Buffalo State Data Talk
Buffalo State Data Talk
Buffalo State Data Science and Analytics
Episode 7: Marketing analytics, making magic happen with mathematics, an interview with John O’Hara from the Walt Disney Company
22 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2021 at 5:00 am.
Introduction
John’s position at Disney
Working in a data science team
Personal development
Networking and LinkedIn
John’s favorite part of his job
Challenges of working in data science
John’s career journey
Potential careers for students with a math degree, like John
Skills needed to be a data scientist
Advice for new data scientists
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February 1, 2021
Buffalo State Data Talk
Episode 7: Marketing analytics, making magic happen with mathematics, an interview with John O’Hara from the Walt Disney Company
 
Episode 7 features John O’Hara, a marketing Analytics & Insights Manager at The Walt Disney Company. John talks about how his background in applied mathematics (including a Master’s degree from the Professional Applied and Computational Mathematics program at Buffalo State College) launched his career as an analyst and lead to his current job at Disney. Tune in to hear about his advice for building your network, what it is like working for the Walt Disney Company and how he handles projects involving large data sets. 
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