Dr. Brennan Davis is Associate Professor at the Orfalea College of Business at California Polytechnic State University. He has over a decade of experience developing curriculum for business and several years of experience teaching business analytics in the classroom. Professionally, he has eight years of experience in business management in the automotive and technology industries. He spent years developing the business analytics course with a committee of executives from top local business agencies and from top businesses in the Silicon Valley. The course covers data approaches useful to business analytics professionals, advanced analysis that firms most desire when hiring students, and visualization techniques helpful in communicating as a business liaison between technology experts and company managers.