IT & Finance Class Introduction Stefano Grazioli

First megatrend: Fintech

GComm7720 is about learning how to use technology to automate and support financial processes and decision making Knowledge of Technology Knowledge of Business (Finance/Accounting Teamwork/Leadership) Competitive advantage Business Intelligence: extracting & analyzing information from enterprise databases Financial engineering: designing & implementing financial strategies Automating business tasks

MS MIT’s Network Advantage Communications Group Altria Group Appian Applied Predictive Technologies Associated Veterans LLC Avaya Bon Secours Health Systems Booz Allen Hamilton Capital One CapTech Ventures, Inc. CarMax CGI Federal D2 Consulting Deloitte Consulting Delta Star Inc Defense Intelligence Agency Department of the Army / NGIC Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP DLA Piper LLP DuPont Community Credit Union eGlobal Tech Enterprise Information Services, Inc. Fannie Mae Freddie Mac GE General Electric Mobile Strategy Partners IBM International Monetary Fund Knight Point Systems Microsoft National Science Foundation Navy Federal Credit Union New York Life Insurance Co. Noblis Opower Inc PRA Group RedWolf Cybersecurity Salesforce Tantus Technologies The Advisory Board Company The Goal, Inc. The HumanGeo Group The Pew Charitable Trusts United States Army University Of Virginia Health System University of Virginia IT Services US Patent and Trademark Office Ventera Corporation Virginia Tech

Second megatrend: Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading

Learning by doing

(gather, analyze, trade, control) The Hedge Tournament Hard skills Experience with IT project management A differentiating story to tell recruiters Financial Markets Your applications (gather, analyze, trade, control) Financial Data Your financial decisions

The Hedge Tournament

Class Objectives “I understand how to use IT to solve business problems” “I am comfortable around technology now.” “I have acquired valuable skills in state-of-the-art tools”

Specific Tools on your CV Business Intelligence tools: extracting & analyzing information from enterprise databases - SQL, SQL Server, Pivot Tables Financial Engineering tools: designing & implementing financial strategies - Visual Studio, Hedge Tournament, Advanced Excel Process redesign tools: automating repetitive business analysis tasks - Macros (Visual Basic for Applications), VSTO Visual Studio Tools for Office

Two Web Sites Public site Personal site Google ‘Stefano Grazioli’ and go from there Personal site Get your password today at the end of class

Homework What, already?

Suggestions VS is one of the most complex and powerful software ever built. Some struggle is inevitable. Give yourself plenty of time Enjoy problem solving Help each other (within the instructions & honor code) Come and see me. Office hours on the web site.

WINIT What Is New In Technology Go to the class web site for instructions Pick a fintech company And the first volunteer is...

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