Andrew Strong is the Head of Business Operations at Correlation One, an organization headquartered in New York, focused on building technologies, programs, and frameworks that help companies find, evaluate, and train the world's best data science and analytics talent. Andrew finished his undergrad at Stanford University, with a BS in Management Science & Engineering, and spent the first decade of his career in roles ranging from heavy analyst type engagements with the likes of oil & gas bio-tech businesses, as well as developing investment strategies and financial models/simulations with JP Morgan Asset Management. Andrew has also spent some time in the valley, developing sales and operations strategy for Salesforce's platform business. I had the pleasure of meeting Andrew in business school, while we pursued our MBA's, class of 2017, UT Austin, McCombs School of Business.

Items we discuss in the episode:

-How the world is becoming more data centric and analytical, and why data literacy, the ability to read, understand, and communicate data as information, is a critical skill in the modern workplace, and modern word.

-The importance of creating equitable transitions into a data driven economy, and the importance of developing data science excellence and algorithms that apply to a multi-constituent world, inclusive of everyone.

-The types of organizations that are hiring and developing data talent well, the growth areas most organizations should focus on, and how new to career talent should view the addressable gap in the market and retain success.

-New approaches to educating people in math and the sciences, that break the current mold of typical higher education - the power of data-thons and data tournaments, and most importantly, why curiosity and the willingness to learn, may be the best attributes for developing analytical minds.

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How to Contact Andrew

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlstrong/

Correlation One: https://www.correlation-one.com/

University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/

Resources:

Microsoft Global Skills Initiative: https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2020/06/30/microsoft-launches-initiative-to-help-25-million-people-worldwide-acquire-the-digital-skills-needed-in-a-covid-19-economy/

Most Companies Only Have General Talent Initiatives: https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/cio-insider-business-insights/perspectives-on-gender-diversity-and-inclusion.html

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