Kevin Pla received his B.S. in Business Economics and his M.S. in Business Analytics from the Paul Merage School of Business at UC Irvine. His passion for using data as a tool to create informed decisions and his curiosity in higher education lead him to his current role as a Data Analyst at Concordia University Irvine. Within his first year as a member for Institutional Research and Higher Education, he has created multiple interactive Tableau dashboards to help Concordia University Irvine make data-informed decisions. He is excited to continue broadening his skill set in the field of Higher Education to help improve the lives of students.