Experience

Exponent

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Scientist

  • May 2022 - Present

  Natick, Massachusetts, United States As Managing Scientist in the Data Sciences practice at Exponent, I have the unique opportunity to assist clients with the creation of sophisticated and actionable data architectures for complex health care requirements. I have led development and implementation of the data model for the Long-Term Care Data Cooperative, an unprecedented source of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data from thousands of nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities across the United States. I have… Show more As Managing Scientist in the Data Sciences practice at Exponent, I have the unique opportunity to assist clients with the creation of sophisticated and actionable data architectures for complex health care requirements. I have led development and implementation of the data model for the Long-Term Care Data Cooperative, an unprecedented source of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) data from thousands of nursing homes and skilled nursing facilities across the United States. I have supported pharmacoepidemiologists in the use and blending of healthcare data sources, enabling accelerated analyses related to FDA approval processes and post-approval surveillance. And I have had the privilege of assisting clients with issues ranging from how to effectively use their data science resources to create better, more equitable models, to identifying opportunities to commercialize resources that they have created. This role has enabled me to bring decades of experience working with data in a variety of domains to bear on critical problems facing us today. Show less



Arcadia

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of Data Science

  • Jun 2020 - May 2022

  Burlington, Massachusetts, United States As Director of Data Science at Arcadia, it was my privilege to lead a team tasked with driving forward the market leader in pop health, healthcare economics, and real world evidence using AI and ML tools, intentional and actionable predictive analytics, and flexible, ethical research and development across multiple domains. This included: - Building Arcadia's proprietary ML-based text mining tool, using a combination of quantitative techniques and natural language processing (NLP) to… Show more As Director of Data Science at Arcadia, it was my privilege to lead a team tasked with driving forward the market leader in pop health, healthcare economics, and real world evidence using AI and ML tools, intentional and actionable predictive analytics, and flexible, ethical research and development across multiple domains. This included: - Building Arcadia's proprietary ML-based text mining tool, using a combination of quantitative techniques and natural language processing (NLP) to classify thousands of novel terms every day. - Creating Arcadia's Impact Ecosystem, a suite of optimization tools that assist providers and integrated networks to identify the patients who would most benefit from specific care management programs, - Developing Arcadia's Risk Adjustment AI tools, starting with early predictive elements for actuarial flagging and moving into ML-based tools that make holistic recommendations for accurate suspecting. - Founding Arcadia's Data Quality Initiative, which ensures that every data connection established with Arcadia will be evaluated for thousands of specific quality metrics to help inform customer activity. - Driving Arcadia's response to issues of bias and inequity in healthcare AI and commitment to bias mitigation and actionable fairness in the use of predictive tools. - Supporting the creation of Arcadia's Data Research dataset, both through infrastructure and design of the RWE/RWD/HEOR tool, as well as founding research against the dataset to vet its efficacy.

• Principal Data Scientist

  • Aug 2013 - Jun 2020

  Burlington, Massachusetts As Principal Data Scientist, I was responsible for: - Advanced R&D: Identifying opportunities to use advanced quantitative tools to help Arcadia and its clients use their data to answer complex problems. - Risk Adjustment Program: Developing methods and products that employ integrated data, public information, and quantitative tools to improve the accuracy of risk reporting and stratification. - Data Quality Initiative: Running Arcadia's flagship program for pulling back the curtain on… Show more As Principal Data Scientist, I was responsible for: - Advanced R&D: Identifying opportunities to use advanced quantitative tools to help Arcadia and its clients use their data to answer complex problems. - Risk Adjustment Program: Developing methods and products that employ integrated data, public information, and quantitative tools to improve the accuracy of risk reporting and stratification. - Data Quality Initiative: Running Arcadia's flagship program for pulling back the curtain on data quality and engaging customers and partners in how to remediate and enhance the value of their own data. - Benchmark / Research Data Assets: Managing development and maintenance of internal data assets, including benchmark databases aggregating information about Arcadia's millions of covered lives, and research databases for internal R&D and ad hoc reporting. - Communications: Developing marketing materials in print, audio, video, and live delivery.



National Science Foundation

• AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2013

  Arlington, VA AAAS S&T Policy Fellow in the Directorate of Biology, Division of Integrative and Organismal Systems. As an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow in the Division of Integrative and Organismal Systems in the Biology Directorate (IOS/BIO), I supported a number of critical projects within the division and the larger directorate. My efforts reached from process design and improvement to planning communication strategy and even the operational plan for a new prize… Show more AAAS S&T Policy Fellow in the Directorate of Biology, Division of Integrative and Organismal Systems. As an American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow in the Division of Integrative and Organismal Systems in the Biology Directorate (IOS/BIO), I supported a number of critical projects within the division and the larger directorate. My efforts reached from process design and improvement to planning communication strategy and even the operational plan for a new prize competition. I also performed evaluation and assessment of existing and past funding within my directorate to enable higher-level analysis of research within the "bioeconomy". My activities included: - Process redesign for major ($100M+) funding actions, involving 1800+ proposals (2X normal) processed at roughly 10X previous speed. Process engaged team leadership, scientific staff, and administrative staff, to identify potential areas for increased efficiency and role redistribution. - Developed, conducted, and assessed entirely new crowdsourcing prize competition, conducted in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; resulted in considerably greater response than projected and highly successful outcomes on course to meet all program objectives. - Worked with scientific and administrative staffs to increase communication and coordination, and decrease likelihood of costly stoppages or confusion. - Researched and authored document on NSF's authority to conduct prize competition; document was later selected by NSF CTO for use as a reference Foundation-wide in developing future prize competitions. - Developed a survey evaluating first-hand experiences of reviewers engaged in modified review process, analyzed the results of that survey, and oversaw authorship of the survey report for distribution to divisional and directorate leadership. Show less



