saama technologies and coursolve - case study
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Case Study:Saama Technologies
Finding world class talent on Coursolve
BackgroundSaama Technologies is a 700-strong data science and analytics services company headquartered in San Jose, USA, dedicated to improving efficiency in the healthcare industry amongst others. Through Coursolve, Saama offered a digital internship – a short, online work-based learning project – that asked participants to mine Twitter streams to uncover new ways of improving healthcare delivery. The project enabled them to explore new data channels and use open-source communities to gather expert research. They also had the opportunity to identify and hire talented professionals.
“Coursolve enabled us to tap into the insights of hundreds of data scientists worldwide. Not only did we grow our vibrant open-source community, but we also exposed our brand to emergent talent in the field, resulting in several new hires and stronger relationships with our clients. There’s really nothing out there like Coursolve.”
– Pratik Mehta, Project Administrator and Senior Data
Analyst at Saama Technologies
12-week project set up to analyze public data sets on Twitter
Advertised to Coursolve members taking an online Intro to Data Science course
Facilitated by one Project Mentor, Pratik Mehta, Senior Data Analyst
Project work included weekly mentoring and coordinating by Project Mentor
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The Project
Project Output Examples:
Over 300 professionals worldwide joined the project
Two hires recruited
New sources of data captured
Saama able to showcase cutting-edge research to clients
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The Results
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