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About Me

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“No hard feelings, but here are some data driven facts”

As a data practitioner, I firmly believe in presenting factual information in a clear and unbiased manner. I specialize in using data to craft compelling narratives that yield impactful and long-lasting insights to drive informed business decisions

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What I do

Expertise

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Advance Analytics

Maximize the value of your data through machine learning and deep learning based predictions that drive tangible business outcomes.

Uncover the underlying relationships between cause and effect.

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Business Intelligence

Uncover and translate complex data into actionable insights that drive business growth.

Link data insights to real-world business needs to drive informed decision making.

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Dashboard Development

Deliver customized, interactive dashboards that enable continuous monitoring of your organization’s key metrics, ensuring you have the real time insights to make informed decisions.

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ETL

Simplify data management for your team by handling the technical details behind the scenes, allowing them to focus on insights and impact.

Ensuring data integrity through robust and sustainable pipelines is essential for reliable analysis.

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Automation

Streamline your workflows from start to finish through automation and scheduling.

  • Data Procurement
  • Data Wrangling
  • Data Processing
  • Product Building
  • Customer Interaction
My History

Highlights

I’ve got a track record of getting things done. Please see my resume for a comprehensive view of my past achievements.

Humana | September 2024 - Present

Senior Data Scientist

Architected and owned enterprise forecasting and risk modeling systems over multimillion-record medical and pharmacy claims, informing CMS healthcare quality-based bonus performance and materially improving program efficiency and operational decision making.

Designed decision-aligned intervention models by optimizing ranking objectives under outcome value, intervention cost, and operational capacity constraints, materially improving targeting efficiency and downstream ROI.

Humana | June 2023 - September 2024

Senior BI Engineer

Applied causal and quasi-experimental methods (propensity score matching, difference-in-differences) to evaluate intervention effectiveness, informing strategy and generating $100K+ in annual cost savings and $5M+ revenue.

Led 7+ cross-functional experimentation efforts from problem framing through deployment, influencing product, clinical, and operational decision-making.

The Hershey Company | Dec 2022 - June 2023

Lead BI Analyst

Built predictive and survival models to forecast employee turnover and talent pipeline risk, enabling targeted retention strategies and near real-time KPI monitoring through production APIs.

The Hershey Company | Mar 2022 - Dec 2022

Senior Data Analyst

Conducted adverse impact analyses using (Chi-square, t-tests, ANOVA) to inform fair hiring decisions.

The Hershey Company | 2018 - 2022

Data Analyst

Automated People Analytics dashboards, replacing third-party tools and saving $200K annually.

Optimized ETL pipelines and data models, reducing data prep time by 40 hours per month through SQL, and Alteryx.

University of Michigan | 2024 - 2026

Master of Applied Data Science

Curriculum

Coursera University of Pennsylvania | 2023

Introduction to Programming with Python and Java Specialization

Covered core principles of Python and Java including Data Structures, Inheritence, Unit Testing, and Debugging.

Certificate

Coursera Johns Hopkins University | 2021

Data Science: Foundations using R Specialization

Covered In-depth knowledge of R, including Foundational Concepts, Data Wrangling, Exploratory Analysis, Data Visualization, and statistical methods such as Clustering.

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University of North Texas | 2011 - 2015

Bachelor of Business Administration

Curriculum

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High Level Technical Skills

A Natural Geek

I have a proven track record of developing new skills and applying them to bring tangible results. I love the ever evolving nature of this field and it’s my daily joy to try out new things. If you don’t mind me geeking out on SOTA Technologies, let’s connect and see where it takes us!

Python
87%
R
85%
SQL
82%
Tableau
80%
PowerBI
70%
Databricks
70%
Azure Synapse Analytics
70%
Alteryx
50%
Pyspark
45%
Hadoop
40%
Google Cloud Platform
30%
CSS
20%