Arcadia

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Consultant, Solutions Team

  • Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

  Burlington, Massachusetts As a member of the Solutions Team, I focused on developing strategic plans aimed at helping healthcare payers, including private and public insurers and government agencies, reduce their medical costs through improved patient care, payment reform, and more effective information technology. I researched and identified areas where investments in patient care could generate significant return for payers while improving outcomes and processes for their associated providers. My specific… Show more As a member of the Solutions Team, I focused on developing strategic plans aimed at helping healthcare payers, including private and public insurers and government agencies, reduce their medical costs through improved patient care, payment reform, and more effective information technology. I researched and identified areas where investments in patient care could generate significant return for payers while improving outcomes and processes for their associated providers. My specific responsibilities and accomplishments include: - Researched and developed an ROI Model for Pay-for-Performance implementation and made the modeling tool available to others throughout the organization - Developed a statistical model for analysis of integrated payer-provider data, intended to generate highly specific identification of cost leaders and areas of improvement among disparate and variable providers. - Authored a series of blog posts on the corporate blog, explaining recent developments in payment reform and cost containment, generating increases in website traffic and unsolicited reposts on a high-visibility trade website. - Performed current-state analysis of Consumer-Driven Healthcare Product platform sales and enrollment processes for a large (1M+ insured) private insurer. Show less



Tufts University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2010

  The Biomimetic Devices Laboratory (BDL) at Tufts University seeks to use elements of the natural world as inspiration for the development of devices and new engineering processes. By focusing on the biological foundation for animal movement, including materials, behaviors, and control, we hope to offer solutions to engineering problems based on time-proven solutions that function in and adapt to a variety of different environments. I study sensory feedback and control mechanisms for the… Show more The Biomimetic Devices Laboratory (BDL) at Tufts University seeks to use elements of the natural world as inspiration for the development of devices and new engineering processes. By focusing on the biological foundation for animal movement, including materials, behaviors, and control, we hope to offer solutions to engineering problems based on time-proven solutions that function in and adapt to a variety of different environments. I study sensory feedback and control mechanisms for the soft-bodied, legged, terrestrial crawler, Manduca sexta. I have been addressing the question of how an animal with a limited central nervous system can control locomotion in a body with considerable degrees of freedom. I have studied sensory feedback, motor pattern generation, and peculiarities in mechanical structure, and have discovered that the method by which these animals move is very different from what we expected. The components of all three of these areas are, by necessity in a soft-bodied animal, highly compliant, soft structures. As a result, these findings are contributing wholly new insights into one of our most exciting ongoing projects: the design of highly robust, soft-bodied robots. Show less



The Princeton Review

• United States
• Education Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• GMAT and MCAT Teacher/Tutor

  • Aug 2007 - Dec 2009

  As an instructor and tutor for The Princeton Review, I taught group courses and gave individualized instruction for the GMAT and MCAT standardized exams. I managed multiple, simultaneous courses with separate syllabi and schedules, with consistent 100+ point score increases as a result.



NI (National Instruments)

• United States
• Electrical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Design Engineer

  • Aug 1999 - May 2002

  I designed hardware and firmware for a high-priority, high-visibility project involving multiple teams all working on complicated system enhancements for an exciting new product. Beyond this role, however, I also led a charge to increase communication between hardware, software, documentation, mechanical, marketing, and manufacturing teams working on this project, and facilitated many of these conversations by highlighting critical integration requirements. This highly challenging… Show more I designed hardware and firmware for a high-priority, high-visibility project involving multiple teams all working on complicated system enhancements for an exciting new product. Beyond this role, however, I also led a charge to increase communication between hardware, software, documentation, mechanical, marketing, and manufacturing teams working on this project, and facilitated many of these conversations by highlighting critical integration requirements. This highly challenging, successful, and satisfying role was a fantastic opportunity to expand my own interest in team and project management, and has influenced how I organize complicated projects in a wide range of areas. Show less



Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Intern

  • May 1998 - Aug 1998

  I planned and executed testing of newly designed consumer-market computers and presented analysis and recommendations for future designs. I also designed, assembled, and validated a hardware troubleshooting tool for technicians in the consumer product lab at Compaq.