1. The San Antonio ASA Chapter
and
UTSA Department of Management Science and Statistics
welcome
Mary Grace Crissey
Research Associate
Analytic Focus, LLC
Venturing out into industry –
Armed with your academic degree and your algorithms -
Now what?
Abstract: Mary Grace Crissey will share advice collected from her career as a data scientist and from
the council of Practitioners for Management Science at INFORMS. This talk highlights best practices on
how to carry your knowledge out to the business world - and ways to ensure it gets applied - with a
successful impact. The topics include “Day in the Life of an Data Scientist/Operations Research Product
Manager at a Software provider”, “What you should know about Interacting with Clients and
Executives”, “Insights on how to be effective in both formal and informal consulting situations”, “The 4
Primary ingredients for Practitioners”, “Changing terminology of Big Data, statistics, math, Industrial
Engineering, voice/text mining, data science, Business Rules, decision management” wrapping up with
image of a “three legged Stool - illustrating critical balance of leadership, technical, and raw
intelligence.”
Speaker bio: http://www.analyticfocus.com/about/analytic-focus_team/mary-grace-crissey/
Date/time: Friday, December 4th at 2:00 pm
Place: BB 4.02.10, Executive Conference Room
Business Building
UTSA Main Campus
Parking: Short-term paid parking spaces are located in the Bauerle Road Garage.
For a campus map please visit: http://www.utsa.edu/maps/main-map.html.
For more information about this event, contact San Antonio ASA Chapter President,
David Han at david.han@utsa.edu.