Professional Experience
Senior Reporting Analyst 2013 till date
United Health Group (OPTUM) Santa Ana, CA
Responsible to interpret and analyzed Medicare data using SAS from various resources and design and develop complex data queries for the creation of adhoc reports using Medicare data
Responsible to create and analyze data based on Business needs and responsible for changing the algorithm based on current need and specification.
Responsible to create monthly Informatics reports for internal and external clients to enable various Risk Adjustment Services and provide innovative approaches to improve quality of care
Responsible for providing solutions, updating the reports to meet new requirements, responding client’s question and resolved any data issue on these reports
Develop report and execute data analysis and data management tasks involving medical claims, early detection measures and Hospital Data CaptureS
Develop new applications, enhance widely used algorithms and maintain operational information and model. Develop tools and techniques for improving process efficiencies.
Conduct research and present analysis to support and implement operational and strategic business requests
Collect and organize information on problems or procedures, confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures
Check quality of program, reports, and findings before delivery.
Analyze data, forecast, trend and review to verify integrity and consistency for completeness, accuracy, and suitability
Provide requirement and guidance to new analysts to ensure accuracy and increase efficiency of the programs
Create documents and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems and procedures
Statistical Programmer 2011 to 2013
Synteract Inc. CARLSBAD, CA
Provide computer programming in support of clinical studies.
Develop and validate SAS programs to support statistical analyses and provide statistical and data analysis and quality control support to clinical programs
Prepare analysis data sets including CDISC.SDTM, ADAM datasets for assigned projects. Review derived data set to complying with CDISC - SDTM specifications and IG guidelines, OPEN CDISC validator, DEFINE.xml, ICH and CFR guidelines, MedDRA.
Derived data set complying with CDISC - SDTM specifications and IG guidelines, OPEN CDISC validator, DEFINE.xml, ICH and CFR guidelines, MedDRA.
Perform statistical analysis, develop programs to generate output tables, listings and graphs (TLG) according to the statistical analysis plan (SAP) using SAS
Perform programming validation/QC – both primary and secondary QC.
Provide ad-hoc reports as requested by Data Management
Assist Data Management in programming edit checks
Manage new programmers and review their work.
Follow Synteract’s SOPs, government regulations and GCP for all job duties.
Student Project Assistant (volunteer) 2009 to 2010
CSU EAST BAY
Performed data manipulation and statistical analysis using SAS procedures such as GLM, REG, GENMOD, CATMOD, LIFETES, LIFEREG, TPHREG, AUTOREG, UNIVARIATE, GPLOT, INSIGHT, FREQ, REPORT, SQL, TRANSPOSE, MEANS, UNIVARIATE, SUMMARY and DATA_NULL_ etc. Created reports with graphs and their interpretations using Base SAS, SAS Macros, SAS reports, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, and ODS in SAS 9.2.
Performed statistical techniques on raw data in accordance with established procedures and other statistical methodologies, such as survival analysis (Kaplan Meier Model, Parametric and semi parametric COX proportional Hazard model), categorical analysis, Hypothesis testing, ANOVA, T-test, Fisher’s exact test, GLM, Chi square test, Goodness of Fit test.
Junior Specialist 2004 to 2006
Department of Environmental Science, UC RIVERSIDE RIVERSIDE, CA
Analyzed microbial diversity studies of samples collected from extreme conditions such as Antarctica and volcanic craters using molecular biology techniques and performed phylogenetic analysis of clones using ClustalW.
Performed statistical analysis to find total and viable microbial abundance in different locations and to find temperature dependent growth characteristics of microbial isolates, created graphs using Excel and created reports to show diversity.
Trained undergraduate/graduate students to perform lab experiments and to maintain lab standard operating procedures and protocols, maintained records, documents and order inventory of supplies and equipment.
Project Assistant II, Plant Molecular Biology 1999 to 2003
NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY, INDIA PUNE, INDIA
(My work is included in two research papers.)
Identified molecular markers and PCR based DNA markers associated with quality traits in wheat
using molecular approaches such as RFLP, RAPD, STMS, STS and ISSR markers and performed
statistical analysis such as genetic correlation study for important traits.
Performed Linear regression analysis and ANOVA for quantitative and qualitative data using mapping software (Mapmaker, QTL mapping) and MS Excel to create charts and graphs.
Conducted literature reviews and other research for use in scholarly publications; supported projects as an analytical and technical assistant.
Compiled research results and assisted in analysis of results and preparation of journal articles or papers.
Education
2008-2010 M.S. in Biostatistics
California State University East Bay Hayward, CA
2009 SAS Base Programming 1
SAS Programming 2 (Data Manipulation Techniques)
SAS Institute
2006-2007 Computer Application in Biotechnology
Ohlone College Fremont, CA
1996-1998 M.S. in Biotechnology
Assam Agricultural University Jorhat, India
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY:
Certification: Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9.
Statistical Software: SAS, R, MINITAB, SQL, MS Excel
Computer Proficiency: MS Office, Qgene, GelCompar, Quantity One, MapMaker/Exp