SparkData provides training and career development programs on big data analytics, financial analysis and information technology, such as SAS/SQL/R/Python/Hive/Spark programming, business analytics, consumer data analysis, database marketing, credit risk analysis and management, machine learning and predictive modeling, computer science and software engineering etc.
Our goal is aimed to close the gap between university education and the industry. Our hands-on training programs come from different industries and are designed by data science experts and business partners. These programs enable students to gain real-world business knowledge, technical and soft skills quickly through live lectures, case studies and hands-on projects. Furthermore, we support out students with career consultation, network and referral opportunities, which are valuable for them to land on job offers and start their career in Canada.
In the past 7 years, we have trained hundreds of students, and more than 90% of them are successful in stepping into this industry. These students now work as business analysts and data scientists in the major banks such as RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC, Scotia Bank, telecom companies such as Bell Canada, Rogers, Telus, retail companies such as Loblaw’s, Canadian Tire and government sectors as well. Please visit our Career Planning page for details.
Each year, we offer below recurring training programs:
Timeline:
5 weeks, March 6 — April 5, 2021.
Price: $899.
Structured Query Language (SQL) is a data query tool built in with relational databases such as Oracle, DB2, Teradata, SQL Server etc.
For data analysts and scientists, SQL programming is a must-have skill set, because all the corporate data is stored in relational databases. The first step in our daily work is to access and extract data from our corporate warehouse.
Recently, big data has been attracting the attention of data professionals from many fields. Numerous companies, institutes, governments are migrating from traditional databases to Hadoop to store, manage and analyze data. Therefore, this course will include：
Timeline:
5 weeks, Aug 21 — Sep 18, 2021.
Price: $899
This Python training is for beginners with zero knowledge and skills in programming. It focuses on the numpy and pandas packages which are especially for data processing and manipulation. This program will offer you the most important and essential skills for data scientists in real work.
Outlines:
Timeline:
4 months, June 2021.
Please contact us for details: info@sparkdata.ca
This training program is suitable for people who have SAS, R or Python programming skills. You can choose any of the above 3 tools to work on projects. This intensive training will focus on both technical skills such as programming, statistical analyses and more important, domain knowledge and business insights. It will enable you to gain the fundamental knowledge and skills for business analytics quickly.
It includes 4 hands-on projects in customer marketing and risk management, covering financial, telecom, and retail and credit risk industries:
Note: Each project requires hands-on coding by SAS, R or Python, and a 30 min oral presentation in class.
Timeline:
2 months, upcoming in 2021.
Please contact us for details: info@sparkdata.ca
This is an advanced training for people with data analysis experience and statistics knowledge.
Machine learning and predictive modeling use statistics and mathematics to predict outcomes. It is the advanced core technology of many business analytics such as database marketing, customer loyalty and retention, customer churn and win back, credit risk analysis etc.
Through statistical modeling, we can use current customer data to predict the future behaviors of customers such as customer response, customer churn and attrition, credit loan default etc. These predictive models can be used for various business activities such as customer acquisition, upsell/cross sell campaigns, customer retention/winback campaigns, credit loan adjudication, credit risk analysis and management, collections and recovery etc.
Timeline:
8 weeks, June — August, 2021.
Price: $899
his training is for beginners with no knowledge and skills in programming. It focuses on the big data analysis by using SAS and SQL programming. You will gain the most important and essential skills for data analysts and scientists via this program.
Furthermore, students can pass SAS Base/Adv exams to gain the global SAS programming certificates via this training.
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Contact us today so that you can start in the right direction towards your dream job, and learn how we can tailor our services to help you get there. Please email us: info@sparkdata.ca
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