Research Assistant Statistical Analysis

Ravi Vaylay, PhD

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Summary:

19+ years of experience in SAS and Statistical Analysis; Seeking a SAS programming career again after 10 years of break; Salary Flexible. Excellent communication skills – oral and written. US Citizen.

Education:

Ph.D. July 1997, Plant Genetics & Plant Breeding; Biostatistics (Minor), Auburn University, AL, USA

M.S. Oct. 1989, Seed Technology/Plant Breeding, Andhra Pradesh Agri. U. (APAU), India B.S. May 1985, Agricultural Sciences, APAU, India

SAS Certification(s):

SAS Certified Base Programmer

SAS Presentation(s):

Many MS Excel Worksheets – Read them without typing their names. Ravi Vaylay, PhD. North- East SAS Users Group Conference, Baltimore, MD, Nov 14-17, 2005. (Please see attached) Profile:

Jan 2012 – Present: Founder/CEO/Grower, SAI Fresh Farms, Inc – 2.52-acre hi-tech glass greenhouse for hydroponic vegetable and hemp production in York Springs, Pennsylvania

Jan 1997 – Dec 2011: SAS Programming & Statistical Consultant; Dept. of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Oct 1992 - Dec 1996: Graduate Research Assistant; PhD program, Auburn University Aug 1991 - Sept 1992: Graduate Research Assistant; PhD program, Texas A&M University Nov 1989 - July 1991: Junior Research Fellow, APAU, India EXPERIENCE:

Jan 2012 - Current: SAI Fresh Farms, York Springs, PA

• In 2012, founded SAI Fresh Farms – a 2.64-acre state-of-the-art glass greenhouse; seedless cucumbers are grown hydroponically year-round; seedless mini cucumbers were exclusively supplied to entire mid-Atlantic region of Whole Foods Markets spanning 7 states of the USA and school districts of four surrounding counties. In 2019, transitioned to hemp cultivation and processing.

Jan 1997 - Dec 2011: Dept. of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• 15+ years worked as a full-time Contractor - SAS Programmer and Statistical Analyst

• Highly proficient in the following but not limited to: o Advanced SAS/Base including advanced MACROS, and SAS/SQL programming o Data reading (various sources), validation, manipulation, creation, and analysis of large data sets - more than a million records per data set o Generation of reports from SAS (within SAS code) to MS Excel, MS Word, and Adobe o Various utility SAS procedures, univariate, and multivariate SAS/STAT procedures

• Highly familiar in the following but not limited to: o Inpatient/outpatient healthcare claims - Medicaid (Pennsylvania), and Medicare o Diagnoses codes – ICD9/10-CM, HCPCS, CPT

o DRGs, hospital cost reports etc.

• Highly proficient in various platforms – mainframe, Unix, and MS Windows

• Recommended and transitioned the client from Mainframe to Unix and from Unix to MS Windows SAS resulting in significant monetary savings

• Prepared inpatient claims data for DRG grouping software; grouped inpatient claims to respective DRGs, post-processed grouped data for further computations – advanced SAS code written for all the processes

• Individually developed (re-engineered faulty) SAS programs and methodology for DRG & AP- DRG relative values, case mix indices, hospital rates for acute care hospitals, per-diem rates for psych, drug & alcohol, and med-rehab facilities;

• Developed advanced SAS programs for disbursement of Tobacco Settlement monies to all inpatient hospitals of Pennsylvania

• Developed advanced SAS programs for numerous miscellaneous ad-hoc projects

• Taught SAS programming and statistics

• Generated customized reports in COGNOS IMPROMPTU

• Highly proficient in MS Office- Word, Excel (Macros), PowerPoint, and Access Oct 1992 - Dec 1996: Auburn University, AL

• Graduate Research Assistant

• Developed SAS programs for data reading, manipulation, validation, creation, and advanced statistical analysis

• Taught SAS programming and statistics

Aug 1991 - Sept 1992: Texas A&M University. TX

• Graduate Research Assistant

• Developed SAS programs for data reading, manipulation, validation, and creation, and advanced statistical analysis

Publications:

1. Ravi Vaylay and Edzard van Santen, 2001. Application of canonical discriminant analysis for assessment of genetic divergence in tall fescue. Crop Science 42:534-539 The above is a novel peer-reviewed paper which has been cited 99 times in peer reviewed scientific articles throughout the world as of 06 August 2023; it has also been highlighted as a chapter in an advanced plant genetics and plant breeding textbook published in the USA. 2. Ravi Vaylay and Edzard van Santen, 1999. Grazing pressure induces a patterned response in tall fescue. Crop Science 39:44-51

3. Raveendranath V and Singh B.G. 1991. Effect of seed size on seedling vigor in sunflower

(Helianthus annuus L.). Seed Research 19(1): 37-40 Presentations:

1. Many MS Excel Worksheets – Read them without typing their names. Ravi Vaylay, PhD. North-East SAS Users Group Conference, Baltimore, MD, Nov 14-17, 2005. 2. Seeing the Forest Among the Trees: Multivariate Analyses in Agronomic Research. Edzard van Santen, R. Vaylay, Y. Feng, S. McElroy, and K. McLean. Conference on Applied Statistics in Agriculture, Kansas State University April 25-27, 2004. 3. Role of natural selection on genetic variation in Tall Fescue. R Vaylay and E van Santen p 80. Annual Meetings of American Society of Agronomy, Indianapolis, Indiana Nov 3-8,1996. 4. Rapid genetic changes during Tall Fescue establishment. II Morphological traits. R Vaylay E van Santen and M.D. Casler. p 97. Annual Meetings of American Society of Agronomy, St. Louis Missouri Oct 29-Nov 1995.

5. Genetic diversity among big bluestem accessions from the southeastern United States. R Vaylay, E. van Santen and M. Owsley. p 195, Annual Meetings of American Society of Agronomy, Cincinnati, Ohio Nov 7-12, 1993.

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