William M. Dougherty II
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Southold, NY 11971 acrizx@r.postjobfree.com
www.wdtutoring.net
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Computing Skills
Statistical computing includes Base SAS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/IML, SAS Macro Language, SPSS, S-Plus, SPSS and R. Computer courses include SAS Programming Levels I and II, SAS System Programming Efficiencies: Tips and Techniques, SAS Macro Language (two courses), Neural Networks, and Multivariate Statistical Methods: Practical Applications. Current analysis and reporting systems maintained with SAS and SPSS 15.0 and R, Windows XP.
W.D. Math Tutoring, Southold, NY 2011-Present
Founder of a tutoring service for high school and college students in
Mathematics and statistics, including instruction for:
Algebra
Geometry
Trigonometry
Statistics
SAT/SSAT
GRE
NYS Math Regents
Mcgann-Mercy HighSchool, Riverhead, NY 2015-present
Substitute Teacher
Work as substitute teacher for various courses. Specialty area is mathematics.
Mattituck High School, Mattituck, NY 2014-present
Substitute Teacher
Work as substitute teacher for various courses. Specialty area is mathematics.
Also substitute at the elementary school.
Project Manager (Buttercup Design Group), Shelter Island, NY 2013
Helped reorganize small landscape company.
Real Estate Project, Southold, NY 2011-2013
Project Manager/General Contractor Personal Project
Purchased property from a local farm family in Southold. Completed all
legal requirements, permit process for construction, and the construction of a cottage.
Responsible for the coordination of all aspects of the project, including subcontractors.
Public entities included:
oSuffolk County Health Department
oSuffolk County Water Authority
oSouthold Building Department
oLIPA
Community College of Vermont, Morrisville, VT Spring 2011
Adjunct Faculty Mathematics Department
Instructor for Statistics I, Math 2021 (Monday evenings).
oIntroduction to statistics
oElementary probability theory
oEstimation
oHypothesis testing
oCorrelation and Regression
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Spring 2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant Mathematics Department
Instructor for College Algebra, Math 009.
oGraph, Functions, and Models
oFunctions, Equations, and Inequalities
oPolynomial and Rational Functions
oExponential and Logarithmic Functions
Instructor for Finite Math, Math 017. Fall 2009
oMathematics of Voting
oSystems of Linear Equations
oProbability Theory
oData Description and Probability Distributions
Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Instructor/Adjunct Faculty Mathematics Department Fall 2008
Instructor for Finite Math, M118.
oMathematics of Finance
oSystems of Linear Equations
oProbability Theory
oData Description and Probability Distributions
Instructor for Intermediate Algebra, M117.
oFactoring Polynomials and Solving equations
oOperations on Rational, and Exponential Equations
oSystems of Linear Equations
oProblem Solving
University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, KY 2004 – 2008
Biostatistician Quality Resource Department
Primary responsibilities include collection, analysis, and reporting of data for research, regulatory,
Accreditation, government agencies and quality improvement projects. Advise staff on data
management and reporting processes. Work closely with hospital-wide Quality Planning Teams and
senior vice-presidents to plan, support and coordinate the data needed for a wide variety of projects.
Provide statistical support and consultation for performance-based research and clinical studies. Quality improvement projects include Performance (core) Measures, Perioperative Management Taskforce Team (PMT), ED Lab Times, and Infection Control (SPC). Consultation for clinical research studies: NPO monitoring study, a retrospective study on endoscopic therapy for tracheal stenosis, a prospective multi-center randomized clinical trial comparing early percutaneous dilational tracheostomy to delayed tracheostomy in critically ill patients, an immunonutrition study, a study on the effects of an infusion protocol on the delivery of enteral tube feeding, a retrospective medical record study on efficacy for treatment for reflux in relation to apnea in neonates, and a study on the use of enteral nutrition as a stress ulcer prophylactic agent (August-November 2010).
HUMANA INC., Louisville, KY 2002 – 2004
Biostatistician Center for Health Metrics
Principal responsibilities included providing statistical support to enhance market and company-wide data analysis and quality improvement studies.
•Provided statistical consultation to plan medical directors, quality management, and service staff in the design, evaluation, and analysis of quality improvement and clinical studies.
•Projects included measuring effects of clinical interventions using claims data, and statistical analysis and reporting of HEDIS performance and CAHPS survey measures. Responsible for HEDIS performance measure comparisons for commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid plans using previous year data and national benchmarks. Projects included market baseline reports used in the NCQA accreditation process.
