KEITH R. RATHBUN

Olney, Maryland 301-***-**** adlygs@r.postjobfree.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-rathbun QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

Experienced and innovative systems professional with over 15 years of experience working on complex large-scale software development and maintenance projects as both a director and developer. Produced web sites, user interfaces, software, documentation, and reports for clients including DoD, CMS, DHHS, NASA, and DHS. Developed software training and best practices guidelines. Supervised, mentored, and led large teams of technical staff. SKILLS OVERVIEW

• Project Management • Leadership and Supervision • Technical Recruiting

• System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) • Data Management • Business Development, Proposals

• Professional Scrum Master (Certified) • Data Security, HIPAA • Mainframe Programming, JCL

• Visual Basic Programming • Data Validation • Microsoft Office Suite

• SAS Programming and Enterprise Guide • Data Analysis • Process Improvement & Automation

• Spark SQL and Databricks Programming • Data Visualization • Staff Development and Training

• HTML, Web Site Development • Software Best Practices & Guidelines • Reverse Engineering

• Relational Database Design & Development • Budgeting and Planning • Medicare & Medicaid Health Data

• Software Testing, Verification & Validation • JIRA and Workflows • Health Measure Development

• Data Use Agreements (DUA) • Configuration Management, GIT • Technical Writing

• Windows, Unix, Linux, DOS, and VMS • Requirements Definition & Analysis • Quality Assurance PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED PROJECTS

TechSur Solutions, Washington, DC February 2020 – July 2020 Principal Data Analyst and SAS Consultant for Department of Homeland Security

Conducted correlation analyses on performance and efficiency metrics and created correlation matrices. Created analysis files and data visualizations by office, immigration form, organization, and at the national level.

Wrote SAS programs to update the Systems of Records (SOR) operational database system and construct load files for the Performance Reporting Tool (PRT).

Utilized Databricks and Apache Spark SQL to convert the SOR database system from SAS to Databricks. Developed and modified SQL queries to improve efficiency and meet ongoing requirement changes. Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC 1994 - 2018 Associate Director of Health Research Systems

Assisted with strategic planning to support the research division’s objectives.

Wrote quality assurance plans, data management plans, and systems documentation.

Assisted with recruiting and provided staff coordination and supervision for a staff of systems analysts, senior programmers, and research assistants/programmers.

Assisted with establishing computing standards and staff training, best practices, recruiting goals, supervisory assignments, and security procedures.

Wrote winning proposals and provided budgeting support services for the research division. Supervisor & Mentor of Senior Programmers and Systems Analysts

Assisted the director in activities to support training, mentoring, and supervision.

Coordinated and scheduled project assignments while monitoring workloads for systems analysts and senior programmers. Served as mentor and adviser.

Wrote performance reviews, interviewed, and recruited candidates for programming and analysis positions. Senior Systems Analyst, Health Care Survey of U.S. Department of Defense Beneficiaries: Sample and Questionnaire Design, Analysis and Reporting

Served as SAS programming task leader for survey sample selection, response rate calculations, weighting, database, and reporting programming tasks.

Designed and developed SAS programs and led the programming tasks.

Produced automated quarterly and annual survey reports in HTML format for DoD TRICARE Websites.

Wrote and provided DoD client with documentation such as annual and quarterly survey databases and codebooks, technical manuals, and design reports.

Performed quality control, facilitated code reviews, and wrote technical sections of proposals. KEITH RATHBUN PAGE 2

Senior Systems Analyst, Evaluation of the Independence At Home (IAH) Demonstration

Served as SAS programming/systems director and data custodian.

Designed the reporting system and led the programming team to produce data diagnostics and health quality measures based on billions of Medicare/Medicaid claims records with a focus on the demonstration sites and control group.

Coordinated data use agreements (DUAs) through CMS and the Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC).

Established standards, provided data management, HIPAA data security, and SAS/SQL programming training support.

Produced annual and ad-hoc reporting results to assess the impact of IAH in providing comprehensive, coordinated, continuous, and accessible care to high-need populations at home and coordinate health care across all treatment settings.

Senior Systems Analyst, Bundled Payment for Care Improvement (BPCI)

Led a team of systems analysts/architects and programmers to analyze the existing SAS-based reporting system and workflows and suggest and document system improvements.

