Statement of Purpose

Thus, I seek to pursue a course in line with such future prospects as a professional. I want to have a career in the business world in regards to technology in the business field. I also seek to travel the world and work or live in different cities and engage with different people to get different perspectives about life as I develop as a person, as a professional, and as a family person with my own family.

The port of Shanghai spanning over 1,000 years, was where the Ming’s naval expeditions were launched and was place of hectic trading, where fortunes were made and lost. My parents are both civil engineers and my childhood was spent on this unique river and Deepwater port, witnessing the harbour sweep into a grandiose showpiece of a booming economy. I watched basic structures integrated piece by piece and eventually form spectacular architectures.

I am Andrew Soebagio, from Indonesia. I’ve been a student at North for about a year and a half now. I’m planning to graduate from North this upcoming fall, with an AS degree. A major that I have in mind is Petroleum Engineering; hopefully this plan will stick with me till I graduate.

Why is participating in the A Day in the Life at the VNA important to you?

We are not short of hearing about the significance in creating goals, merely having a vision is enough to steer someone into a reality long imaged. Long before The Secret and vision boards, I read Gloria Steinman’s book, A Revolution Within. She postulates imagining meeting oneself in the future. I have visualized a young vibrant, powerful woman with a number pinned on her chest, her face chafed from the wind, triumphantly passing the finish line.

There comes a time where the bird must “leave the nest,” and that time has come around faster than I could have imagined. One day it was playing outside in the dirt and the next we’re graduating from high school, entering a world that we are hopefully prepared for. I’ve always been one for self-doubting, especially since I would be the first in my family to go to college. I want to further my interests with the education available and achieve the most I can for myself but also for my family.

“War is ninety percent information”- Napolean Bonaparte. I believe this statement is true to echoing my sentiments on the power of data. Business Analytics is one such discipline which unites data, technology, and human knowledge to optimize business decisions for enterprises and ultimately drive eminence. The success mantra of Business Analytics relies on the basic logistics of providing the right information to the right people at the right time. In a country like India which is vastly populated with technocrats, the analytical eye in organizations is not at par with their global counterparts. Under such a circumstance, to develop highly qualified managerial talent in combination with technical specialization becomes a pre-requisite. In view of this, my desire to become a successful business analyst equipped with advanced skill sets, has been the guiding force in sculpting my academic objective to pursue a Master of Science in Business Analytics.

Since childhood, my mother has inspired my life by teaching me that the best contribution we can make in this life, and the greatest success we can enjoy comes from helping others to have a better life, particularly poor people. As I grew up, it was very hard for me to see a needy person and not being able to help. So, providing help to others in any possible way became the focus of my life.

To me, language is not only a medium of communication, but it is also a mean people use to express their identity and culture. Learning language in any of the aspects and contexts can be advantageous and it can give productive contributions to learning, teaching, and researching on language and linguistics. If anyone asks about the relationship between a language and me, I can say that I see myself in three different positions: a language learner, a language teacher, and a language researcher.

As a young boy, I would often dismantle my small toy cars and re-model them. The activity never lost its zest and as I grew up, It is very fascinating to watch different cars passing by me day and night. I always wonder how cars are designed and developed and I dreamed that one day I wished to become an engineer and work towards my dream of designing cars for the best names in the world. It is this pursuit of knowledge that has been my motivation and has made me to apply for masters program in your esteemed university. I was confident about my choice and knew that it was the best way forward…till destiny took me to Germany.

Information Technology infrastructure obtainable in our country is wanting and there is not loads of flexibility with graduation programs accessible here. Consequently, I decided to pursue my graduate study away in foreign soil; I thought-through countries like Australia, UK, Germany and US. Upon further research in each country, excellent Information Technology infrastructure availability, English as means of communication and study, flexibility of programs, multicultural diversity among students, welcoming environment, relatively affordable living and study cost, and being a pioneer country of company like IBM, Apple and Windows has enticed me to apply for US degree. Furthermore, US degree will provide higher recognition and superior excelling opportunity in the subsequent years due to its educational structure and environment. Moreover, Program option availability and profiles of faculty have inspired me to apply for VIU. Master in Information Technology is the graduation program that I opt for applying as it has option of doing specializations in Network and Information Security. Aware of the challenges that will be in front of me while pursuing Master Degree; I believe all the academics, training, work experience, hard work, zeal and dedication will aid me in meeting

Talking about my formal education, I have completed my school level in year 2006 with 81.75% scores, 10+2 level in year 2008 with 60.90%, Bachelor in Computer Engineering in year 2014 with CGPA of 2.63. Along the way, i have had various training

The fields that are important to me include investigation of analytical and computational methods for optimisation or stochastic, including risk analysis, manufacturing, distribution, material handling, and Quality control techniques.I am interested in getting into a job that completely focus on problem solving, whether it's preparing for growth, performing cost analyses, establishing workplace safety procedures, supply chain management, or modification to the assembly line. Some of my dream companies are Siemons, Stantec, Shell and BP Global. My long term goal is to work in the operations research field in manufacturing and production industry for development of different technologies and to expose myself to different aspects of real life technologies used in industries. I want to devote a part of my life by giving new real life technologies to public for their ease and welfare and my knowledge for the development of

After working for 2 years with Infosys Ltd, I realize that this is a crucial stage in my career where I should decide the direction in which to move forward. I have a great interest towards the data management and this is the reason I am looking to pursue graduate study. Added to this, are the factors that there have been huge changes in Database designs such as, combination of big data and cloud computing in the recent times, making the role of a data scientist a very indispensable one. Being part of this rapidly burgeoning community has been my deepest desire. I pen down my Statement of Purpose with due reverence to the University and the department.

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