•Research Project--Statistical methods for analysis of health expenditures. Researched topics in Quantile Ratio Estimation. Implemented a software tool using S-PLUS for estimates and graphics.
PFIZER, GLOBAL R&D, ANN ARBOR LABORATORIES 1998 – 2002
Biostatistician Non-clinical Statistics Department
•Designed and analyzed experiments.
•Conducted exploratory data analyses.
•Reviewed statistical content of manuscripts.
•Researched and implemented state-of-the-art statistical methods.
•Majority of work focused on and supported CNS safety pharmacology, and reproductive toxicology studies for Drug Safety Evaluation (DSE).
•Provided statistical support in design of experimental studies, including sampling plans for development of assays. Projects included DOE for neurofunctional testing, behavior testing, male reproductive indices, pulmonary function, and functional observational battery (FOB) studies.
•Wrote, used, and maintained computer programs and systems in support of analyses, including system development life cycle and validation.
•Modified and validated statistical computer systems for harmonization objectives between sites.
•Statistical methodologies included non-parametric methods, Tukey’s sequential trend test, Cochran-Armitage trend test, Dunnett’s test, multiple comparisons methods, ALQ (profile) analysis, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, QC methods, and graphics.
•Participated in departmental workgroups, initiatives and quarterly research reports.
GLAXO WELLCOME 1998
Statistician/SAS Programmer Clinical Research Department
•Worked in respiratory group on meta analysis for 30 phase IV Seravent studies. Developed computer programs to extract, combine, and validate data. Responsible for the production of demographics, conmeds, vital signs, and compliance tables.
ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1997 – 1998
Statistician Biostatistics Department (PPRD)
•Worked on a safety update open-label extension portion of long-term surveillance study of Zileuton (asthma). Responsible for production of demographics, adverse events, and laboratory determinations tables. Completed change from baseline analysis using a one-way analysis of variance model. Used SAS to generate tables on an HP 715/50 Workstation and UNIX operating system.
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE (NASS), U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 1996 – 1997
Mathematical Statistician GS-9
•Assigned to a full range of tasks in the Surveys and Estimates Sections, including survey management, data collection, editing, data analysis, and estimation for probability and non-probability surveys.
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT 1994 – 1996
Graduate Teaching Fellow Department Of Statistics
•Teaching assistant for graduate and undergraduate statistics courses. Responsibilities included teaching, proctoring, and grading.
JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1995 – 1996
Summer and Winter Actuarial Internship Program Retail Valuation and Financial Reporting
•Prepared, organized and documented retail valuations on GAAP for Mutuals. Manufactured a GAAP accounting analysis, and created summary spreadsheets. Credits towards the completion of Society of Actuaries exams were a prerequisite for the internship.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 1994
Graduate Teaching Assistant HEOP Program
•Tutored students in mathematics and economics.
EDUCATION
M.S. Student – Mathematics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 2009-2010
PhD Student – Epidemiology, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 2007-2008
M.S. – Statistics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1996
B.A. – Economics (Cum Laude), S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, 1990
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Scholastic Achievement Award from the Department of Economics, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, 1990
URECA Fellowship Award, $1,000, for work on research project in Department of Economics, S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook. Assigned to literature search on chaos theory. Professor was interested in using chaos theory to describe changes in non-western political systems.
Finalist, Newton Fellowship Program in NYC, March 2006.
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Member American Statistical Association (ASA), Statistics in Epidemiology Section and ENVR, 2007-2008
Member Golden Key International Honor Society, 2007 to present
Vice President Membership, Pfizer Toastmasters Club, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999-2002
President (CTM), Pfizer Toastmasters Club, Ann Arbor, MI, 2002
President Pfizer Tennis League, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001-2002
Member Pfizer Men’s Golf League, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998-2002
Member Pfizer Men’s Hockey League, Ann Arbor, MI, 1999-2002
Member The Nature Conservancy since 2004.
Member Sierra Club since 2000.
Member National Arbor Day Foundation since 2006.
Volunteer Habitat for the Humanities since 1999-present.
Member CTSA Committee (U of L), Translational Research (NIH) 2007-2008.
Member ULH Committee for Nursing Research 2007-2008
Volunteer Peconic Land Trust 2011-present
Volunteer Grace Presbyterian Church, Water Mill, NY 2011-present
Formed Statistics Long Island, Inc., June 1, 2012
Founder W.D. Tutoring, 2011, a small private math/statistics tutoring service
Volunteer member of Southold Town Housing Commission, 2013-present
Volunteer Suffolk County Marine Aquaculture Learning Center 2015