SAS Statistical Programmer

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Silver Spring, MD *****

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Zerai G Manna Tel: 202-***-****

Qualified SAS Programmer and Statistical Analyst with experience in: extracting, designing, manipulating, transforming, managing, processing, analyzing and exporting and analysis of large data.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFCATIONS

• Certified SAS programmer with more than 7 years of experiences

• Extensive knowledge in importing, transforming, creating analysis data set and exporting data

• Excellent knowledge of SAS tools with emphasis on SAS BASE, SAS MACROS, SAS/STAT, PROC SQL, SAS/GRAPH

• Good experience in project management managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Extensive knowledge in statistical software and MS office including SPSS, Stata, Epi Info, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint

CERTIFICATION

• SAS Base Programmer for SAS 9, SAS Institute Inc.

EDUCATION

• MS Operations Research, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dec 2004

• BS (Hons) Operations Research, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, Dec 2002

• BS Mathematical Statistics, University of Asmara, Eritrea, July 1996

WORK EXPIRIENCE

2011 – 2012 Statistical Programmer Analyst, Washington Hospital Center (WHC) - Washington, D.C.

• Imported data from various sources

• Developed programs for producing reports from analysis datasets

• Involved in the Validation of tables and listing

• Created clinical study report materials

• Generated output in various formatted files

• Exported data and report to sponsor and other clients

2007 – 2011 SAS Programmer, Public Health Department, Eritrea

• Extracted data from Clinical database

• Reviewed clinical protocols, Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP), data management plan, aCRF (Annotated CRF).

• Identified and correct data step syntax and programming logic errors.

• Performed data analysis on the datasets

• Produced customized and ad hoc reports, listing, and graphs.

• Prepared SDTM, AdaM, and ODM data sets as per CDISC standards

• Performed verification and validation analysis data sets, tables, listing and graphs

• Generated output in various formatted files

• Worked with different clinical trials data

2004 – 2007 Operations Research Analyst and Statistician, Ministry of Finance, Eritrea

• Construct, manipulate large and complex datasets using SAS

• Responsible for testing, debugging, revising and refining SAS programs

• Modify incoming data using SAS code.

• Analyzed large data sets using statistical techniques such as general linear and mixed models, analysis of variance

• Perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses using SAS

• Generate statistical report, summary tables and graphical representations

1997-2001 Statistician, Customs Department, Eritrea

• Data collection, data checks, validation and data cleansing

• Involved in preparation of production of foreign trade statistics and customs revenue with the framework

• Process statistical data analysis by using SPSS and Excel.

• Analysis and summary of the trade data in terms of graphs, and tables, and present it to the Custom General.

• Responsible for compiling of foreign trade statistics data annually and quarterly

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Alumni of International Program University of Stellenbosch

• Member of American Statistical Association

AWARDS

• University of Stellenbosch, Merit Bursary Scholarship Award, South Africa

PUBLICATION

• A unified approach to the economic aspects of statistical quality control and improvement, Masters Dissertation: Advisor: Dr. PJU van Deventer, December 2004

• PJU van Deventer & ZG Manna, An easy and low cost option for economic Statistical Process Control using Excel, ORiON, Volume 25(1) (2009), pp. 1-15.

REFERENCES

• Available upon request

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