Deloitte LLP joins analytics program

Deloitte LLP is one of the founding members of IU’s new Institute of Business Analytics program, which was founded a year ago, within the Kelley School of Business, according to a press release from April 3.

Deloitte is a firm that provides risk management and consulting services to businesses, according to its website.

“We’ve had a long-standing relationship with Kelley,” said Mark Zozulia, principal of Deloitte LLP. “I’ve been coming for nine years for recruiting, and it goes back further. There were other people before me.”

Zozulia, an IU alumnus, said Deloitte has been getting more and more involved in programs within Kelley and working very closely with faculty. 

After playing a very active role within the school for the last few years between recruiting and programs, Deloitte was asked to become a founding member by the school. The company will be able to lend information and support to the new program.
 
“We’ll play an active role on the advisory council,” Zozulia said. “We will research — speak and participate in conferences. We’ll provide real life input into what we want as an employer and what people look for when they hire.”

Zozulia also said Deloitte will bring on sponsors for the institute.

Deloitte is one of the largest employers of students from the Kelley School. It provides four main services to its customers: auditing and advising, consulting, taxes and financial advisory services. 

“We’re one of the largest professional service firms in the world,” Zozulia said. 

Zozulia said the business analytics program currently is only offered to students studying for an MBA, but that they hope to have a program for undergraduates, too, by next year. 

The analytics program is teaching students to use information and data to be more proactive about how companies are run.

“Instead of reflecting on the past, analytics looks ahead to where a business might be going,” Zozulia said. ”Analytics has become so popular because technology has gotten better. Technology has improved and allowed companies to take advantage.”

— Laura Schulte