Consulting Committee
The UF AIS Consulting Committee provides MS-ISOM and MS-BA students with real-world consulting experience, professional development opportunities, and a supportive environment to learn and grow your consulting skills.
Fall 2024 Projects
Blue Zones
PM: Sophia Palmeiro | Analysts: Abhishek Nalinakshi, Joshua Jacob, Ashley Denis, Sebastian Acosta, Gavin Henderson,Susie Chen
The Blue Zones is a community-wide initiative aimed at improving the quality of life by transforming the built environment, municipal policies, and community organizations. Led by project manager Sophia Palmeiro, the team focused on researching and analyzing databases for the policy pillar of the project(including the built environment, food systems and alcohol policies), they worked to identify reliable data sources for Blue Zones by conducting analysis, idenfitying key insights, and providing data-driven recommendations. These efforts aim to enhance the well-being of Jacksonville, Florida, through the transformative goals of the Blue Zones projects.
Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC)
PM: Sean Gilliam | Analysts: Aniketh Mukhirala, Yuri Lin, Veronica Sampalik, Othman Barakat,Sai Palakurthy
GIS Advisor: Joe Bonevento
The Northeast Florida Regional Council (NEFRC) provides a range of essential services, including access to state and federal programs benefiting all counties, technical assistance through paid service agreements, and project-specific support via grant application and implementation. As a regional council providing technical and policy support to Florida communities, NEFRC tasked the team with centralizing their trail layer for seven counties in NorthEast Florida. Led by project manager Sean Gilliam, the team gathered over 150 trails across Florida, leveraged ArcGIS to create a map and storyboard, and consolidated trail information and key data points, enhancing data accessibility for stakeholders.
North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO)
PM: ​AJ Ruiz | Analysts: Tanya Cheberko, Annalee Watts, Jake Braun, Claire Wong, Benny Shi
The North Florida Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) is the independent regional transportation planning agency for Duval, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties, an area spanning over 3,000 square miles with a population of nearly 1.7 million. To support its mission of improving regional transportation planning across this expansive area, the UF AIS team, led by project manager AJ Ruiz, analyzed transportation data using Excel and developed a Power BI dashboard for real-time access to transportation information. This system optimized data retrieval and enhanced decision-making capabilities to help TPO allocate substantial funding for transportation initiatives in the upcoming years.
Housing Project
PM: ​Tanveer Singh | Analysts: Ryan Blume, Amelia Golub, Max Goodnight, Samantha Law, Luke Cullen
The Housing Project is in partnership with Smart North Florida, focusing on housing protection in Jacksonville. This project aimed to analyze trends for 400,000 parcels. The UF AIS team, led by project manager Tanveer Singh analyzed parcel-based trends in Jacksonville’s single-family home market, utilizing Excel for data cleaning, aggregation, and visualization. The team identified key investors, popular neighborhoods, and investment patterns to guide the development of a housing protection platform. These deliverables are designed to support strategic decision-making for housing protection efforts in the Jacksonville, Florida.
JEA
PM: ​Sarah Darby | Analysts: Taruni Chopparapu, Priscilla Poon, Aadit Kamat, Havy Dinh, Da Som Chung
JEA, established by the City of Jacksonville, operates as a municipal utility provider to meet the electric, water, and sewer needs of residents in Jacksonville and surrounding communities. Its mission is to ensure reliable service for current and future generations. To enhance operational efficiency, JEA tasked the team with automating its existing performance scoreboard. Led by project manager Sarah Darby, the team migrated this scoreboard from Microsoft Excel to Power BI, automating the process for greater efficiency. This process involved data cleaning, migration, and designing a streamlined dashboard to improve usability and insights. The project significantly accelerated data-driven decision-making for JEA.