Data Developer

Mauri Esfandiari

Functional Responsibility: Statistical Analyst / SENIOR SAS DEVELOPER

(703) 825 - 2943 HOME

202-***-**** CELL

Mr. Esfandiari is an accomplished SAS Programmer and Statistical Analyst

with a background in advanced statistics and mathematics. He has a

demonstrated ability to work with upper level management for requirements

analysis, of translating business needs into technical requirements, and

leading technical projects to completion. He has a proven ability to learn

and apply new software skills quickly. Mr. Esfandiari has a strong

understanding of web-enabled reporting strategies, Data Warehousing and

ETL. He is a capable statistical analyst well versed in various tools,

including SPSS and SAS. He also possesses solid RDBMS skills.

SPECIALTIES

* Advanced Statistics and Mathematics

* Statistical Analyst using various tools (e.g. SAS)

* Data Warehousing and ETL

* RDBMS, including data driven web development

EDUCATION

M.S. (Mathematical Science), Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1983

B.S. (Mathematical Science), Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1981

EXPERIENCE

QSSI (Consulting with Center for Medicare and Medicate)

February 2014 -Present

As a SAS Developer and lead I am responsible for all aspects of the SAS

development for the Center for Program Integrity (CPI). CPI is responsible

to identify all aspects of Fraud, Waste and Abuse (FWA) for CMS.

Manage statistical data fraud analysis regarding physicians and pharmacies

claiming double billing for time and services

IBM Global Business Services (Consulting with United States Postal

Services)

May 2013 -Feb 2014

Managing consultant, provide SAS Programming (Development), Statistical

Analysis and provide strategic, tactical and operational decision making

support to USPS MEPT group.

Morgan Franklin Consulting (Consultant with Freddie Mac Single Family Model

and Analytics) April 2012 - April 2013

Credit Models is responsible for leading all credit model development

activities for the Models & Research Division. This includes measuring,

monitoring, and forecasting of house prices, as well as developing and

maintaining core credit risk models for predicting mortgage default rates

and loss severity.

The department's scope includes developing and maintaining the Default and

Capital Model (DEFCAP) and subprime credit models, collateral analysis and

change management, Neo and fundamental house price appreciation analysis,

and counterparty credit models.

In addition, the department produces Freddie Mac's own house price indexes,

Weighted Repeat Sales Index (WRSI) and Home Value Explorer (HVE), which

are widely used throughout the company.

As a SAS developer I am responsible for the development, maintenance and

monthly updating of the PDM model to make sure that the result from the PDM

emulator ties out with the Financial Engineering development that is a web

based system. I am additionally involved in the implementation of

Scorecards for the LP and AME that are mainframe SAS batch programs that is

called by the portstrat system.

COMSYS Rockville, MD (contract with Department of Health and Human

Services), April 2011 to April 2012 Team Lead Consultant

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) provides reimbursement to

participating employment-based plans for a portion of the costs of health

benefits for early retirees, early retirees' spouses, surviving spouses and

dependents. As a team lead and a SAS developer I am responsible for the

conversion of the medical, drug, and eligibility files and pre and post

aggregation of the claim data submitted by 87 vendors throughout United

States of America. I am also responsible for the calculation of

reimbursement.

Used SAS Business Intelligence (BI) tools; SAS Web Report Studio, SAS Cube

Studio and SAS Information Map Studio in a limited basis.

COMSYS Rockville, MD (Contract with Social Security Administration),

September 2010 to April 2011 Consultant

As a senior statistical analyst, I am tasked with modernizing the process

used by the SSA Office of Research, Evaluation, and Statistics (ORES) to

create a series of publication tables describing the SSI, SSDI, and OASDI

populations. SAS development, Statistical Analysis and Data Analysis using

Base SAS, SAS Macro. Enterprise Guide (EG).

TEK Systems Reston, VA (Contract with Department of Veteran Affairs),

September 2009 to August 2010 Consultant

The Military Health System (MHS) is a global medical network within the

Department of Defense that provides cutting-edge health care to all U.S.

military personnel worldwide. As a Senior Statistical Analyst and a SAS

developer consults for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs,

VHA-veterans Health Administration, performing SAS development, Statistical

Analysis and Data Analysis using Base SAS, SAS Macro. Enterprise Guide (EG)

is used to perform various statistical analyses. For the Epidemiology

Division, analyze data involving the Traumatic Brian Injuries (TBI) of the

Veterans of "Operation Enduring Freedom" (OEF) for the War in Afghanistan,

together with three small military actions, under the umbrella of the

Global War on Terror (GWOT). Currently taking MPMM tutorial and preparing

to take the MPMM exam in September of 2010.

Convergenz. McLean, VA (Contract with Fannie Mae), Feb 2009 to August 2009

(Consultant)

* Consulted with clients to determine requirements.

* Created SAS reports based on requests from various groups and managers.

* Developed Macros to create report from very large datasets.

* Used SAS/ACCESS to extract data from Oracle database tables.

* Developed financial models using SAS Enterprise Minor (EM) to perform

statistical methods (e.g., regression, correlation, and descriptive

statistics).