Presented recommendations for process improvements/changes to senior management and project leadership. Senior Systems Analyst, Medicaid and CHIP Business Information Solution (MACBIS)

Developed data management plan for the MACBIS Scorecard.

Helped define data requirements, create data visualizations, and led analysts and software developers to create website to graphically depict how Medicaid and CHIP are performing and shared this rich data with stakeholders. Senior Systems Analyst, Development of Resource Use Reports for Medicare Fee-for-Service Claims

Served as the parallel programming task leader on the development and calculation of the value-based payment modifier and production of the Quality and Resource Use Reports for Physician Feedback project.

Reviewed specifications and programming work and assisted with output reconciliation to ensure report quality.

Facilitated project staffing, created, and monitored budgets, and presented status reports at client meetings. Senior Systems Analyst, TRICARE Standard Survey of Beneficiaries and Civilian Providers—Analysis and Presentation of Results

Provided programming and management support for the beneficiary, provider, and TRICARE For Life and TRICARE Prime Remote surveys and reporting.

Prepared DUAs and system assurance documents and served as data custodian.

Wrote SAS programs and provided survey database and sample selection support.

Coordinated data transfer, data security, and encryption with subcontractors.

Led the effort to prepare and deliver database CDs consisting of codebooks, final data sets in a variety of formats, frequency tables, standard errors, annotated questionnaires, and response rate tables for all beneficiary, provider, and supplemental surveys.

Prepared budgets, assigned and monitor programming tasks, performed quality control, facilitated code reviews, and wrote design reports and technical sections of proposals. Senior Systems Analyst, Evaluation of Health Care Innovation Awards (HCIA) Round 2

Served as systems director for a large SAS programming team.

Led the data systems portion of the proposal effort and assisted with the budgeting, writing, and staffing plans.

Designed the reporting system used to produce site-specific data diagnostics and health quality measures reporting such as outcomes and expenditures for the awardees.

Wrote data acquisition plan and led the effort to establish memorandums of understanding (MOUs) and Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with the 39 awardees. Developed and documented data transfer and security procedures and provided training for the researchers and programmers.

Established CMS DUA and Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) access for large team of programmers.

Trained the programmers on VRDC access, programming guidelines, and provided SAS programming support and tips. Provided quality assurance support and facilitated programming specification and code reviews. Senior Systems Analyst, Development, Management, and Support of the Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT)

Served as programming task leader for survey contractor specifications and data dissemination tasks.

Developed SAS programs to create contractor specifications and analyze and validate data for the National Survey of Recent College Graduates, National Survey of College Graduates, and Survey of Doctorate Recipients data sets.

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Developed SAS programs to create restricted and public use data and documentation CDs.

Utilized Visual Basic and designed and developed an Access database to manage and track the dissemination of restricted use CDs. Wrote user’s guide and data security/encryption procedures Systems Analyst, Providing Technical Assistance for District of Columbia Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Vendors

Utilized Visual Basic and designed and developed MS Access TANF reporting relational database for 14 TANF vendors, wrote User’s Guides documenting these databases, provided technical support and training, installed software, and enhanced software to support the client’s and vendor’s ever-changing payment and billing requirements. Databases were used to manage and track payments for the TANF vendors’ customers. Computer Sciences Corporation, Laurel, MD 1988 - 1994 Programmer/Analyst

Served as programming task leader for the Astrometry and Engineering Data Processing (AEDP) System and the Payload Operations Control Center Applications Software Support (PASS) System of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Ground System. Wrote FORTRAN programs and managed the configuration, integration, and testing of data management and data processing programs to support upgrades for the HST ground system.

Presented design materials at the Goddard Space Flight Center for software enhancements. Provided operations support and training and revised documentation such as requirements, user’s guides, and interface control documents.

As Staff Writer, wrote articles for the Control Systems Technology Group newsletter. EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Information Systems Management Bachelor of Arts, Economics

University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Maryland Associate of Arts, Computer Science

Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland

CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS

Professional Scrum Master, Scrum.org

HST Launch Support Group Achievement Award

Excellence Award for Quality and Productivity, Goddard Space Flight Center Public Service Group Achievement Award, NASA

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