OBJECTIVE

Provide directional and motivational leadership to drive vision, shape strategy, and implement measurable, impactful data science solutions across the organization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2022-Present Xilis

Principal Data Scientist and Warehousing Architect

●Develop the core data pipelines and analysis to demonstrate clinical predictivity of patient tumor tissue through retrospective/prospective clinical trials

●Developed data analytics pipelines to evaluate and identify cell viability metrics from first-in-class drug discovery screen using patient-derived model system ( 219 compounds, ~20 patient samples, 45 TB data)

●Support VP of Data Sciences and contribute to Data Sciences overarching data strategy, roadmap planning, and investments prioritization activities

2019-2022 The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

Principal Data Scientist

●Collaborate with cross-functional teams and external partners to develop data science strategy for delivering dynamic engagement plans and marketing tactics for commercial operations using patient and healthcare professional data

●Mentor, coach and lead a team of data engineers and data scientists to develop and scale a suite of machine learning/deep learning algorithms to optimize salesforce effectiveness and identify key drivers of success for marketing and salesforce operations

●Develop, recruit and retain industry-leading talent to drive vision and execution of the omnichannel data science strategy for commercial operations across cardiovascular, oncology, immunology and neuroscience therapeutic areas

●Engage with internal and external partners to evaluate cloud-based machine learning operations and data science platforms to enable scalable, reproducible deep learning solutions in a pharma-compliant fashion

2016-2019 Senior Scientist

● Developed next-best message recommendation engine providing dynamic - channel agnostic – recommendations for 2400+ sales reps supporting ~15,000 HCPs across 3 brands to increase sales by 37% and increase engagement by 10%

●Developed cross-referencing platform leveraging natural language processing and machine learning to match competitor product descriptions to internal equivalents to rapidly reduce response time and improve coverage to hospital Requests for Proposals (RFPs)

2015-2016 Seven Bridges Genomics

Genomic Scientist Scientific Project Manager

●Managed cross-functional teams to develop bioinformatic capabilities to accelerate health data access and utilization for drug discovery and precision medicine for academic institutions and pharmaceutical firms

●Managed outreach, user engagement, and technical design of CAVATICA - a scalable, patient-focused healthcare and educational discovery ecosystem for pediatric cancers

●Developed in-depth, hands-on experience with omics data, interdisciplinary bioinformatic and integrative systems analyses, and extensive knowledge of cloud-based technology solutions using containerized workflows

EDUCATION

2015 Insight Health Data Science Fellows Program

Data Science Fellow

2012-2015 Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Broad Institute

Postdoctoral Fellow, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, with Prof. Dyann F. Wirth

2008-2012 Georgetown University

PhD Global Infectious Diseases, with Prof. Paul D. Roepe

2004-2008 Saint Francis University

BS Molecular Biology, Minor in Mathematics

SKILLS

Methodologies AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Graph analytics, NLP, Semantic Web, RDF, OWL

Technologies Python, SQL, SPARQL, Git, AWS, GCP, Dataiku, Domino, Docker, CWL

Bioinformatics GenomeAnalysisTK, Picard, BWA, VCFtools, EIGENSTRAT, STRUCTURE, MEGAN

PUBLICATIONS

N. K. Baro, W. Wong, R. F. Daniels, D. Neafsey, D. L. Hartl, S. K. Volkman, D. F. Wirth (2015). “An extended molecular barcode for tracking Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations.”

N. Obaldia III, B. L. Smith, G. S. Dow, L. Gerena, D. Kyle, W. Otero, P-Y. Mantel, N. K. Baro, R. F. Daniels, A. Mukherjee, L. M. Childs, C. Buckee, M. T. Duraisingh, S. K. Volkman, D. F. Wirth, M. Marti (2015). “Reduced drug susceptibility of a Thai Plasmodium falciparum strain in a non-human primate model." PLoS ONE

R. F. Daniels, S. F. Schaffner, E. A. Wenger, J.L. Proctor, H-H. Chang, W. Wong, N. K. Baro, et al (2015). “Modeling malaria genomics reveals transmission decline and rebound in Senegal.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (22) 6782-6783.

N. K. Baro*, P. S. Callaghan*, C. B. Mamoun and P. D. Roepe (2015). “Genomic Phenotyping of Nonessential Yeast Genome Detects Pathways Involved in Chloroquine Sensitivity and Resistance.”

N. Obaldia III*, N. K. Baro*, J. E. Calzada., A. M. Santamaria, R. F. Daniels, W.Wong, H-H. Chang, E. J. Hamilton, M. Arevalo-Herrera, S. Herrera, D. F. Wirth, D. L. Hartl, M. Marti, S. K. Volkman (2014). “Clonal outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Panama.” The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 1;211(7):1087-96.

N. K. Baro, P. S. Callaghan and P. D. Roepe (2013). “Function of Resistance Conferring Plasmodium falciparum

Chloroquine Resistance Transporter Isoforms.” Biochemistry, 52 (24): 4242-4249.

N. K. Baro, C. Pooput and P. D. Roepe (2011). “Analysis of Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (CRT) Isoforms and Orthologues in S. cerevisiae Yeast.” Biochemistry, 50 (31):6701-6710.

*equal contribution

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

N. K. Baro, W. Wong, R.F. Daniels, D. Neafsey, D. L. Hartl, S. K. Volkman, D. F. Wirth (2014) “An extended molecular barcode for tracking Plasmodium falciparum parasite populations.” American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 63nd Annual Meeting, Nov. 2 -6, New Orleans, Louisiana.

N. Obaldia III, N. K. Baro, J.E. Calzada., A. M. Santamaria, R. F. Daniels, W. Wong, H-H. Chang, E. J. Hamilton, M. Arevalo-Herrera, S. Herrera, D. F. Wirth, D. L. Hartl, M. Marti, S. K. Volkman (2014). “Clonal outbreak of Plasmodium falciparum in eastern Panama.” Oral Presentation. ParaINsites—From Protozoa to Worms Meeting, April, 12, 2014, Boston, Massachusetts.

N. K. Baro, P. S. Callaghan and P. D. Roepe (2012) “Use of Rapid Functional Screen to Analyze Mutant Isoforms of Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (PfCRT) in S. cerevisiae Yeast.” Oral Presentation. Molecular Parasitology, Sept. 2012, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA.

N. K. Baro (2012) “Use of Rapid Functional Screen to Analyze Mutant Isoforms of Plasmodium falciparum Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (PfCRT) in S. cerevisiae Yeast.” Malaria Day Meeting, April 25, Johns Hopkins Malaria Re- search Institute, Baltimore, MD.

N. K. Baro, C. Pooput and P. D. Roepe (2011) “Analysis of Chloroquine Resistance Transporter (CRT) Isoforms and Orthologues in S. cerevisiae Yeast.” Molecular Parasitology Meeting, Sept. 11 - 15, Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, MA.

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