Courage To Know: Personal Statement

I can trace back my inspiration for becoming a "Data Ninja" from my school, the tagline is "Courage to Know". Due to my thirst for knowledge and ability to crunch data in a meaningful way, I took up engineering where I learned the basics of data management mostly in the realm of electrical / electronic world of machines and semiconductors. I also opted for a number of numerical methods and computing classes as well programming classes during my college. I still remember those college days when I was enthralled to learn the usage of regression analysis in fields of power system stability. The data driven decision-making thought process, developed throughout my four years of engineering has been instrumental in my success and career progression.
On the top of that, the course cost is within my reach and I can complete masters without increasing financial burden. Additionally, I relish online courses as they provide the flexibility to complete education based on my schedule. The plethora of engaging videos, online collaboration, and targeted coursework is enticing. I always recall how the online data community helped me to solve a data issue to extract information from remote oil rigs. This course is a rigorous but flexible program that matches the way I like to
In this regard, when I looked into the OMSA course curriculum, it was apparent that the program is a good blend of the strengths from three colleges: College of Computing, College of Engineering and Scheller College of Business. This is a commendable initiative, which will provide me with the best of these worlds. With my background, I always advocate the need to evolve cross-disciplinary skills to solve real-life problems, which can be accomplished with OMSA. With this learning, I can immediately identify, analyze, and solve analytics problems for better business intelligence and decision support at my current workplace.
To conclude, I am applying to OMSA because of the program's solid foundation in data analytics course work; also because I enjoy online learning and interested in pursuing an industry focused practicum to marry theoretical learnings with practical solution. I want to thank all Georgia Tech's staff and faculty involved in this course for providing an opportunity to working professional like me to satisfy our thirst for