BLANGO ROSS, JR

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Baltimore, MD 21215

ad1f1j@r.postjobfree.com

443-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

§ Over twenty-five years of technology experience in data analyses, database management, report writing and SQL programming to drive healthcare research, business consulting, and executive decision making for profit and non-profit organizations with proven ability to solve problems, create nuanced datasets, establish KPIs and answer tough questions.

§ Extensive expertise in leadership, team building and peer-to-peer knowledge base training and technical mentoring. Ability to explain complicated systems and algorithms to non-technical audiences. Quick starter and fast learner of systems and configurations.

§ Personally wrote, coded and employed user data interfaces to streamline work and make data entry efficient, accurate and non-redundant. Wrote scripts to clean, authenticate and normalize large datasets for statistical analysis, marketing, and scientific publications.

Professional Experience

Strawbridge UMC, New Windsor, MD (Jul 2004-Jun2023) – Senior Pastor Led small, rural United Methodist Church in ministry and growth for nineteen years. Increased annual budget and increased commitments and membership year-to-year, including through Covid pandemic.

Proclaimed spirited messages, led Bible study, facilitated leadership workshops and training at the district and denomination levels; Mentored youth, led music ministry, installed sound system and played bass guitar; Built and managed website, implemented online giving; Churchtrac software expert

Participated in all aspects of church life and worked with parishoners as peers; Participated, facilitated, traveled with and encouraged youth to attend quadrennial retreats in NC, IN, FL, and MO

Foundation Fighting Blindness, Columbia, MD (Feb 2006-Jun 2018) – Manager Database Analysis and Reporting

Main data person for non-profit organization that raised funds for health research treatment and cures of congenital eye diseases supporting all staff in prospect research, direct mail, annual giving, major giving, planned giving, finance, constituent data management, and management reporting/business intelligence departments.

Database manager running all updates, backups, imports, exports, deletes, etc; Programmed ETL, SSIS and stored procedures to transform and create data views/cubes; Transformed raw data to structured data by cleaning and integrating datasets

SQL and Visual Basic programmer; Crystal Report, DSA and Visualization tools prep; Custom script writer for data imports and exports; supported Sage Millennium and Blackbaud Razor’s Edge products in addition to postal address moves/season changes

Worked extensively with Finance, Direct Mail, Events and Major Gift departments; Trained new employees on database use and GUI interfaces; aided outside vendors while explaining organization goals that support business functions

Sierra Military Health Services, Inc, Baltimore, MD (Oct 1999-Apr 2005) – Manager Finance Database Reporting

Main finance data liaison for Region I Tricare Contractor, US Military Civilian Healthcare managers; started in Medical Informatics department prior to promotion to Finance Dept

Provided key healthcare datasets for Finance Executives and Actuary

Compared SQL database data with Iowa Foundation datasets

Custom script writer for nuanced studies and probed data for specific questions including use of HCPCS, CPT, DRG and ICD-9 codes

Provided concrete data analysis for healthcare claims reconciliation with US Military; Saved company millions in disputed claims where patient primary was military base; Worked with Medical Informatics Department to make queries more efficient; Worked with Fraud Department to pinpoint and investigate fraudulent claims

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD (Jun 1995-Apr 1999) - Statistical Research Analyst

Lead technical person for NIH, NIDA outpatient drug research clinic housed in the Archway Clinic on the Hopkins Bayview campus

Provided datasets for statistical analysis for NIDA key investigators; Managed all technical data collection and entry into computers; Custom data scripts to compare, clean data and rid duplicate entries; Obtained biological samples and questionnaires from clinic participants; Trained new employees on clinic tasks and data entry; Established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for outpatient clinic data staff; Purchased new computers and hardware; ran all software updates and installations

Education

Course of Study Local Pastor Training, 2009-2018; Duke Divinity, Durham, NC

Toxicolgy & Biostatistics Studies, 1990-93; Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, Baltimore, MD

B.S., Chemistry, 1990; Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

Certifications

Advanced SQL Programming (2008), Microsoft

SSIS Training (2010), Microsoft

Visual Basic, .Net Training (2012), Microsoft

Interests

Bass guitar, trumpet, reading, fishing, mentoring youth, youth sports, yoga, nutrition

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