BA Insights

Refer a friend or colleague to the PASS Business Analytics Conference and if they register as a two-day conference participant you’ll receive a $50 Amazon gift card and they’ll go in the draw to have the cost of their registration refunded, and attend for free! 

The more referrals you make, the more gift cards you’ll receive!

How did you get involved with financial modelling and analysis?

I travelled a lot when I was younger (as most Aussies do) and found myself in London during the booming 90s. Arriving with a finance degree and not much experience, I worked my way up in investment banking and found that Excel modeling was a critical skill to have as an analyst in that environment (although we didn’t really call it “financial modeling” back then). On my return to Australia I continued on my finance career whilst completing an MBA and eventually founded Plum Solutions to specialize in using Excel for the purpose of modeling and analysis.

Tell us a little bit about your career path and what attracted you to data analysis. (You have a BA in Psychology – how did you make that leap?)
My first jobs out of college were in the psychology field, working with adolescents in residential treatment facilities. While my intention and purpose was to help kids, I became increasingly frustrated with the business decisions and political gamesmanship that so often seemed to interfere. From there, I followed a path of opportunities that presented themselves.

2016 has arrived and we want to help you stay on track with this year’s personal and career goals! Join us at the PASS BA Conference, May 2–4, 2016 and you’ll get a chance to win a new Microsoft Band!

No matter where you live, PASS is making engaging and informative Business Intelligence training accessible to you through local and virtual chapters!

We’re happy to have Jordan Goldmeier join us again this year. Jordan will be presenting “Data Disasters: How Data Visualization and Complexity Lead Us Astray”.