Part 1: Professional Photo:

Jeff
Jeff

Part 2: Synopsis:

I am in my 20s and originally came from San Diego, California, where I came here in 2024 due to the opportunities of the Texas Triangle in terms of the business market. My favorite hobbies are based around transportation, environmentalism, and personal well-being. For food, my favorite cuisine utilizes the Mediterranean diet. Related to food, I am a 2 plus Crew Member of Little Caesar Enterprises, which has assisted how I deal with various situations with employees and customers. On campus, this is my favorite place for lunch based upon having items ready immediately and has assisted my ability over time to get content prepared for the next session.

Part 3: Academic Background:

I began my journey to UT San Antonio back when it was UTSA in the Fall 2024 semester. The first core classes in my major in Business Analytics were based on using Excel, along with the business composition and professional development class.

Soon enough, for Spring 2025, I took 3 classes in a semester along with English that were core to my major:

Once more, I would attend more classes the following semester centered around MS 3043 Business Statistics with Computer Applications II, MGT 3013 Introduction to Organization Theory, Behavior, and Management, and IS 3003 Principles of Information Systems for Management.

Next semester focused on committing to understanding GitHub, R Code, and SQL from my class in MS 3083. With it being soon followed by SAS through MS 3073. That semester I was also introduced to a financial calculator in my FIN 3013 class.

I would take a rare summer course through Principles of Marketing, which I completed in 5 weeks, along with moving to another neighborhood and working full-time during the weekends.

Presently, I continue to innovate my understanding of R with RStudio in this very class (BAN 4373), coupled with introducing myself to Tableau in BAN 3003, which will greatly assist me in the short and long term due to the interesting ways to format and write data for someone. These powerful courses can also be connected to my desire to pivot to other subjects somewhat too such as Supply Chain Management and Geography.

In conclusion, at UT San Antonio I have attended over 63 Alvarez College of Business courses and 46 standard courses. With this in mind, I am 85.83% completed with my program as a Business Analyst at UT San Antonio.

Part 4: Professional Background

At UT San Antonio during my first semester, I began to invest heavily in professional development based on my first course being IS 1413, which was the Excel course aforementioned in my academic background. Taking this course assisted my chances at passing the certification exam, which led me to succeed in that goal.

That semester, I was also introduced to Suitable from the MGT 3003 course, which required that I attend 3 meetings of the program. That program was core to my ability to accomplish my career path in Business Analytics. Over time, I would continue to adhere to the 500-point threshold for a transfer student for the Alvarez College of Business through seminars, career labs, and Business Student Council events. The career labs have increased my Resume and LinkedIn skills by giving me many views on what I could add or drop on these pages.

The next semester, I enrolled in the Honors College based upon my academic performance and sustaining innovation through my own tuition. I was required to attend 3 meetings from RowdyLink events, which led me to meet new people and attend meetings about how I could stand out. These 3 meetings were required as a member and have led me to consistent involvement.

Another major component of my introductory semester was attending events for the Business Student Council, where I took notes about advice from UTSA Alumni and peers who had advanced experience in professional development. I would meet multiple people that first semester who became great friends of mine due to their relatable majors and hobbies. Almost every Tuesday, ever since my beginning at UT San Antonio, I attended their events, which led many to applaud my efforts in the organization and my charismatic attitude towards presenting and communication. Last semester, I was honored for my actions by being the member of the month for February.

Through the Business Student Council, I was introduced to Students+Startups, a program that connects people who are in College and recent graduates to internship opportunities across emerging firms in the city. I applied to several companies from their website, along with doing several virtual interviews for experience and the chance of an internship. One of the highlights of last semester was going to the Speed Interview Night, where I quickly interviewed several firms and showcased my points of assisting people and being dedicated to tasks. From that event, I got 20+ LinkedIn connections and positive reception from the interviewers.

For my semesters at UT San Antonio, there has been a continual trend of increasing presence in my professional development path. Earlier this year, I became a member of the Cavender Business Honors Program, which greatly accelerated my ability to stand out, such as listening to speakers who would interact with the members and additional opportunities for networking as well for students and professionals alike. I am continuing to be a part of this program for increasing experience and chances of obtaining an internship based upon what I have accomplished.

R and Data Mining Experience

My Data Mining journey began with constructing Excel graphs and organizing the spreadsheets based upon specific values for my IS 1413 course. This content would soon be supplemented through taking MS 1023 and ACC 2033. Both classes used Data Mining based upon highlighting rows and columns and forming an equation to get a needed output. These classes can also relate to MS 3043 and the former MS 1023 assignments and classwork, where formulas were calculated by statistics theory. Spring 2026 would be a major year for my understanding of Data Mining through being introduced to the SAS software in MS 3073. With this software, I would click on text files, and many would be manipulated based on filtering through statistics and values of interest.

To add to my experience, that semester also saw me complete coursework in MS 3083. For that class, I went fully into the understanding of how R-based code is handled in GitHub through the homework that was assigned, coupled with the DataCamp practice work that assisted in what functions would be better suited for the prompts. Later on, all of the homework and training assignments would all lead to SQL, which was quite similarly structured to R-based code yet featuring databases to store data.

With SQL being understood, it led to my assistance in a group project in terms of creating a 50-car database using CarMax as the source. I would assist in the creation of a large-scale Excel spreadsheet featuring unique values and values that would be used at least more than once in terms of numbers. These numbers would then be connected to additional tables, where the unique values in the table would be where the numbers would be compiled. After that, our group sorted out all of the data formats by using Lucidchart through a hub-and-spoke type chart. I would assist in the creation of the initial code lines by utilizing previous work to guide me through and connect the Excel spreadsheets in question to GitHub for compiling.

For this year, I am continuing to learn about Data Mining through my BAN 3003 course through the many ways Tableau imports data into a dashboard, sheet, or story in terms of all of the ways data can be formatted.

Conclusion

In this course, I have utilized previous programming methods from R that will assist my understanding of Data Mining, coupled with new forms of programming through HTML in this assignment.

Thank You!