MSIS Student Spotlight

Ad Ops Analyst – InMarket Media LLC I applied and got accepted to the MSIS program at Cal State Long Beach in early 2019. I still remember the entire process vividly, I was still back in India and because I was the first one in my family to pursue education outside India, I used to have a lot of questions. The staff at the university were very patient and helpful during the entire process, whenever I had any questions. The main reason I applied for this program at California State University…

Pricing Data Analyst - Camping World I have always considered myself an ordinary woman. I come from a very small town in India, where women have limited options to develop a professional career. But I always dreamt of working with the best in the world, in whatever I chose to do. So, it was obvious that I had to pursue higher education to achieve my dreams. I decided to go to college in Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India, moving away from my family for the first time. Looking back, I…

Senior Demand Planner at LaCrosse Footwear Incorporated  Way back in the early 2000’s I graduated from Cal State Fullerton with an undergraduate degree in Business Admin and a concentration in Finance. I was very torn at the time by the appeal of a Computer Science degree, however. It seemed so detailed, so intricate, and creative. But I stuck with my plan, the Business Admin path. I was also working my early jobs in the consumer goods industry / action sports apparel world at the time…

Business Analyst at Viant Technology Nguyen Huynh – MSIS 2022 Back in August 2020, I still remember writing my first code line "Hello World" in Python during my first week in the MSIS program at CSULB. Fast forward to May 2022, after two years in the program, I learned how to use Python to build machine learning models, JavaScript to build a web/mobile application, and many more data analysis tools such as SQL, Tableau, and database management. Before I joined the MSIS program, I worked…