owner of a company in the fantasy football space and offered to make
the connection. The next day, Perduco
was introduced to Full Time Fantasy, a
company that runs a very popular fantasy football website FFToolbox.com. The
first phone call lasted only 30 minutes,
» Accessing Data
» Understanding Raw Data
» Cleaning & Transforming Data
» Exploring & Visualizing Data
» Dimension Reduction
“
The datasets on which the
exercises are based are taken
from real-life scenarios, are
fun to work with and very
challenging. The course
provides a general framework
for tackling data analysis and
the instructors highlight the
pitfalls one can made along
the process.
- Ivan Hernandez,
Stevens Institute
of Technology
”
This course will be held
San Jose, CA – June 25-26, 2014
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