I am particularly keen to interpret, through various multivariate methods, the different relationships between variables and their relevance in solving business challenges. My goal is to focus on building analytical models needed to make smarter decisions. I am particularly looking forward to understanding social media which needs to be managed, measured and analyzed to better respond to customer behavior in ways never before anticipated. Therefore, I am mainly fascinated by the discovery of “The Tweet Visualizer” application for sentiment analysis by Professor Dr. Christopher Healey. I hope his extensive experience in “visualization” will help me present meaningful data results in a way that will not overwhelm the human mind. I am also honored to learn that Professor Dr. David Dickey is among the distinguished faculty members. Witnessing and learning statistical concepts from him is nothing short of a dream come true. I firmly believe that the exceptional skills of NCSU faculty members will stimulate my multidimensional interests in analysis and that the program will engage me intellectually. Last year, my all-out efforts to explore “data analytics” were abruptly interrupted like a dream, mainly due to a life-threatening surgery. On the road to healthy healing,