Graduated in 2021 with a major in Music Business. Principal instrument: drums.
Position: Business Analyst at Fidelity Information Services (“FIS”), a financial technology company with tens of thousands of employees that works with banks, capital markets, and merchants. “Almost everyone has worked with our technology, but hardly anyone knows who we are.” Kevin is on a small team that gathers internal data and formulates it into reports which are then shared with the upper management to assess performance.
Overview: Kevin was attracted to the Music Business major because he felt like what he learned would be widely applicable. When the pandemic hit in 2020, Kevin was stuck at home and his interested in music as a career diminished. In early 2021 he took a coursera course in data analysis. His mother worked at FIS and recommended him for a job. Kevin also applied to music jobs, but this was the one he got. FIS has a special program for recent college grads that involves a lot of training, which Kevin was hired into.
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You can see Kevin’s LinkedIn profile here.
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Choice Quotes: “I’ve always been into data. It stimulates my brain and is fun. And there’s a part of it that gets my creative side going too, like figuring out how to present numbers in a good way, build graphs and charts. I get to be flexible, analytical, and creative.”
“My interviewers at FIS asked how I’d bring what I learned at Berklee to FIS. I replied that narrativizing data has a creative element to that and I get that from my musical side. The interviewers really liked that, and they liked that I was in a different field. That creative side helps me think differently from most folks. Another thing about Berklee that made me a better person overall was studying abroad in Spain–it gave me a bigger view of the world. That’s helpful at a company like FIS that’s super-global. Also, Berklee taught me to be more confident–I’d never thought Berklee would accept me and I auditioned just for fun–playing gigs and in front of other folks built my faith in myself. You need that faith when you totally change careers!”
“If you’re interested in data analysis as a career, then do what I did. Take an online course, even if you’re still at Berklee. Those don’t teach you everything, but they’ll get you started. This background experience helped get my foot in the door.”
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