* Used both mainframe and the PL/SQL developer to extract data from the

various databases.

TFSG Inc. McLean, VA (Contract with Center for Medicare and Medicaid), Jan

2008 to December 2009 (Consultant)

As a Senior SAS developer / senior system analyst, performing management,

systems design, security, data analysis, application maintenance and

emerging claim processing technologies for the Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS). I created an on-line / batch processing system for

the Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration. Developed and maintained

the software for the Municipal Health Services Program. I generated system

documentation, user manuals, HIPAA compliance procedures, interacted with

the public, CMS data center and demonstration personnel. I provide

technical advice to clinics, clearing houses, and demonstration researchers

attempting to meet HIPAA guidelines.

SRA International, Inc., Fairfax, VA, Dec 2006 to Nov 2007 (Consultant)

* As a Data Mining and Modeling specialist, used data mining software to

explore Medicare fraud and abuse using the following technologies: SAS

9.1.3, Enterprise Minor (EM), SAS Macros, UNIX, Oracle, PL/SQL developer,

SPSS Clementine, NT.

* Consulted with clients to determine requirements.

* Created SAS reports based on Medicare claims data.

* Developed AF interface for viewing report results.

* Used PL/SQL developer to extract data from Oracle database tables.

* Developed fraud detection programs using SAS and statistical methods

(e.g., regression, correlation, and descriptive statistics).

* Taught basic SAS programming and Statistics.

R.O.W. Sciences, Rockville, MD, October 1997 to Nov 2006. (Member of the

professional staff.)

As a member of the professional staff, used SAS to perform data extraction

and statistical analysis using the following technologies: SAS 6.8,

Mainframe and SAS/PC.

* Consulted with clients to determine requirements.

* Created SAS reports.

* Involved in the development of common data collection protocols and

computerized interviewing software and the design of the national database.

* Designed and implemented data quality control procedures for developing

the national database written in SAS and monitoring data quality control

procedures for the SAMHSA project.

* Coordinated the submission of outcome and service-delivery data to the

national database, monitored the data quality control program, and provided

technical assistance on evaluation research and data management to the

project staff.

MCI, Arlington, a, July 1997 to October 1997. (Member of the professional

staff.)

* Programmed and analyzed several different Local Exchange Carriers

performance over different intervals. Made significant contribution to the

department by improving the existing SAS programs that were primarily

written in basic SAS on MVS Mainframe. Over thirty programs, each

containing several hundred lines of codes were minimized by the significant

use of SAS/MACRO.

* Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained

logical problems.

* Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained

logical problems.

National Accident Sampling System, Washington, DC, September 1995 to July

1997. (Member of the professional staff.)

* Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained

logical problems.

* Implemented imputation for quarterly and annual data file, prepared ad

hoc tabulation on various requests.

* Used Control Charting for Statistical QC, a scientific method of

analyzing data and using analysis to solve practical problems.

* Technical Environment: SAS, SAS/ACCESS, SAS/CONNECT.

National Institute on Drug Abuse, Washington, DC, June 1990 to September

1995. (Member of the professional staff.)

Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained logical

problems.

* Produced DAWN Annual, Semiannual and Quarterly reports which presented

three years of drug data and regression analysis of trends in drug abuse

patterns in 26 metropolitan areas.

* Developed major statistical reports representing trends in drug abuse

treatment, client admissions/discharges based on a panel of consistently

reporting providers.

* Developed a trend report on cocaine related admissions on drug abuse

treatment; troubleshot and resolved data anomalies originating in data

files supplied to CRS by NIDA.

Crown Life Insurance Company, Washington, DC, June 1988 to June 1990.

(Member of the professional staff.)

* Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained

logical problems.

* Performed statistical analyses and related functions to provide data to

determine premiums of small group health insurance programs.

* Analyzed hospital and physician fees of 42 PPO health care networks

throughout the United States.

* Determined region area factors that play a vital role in creation of plan-

wide costs and utilization trends to produce statistical reports used to

ascertain future rate changes.

Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, June 1986 to June 1988. (Member of

the professional staff.)

* Made significant contribution in debugging programs that contained

logical problems.

* Conducted research for development and evaluation of telephone

interviews, development of estimation and weighing procedures to compensate

for interviewees who declined to respond to questions, and

* Development of techniques to measure sampling errors and pinpoint and

resolve curb stoning difficulties.

* Prepared and maintained source and reliability statements and liaised

with other Federal agencies to gather pertinent research data collected by

the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SKILLS

Operating Systems: UNIX, NT, OS/390

SAS: SAS v9.2, SAS/Macros, SAS/SQL, SAS/Base, SAS/Graphics, SAS/Stat, SAS

Access, SAS Data Warehouse Admin, SAS Appdev Studio, SAS EIS, SAS/Internet,

SAS MDDB, ODS, AF, SCL

RDBMS: SQL Server 7, Oracle 10G, Access, Sybase, DB2

Languages: SAS, VB, SQL, UNIX Shell Script, PL/SQL, HTML, SPSS, Java Script

HONORS AND AWARDS

PI MU EPSILON, Mathematics club,

SAS Users Group International.

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