1. Name: Ashok Oli PhD- BCIS Student, UNT (Current) MS – Economics Research (UNT) 2008 Took Data Warehouse class (BCIS 4660/DSCI 5900) in Spring 2008 SAS certified programmer Self studied Evangelopoulos Data Mining lecture notes. Research Interest – Data Mining, Text Mining, Visualization, OLAP. Most recent work experience: DishNetwork LLC, Retailer Fraud Predictive Modeling Email: ashokoli@my.unt.eduashokoli@my.unt.edu

2. Recommended Skills SQL SAS Basic programming. Basic knowledge of connectivity between SAS and other databases(SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, Siebel etc.) Basic regression analysis (Economics Department). Data Warehousing concepts (Dr. Evangelopoulos BCIS 4660/DSCI5900) Graphical Analysis and Variance Analysis.

3. Why would a company hire a Data Miner Convert existing plethora of data into useful information to help management make better decision in right time. Ensure high ROI on IT. Align business processes with IT. Save dollars. Data Miner bridges the gap between business users and IT department by understanding the business processes and creating variables accordingly.

4. Good Luck