Financial Information Management
Financial
Information
Management
Class Introduction
Stefano Grazioli
What do you see?
The MS MIT Network
Accenture
Fair Isaac Corporation
Advance Network
Fairfax County Public Schools
Solutions
General Services Admin
American Society of
Genworth Financial
Clinical Oncology
Hogan Lovells US
ASM Research
IBM
Associated Veterans
Independent Project Analysis
Atlantic Research Group Inter-Am. Development Bank
Books International
International Monetary Fund
Booz Allen Hamilton
Knight Point Systems
CACI
Leidos
Capital One
Lockheed Martin
CapTech Consulting
Microsoft
CGI Federal
Computer Sciences Corp
Content Analyst
Company
Data Networks Corp
DIA
Direct Connect
EverFi
MIL Corporation
OGSystems
Old Dominion Electric Coop
Onetree
Open Roads Consulting
Opera Solutions
Phase One Consulting Group
Prociatry
Pyramid Systems
QinetiQ North America
Sirius XM Radio
SNL Financial
SourceAmerica
TASC
The Ambit Group
The MITRE Corporation
Town of Leesburg
U.S. Army
U.S. Customs & Border
Protection
U.S. Dept. of Defense
U.S. Dept. of Labor
University of Virginia, Darden
UPD Consulting
Washington Consulting
Xcelerate Solutions
GComm7720 is about learning how to use technology
to support and automate financial processes and
decision making
Knowledge
of Technology
Knowledge
of Business
(Finance/Accounting
Teamwork/Leadership)
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Business Intelligence: extracting & analyzing
information from enterprise databases
Financial engineering: designing & implementing
financial strategies
Automating business tasks
Learning
by doing
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
Algorithmic trading Vs High Frequency Trading
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
Google Stefano Grazioli and go from there
 Personal site
Get your password today at the end of class
Financial Information Management
Homework
What, already?
Suggestions
 VS is one of the most complex
and powerful pieces of software ever
built. Some struggle is inevitable.
 Remember where you save
 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
 And the first volunteer is...
Financial Information Management
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