Master of Science in Business Analytics
Meet the Faculty, Alumni & Students of the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program!
Meet Our Faculty
Ghazwan Hassna, PhD
Dr. Ghazwan Hassna is an Associate Professor of Information Systems and the program chair of the Business Analytics Program at the College of Business of Hawaii Pacific University. Before joining this position, Dr. Hassna, was conducting his research at both EPIC LAB (Enterprise Process Innovation and Computing) and GCIF Lab (Global Center for Internet Finance) at City University of Hong Kong where he obtained his PhD. Before earning his PhD, Dr. Hassna had more than 10 years of experience in formulating, planning and managing IT-Enabled Change Initiatives.
Courses: Business Analytics for Big Data, Scripting for Business Analytics, Data Mining for Big Data Analytics
Jeffrey Rich
Jeffrey Rich is a Vice President and Chief Marketing Communications Officer and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Business of Hawaii Pacific University. Jeff’s career has included executive leadership positions at Target Corporation and UnitedHealth Group, William & Mary, Hamline University and The College of St. Scholastica. Jeff is a native of New York where he studied economics at St. John’s University before earning his masters in educational policy, planning and leadership at William & Mary in Virginia. In his spare time, you’ll find Jeff exploring the many beaches of Oahu on his paddle board, biking or hiking Hawaii’s amazing trails.
Courses: Marketing Analytics, Digital Marketing
Red Briou, PhD
Dr. Red Briou is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology, Information Security, and Data Science/Analytics at the College of Business of Hawaii Pacific University. He also works as a sports data analytics consultant. His previous work includes leadership of the Education Programs & Information Technology for the Japan-America Institute of Management Science, membership on the IT Council Board for the Hawai‘i Lodging and Tourism Association, and CTO of Choice Technologies - Hawai‘i. He earned his Masters in Information Systems from Hawaii Pacific University and his PhD in Management Technology from Argosy University Honolulu.
Courses: Information Systems Management, Big Data, Special Topic in Business Analytics, Integrated Capstone
Pia Berg Yuen, PhD
Dr. Pia Berg Yuen is an Adjunct Lecturer at the College of Business of Hawaii Pacific University. She has over 20 years of international experience in banking. Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Management Studies from Cambridge University where she researched operational risk capital in banking. She has served as a lecturer at the Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa and Chaminade University, instructing students in business and statistics courses. A native of Stockholm, Sweden, where she initially studied mathematics, computer science, and economics, she holds an MS in Applied Mathematics from Stockholm University, an MBA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a BA in Psychology from Hawaii Pacific University.
Courses: Business Analytics for Big Data, Data Wrangling with SQL
Meet Our Alumni
Joshua Fiske Nelson
Cybersecurity Program Manager for Facility Related Control Systems (CIO4)
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC)
