Academic and Business Research Instititue 2023 San Antonio Conference Virtual Presentation
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SA23025
Paterson, Kevin, University of the Incarnate Word:
Predictive Analytics in Education: Considerations in Predicting versus Explaining College Student Retention ABSTRACT/MANUSCRIPT
Virtual Presentation:
Author Biography:
Kevin Paterson
DBA, University of the Incarnate Word (Expected May 2023)
MBA, University of the Incarnate Word
BA in Mathematics, San Jose State University
Kevin Paterson is experienced in Information Technology (IT) from software engineering to operational support and customer focused initiatives. He is currently a Director of IT over Workforce Digital Services Automation at USAA. Prior to joining USAA, he worked for Lockheed Martin, Western Digital, and most recently IBM where he achieved the IBM Master Inventor designation.
Areas of Expertise: build systems, monitoring systems, installation and configuration for multi-platforms, intellectual property, systems engineering, team leadership, configuration management database, software development, release architecture, automated systems design, business administration, authoring, public speaking, cloud, and pervasive computing.
Dr. Adam Guerrero
PhD, University of Texas at Dallas
MBA, MA, University of Texas at Arlington
BBA, AA, Northwood University
Dr. Adam Guerrero completed his PhD at the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. He completed specialized coursework in applied statistics, finance, and business and economic policy before taking a faculty position teaching business economics, finance, and data analytics at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Guerrero has industry experience in sales and marketing at Xerox Corporation, financial sales at Compass Bank, and project management for family-owned businesses. He also does freelance consulting in the areas of higher education analytics, business process improvement, strategy, and diversity, equity, and inclusion analytics. Dr. Guerrero enjoys conducting research in the areas of postsecondary educational outcomes, employee retention, and applied marketing research in the areas of customer acquisition, satisfaction, and retention.
Areas of Expertise: Data analytics, Economics, Finance, Strategy, and Operations Management.