SPOTLIGHT
Georgia Fintech Academy
and Queensborough National Bank
For the second year in a row, students in the Masters Level Finance Class in the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, Atlanta, completed the Financial Data Analytics course strong with a Big-Data Project sponsored by Queensborough National Bank & Trust, Louisville.
special connections with our industry partners. Our students excel and soar because of your continued support!” “The completion of this year’s cohort brings me such joy,” stated Kim Kirk, EVP/Chief Operations Officer at Queensborough National Bank & Trust, and a member of CBA’s Innovation Committee. “Great work by Lars Frey and Mark McGrillen, Queensborough’s Business Intelligence Team, to provide real world data and experience to Dr. Rasha Ashraf‘s grad finance class. Working with the students in the Georgia Fintech Academy over the past two years has been a great experience for us! Thank you for your partnership.”
Dr. Rasha Ashraf, Clinical Associate Professor and Faculty Director - MS Finance Program at Georgia State commented, “It was incredible to see students accomplishing so much within just eight weeks of time. They mastered complex modeling concepts, worked on the challenging problem using the Big-Data and ML techniques, and finally presented their innovative solutions to the Queensborough National Bank & Trust’s management team. Congrats to all the students who worked so hard to achieve this and for impressing our industry partner and sponsor – Queensborough National Bank & Trust (QNBT)!”
The first program underwritten by Queensborough National Bank & Trust was on the topic “How do you predict when a customer is going to close their account.” This year’s program focused on machine learning models.
Project Team: Kim Kirk EVP/Chief Operations Officer Queensborough National Bank & Trust Louisville
“We are truly grateful for QNBT’s partnership and support for our students,” Dr. Ashraf continued. “Students’ immersive experience is only possible when real-life problems can be part of the classroom experience and QNBT is the champion in creating that platform for us. Special thanks to Queensborough’s Lars Frey, Director of Business Intelligence and Mark McGrillen, Business Intelligence Consultant, for your incredible support, mentorship, and dedication to our students. We are truly grateful! Many thanks to Kim Kirk for your continued support for the rich collaboration. Special thanks also to Georgia Fintech Academy for helping us build these 2 0 | ww w. cbao fga.com | Fal l 2023
Rasha Ashraf Clinical Associate Professor and Faculty Director - MS Finance Program J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Lars Frey Director of Business Intelligence Queensborough National Bank & Trust Louisville Mark McGrillen Business Intelligence Consultant Queensborough National Bank & Trust Louisville