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Fort Myers, Florida, Us

Stamford, Connecticut, Us

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Executive Leader for Data Management and Analytics capabilities for the Inova Translational Medicine Institute. Leader of data infrastructure, data engineering, applications, data science and business service lines to support various Inova Health System Research initiatives including the Inova Center for Personalized Health. Establishing key partnerships with local, national internationally to support Inova Health System research vision. Develop strategy for full data and analytics life cycle for ITMI and key strategic partnerships including* Data Acquisition, Quality and Modeling* Data Access and Sharing (including AWS cloud services)* Data Visualization* Operational Reporting \ Advanced Analytics * High Performance Computing * Data Science Support* Application Development Data Modeling and Integration of Biomedical data across various data types and formats including:* EHR Data (Epic) \ HL7 documents* Laboratory Informations Systems \ Biobanking* Whole Genome Sequencing (multiple formats)* Internal and external molecular annotations * RNA (microRNA \ * DNA Methylation* Microbiome Sequencing* Electronic Data Capture (Rave, RedCap, OpenClinic) \ CTMS* Enrichment data• Support for range of precision medicine and clinical research projects using advanced analytics and cutting edge technology for clinical predictions, longitudinal cohort analysis and the diagnosis of rare diseaseSupport of data management for the Inova Genomics Laboratory (IGL)* Pharmacogenomics (PGx) Testing* Cancer Panels* Whole Genome Sequencing

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Lead data infrastructure executive for ITMI initiative to build a world-class informatics team and IT infrastructure to support one of the largest and diverse genomic datasets in the world. ITMI has built a flexible, resilient and scalable IT infrastructure to support the collection, storage, visualization and distribution of genomic, clinical and laboratory data. It is ITMI's vision to accelerate the discovery of therapies and interventions that will enhance the services provided by Inova and its partners. Aaron and team have created a hybrid IT architecture, consisting of cloud and on-premises technologies to support the large and dynamic data that are being collected for numerous ITMI studies. • Created Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS), a custom built research network bridged by a direct, dedicated network connection to enable research storage, compute and data warehousing across multiple research studies to service both internal and external research collaborations. Infrastructure includes: o 5+ Petabytes of storage from 2+ Petabytes of source datao Thousands of participants across more than a dozen studieso Ingestion and modeling of EHR (Epic) data elementso Integration of Laboratory Information System Data systems (production and legacy)o Integration of multiple Electronic Data Capture Systems (Medidata Rave, RedCap, OpenClinica, • Led multi-institutional team to create custom ETL and data model using Cloudera’s Hadoop distribution using bioinformatics and big data expertise and supporting tools for end-to-end processing. Tools included, S3, Python, MapReduce, Spark, HDFS and Impala. Resulted in running 8500+ Whole Genome Sequences (Hundreds of billions of rows and 7+Trillion data points) integrated with specimen metadata and 20+ annotation sources.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Informatics Manager for world-class biospecimen repository component of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), large project executed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI) and National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Lead strategy and decisions on technology, infrastructure, resources and budget for Research Informatics Core. Coordinate all support, program and project activities with direction from TCGA Steering Committee, NCI Program Management Office and leadership at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCHRI). • Key leader in the hiring and development of 15 dedicated IT resources and additional 10+ partially dedicated resources \ contractors that create, modify and support multiple applications and ETL processes for the BCR at NCHRI. • Led implementation of electronic data capture system with a user base of 600+ tissue source sites on five different continents for 30+ diseases. As of February 2013, there are 40,000 forms from 15,000 distinct patients and over 2.5 million data points.• Co-architect of customized and extensible data model to support the dynamic reporting and analysis needs of the BCR that are robust to support a large biospecimen processing and clinical data capture applications, but agile enough to enable quick alterations to support the changing requirements of stakeholders.• Project lead and technical author of FISMA accreditation process for biospecimen bank and clinical data processing facilities contracts, which includes coordination of resources across Informatics, Research and Hospital executive and technical leadership.• Led successful implementation of LabVantage Laboratory Information System (LIMS) under tight timelines with limited resources with no previous knowledge of application or business processes.

Columbus, Ohio, Us

• Led multiple projects developing rates and regulations for various states services by State Auto.• Leader in automation of key project management tasks and project templates.

Collaborate with cross-functional team members to cover all areas and ensure smooth software implementations. Calmly deal with schedule delays and project roadblocks. Test all software versions before release to customers. Work with customers and vendors on hardware and network configurations. Provide clients with critical post-implementation support. Meticulously document software enhancements and bug fixes. Strong understanding of Medical billing processes from data entry to General Ledger. Key Projects and Achievements:• Led more than 30 implementations of XAKT billing software and Mental Health Agencies throughout Ohio, sometimes managing up to 5 implementations simultaneously. Provided quality software training to end-users and team members.• Successfully converted clients from Legacy software and databases including Oracle, Unix, MS SQL Server, Access, Excel, ASCII delimited text files and various other ODBC compliant databases.• Earned trust and appreciation of clients and stakeholders by providing regular updates and action plans on cost, schedule, scope, risks, quality, testing, threats, and issues.• Successfully implemented new software implementation processes to ensure compliance with Project Management Institute standards. Requirements included Project Methodology, Project Charter, and various supporting Project Management Plans.• Enhanced software through creation of DTS packages, functions, triggers, and stored procedures in SQL server.• Advanced ETL knowledge using SQL Server 2000\2005.• Served on Management Team charged with reviewing, addressing, and delegating all incoming customer requests.• Spearheaded effort to revamp and standardize the XAKTClaim implementation and conversion processes from initial sale through project closure. Designed interface enabling team and clients to track project through all phases.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Consulted regularly with 15-20 client companies on MAS90 Accounting Software, and served as first point of contact for IT questions, issues, troubleshooting, and problem solving. Met with client business leaders to assess current processes and develop requirements-based system and application strategies. Developed customized programs and reports based on customer specifications. Led numerous project implementations in Columbus, Cincinnati, and across the country, ensuring on-time, on-budget attainment of deliverables. Provided technical support for MAS90 issues related to setup, organization, and maintenance. Prepared and delivered high-impact sales presentations to prospective clients. Key Projects and Achievements:• Provided quality, information-rich training on MAS90 Accounting Software to worldwide users. In addition, regularly led staff training sessions to educate team members on SAGE Data Migrator software, new MAS90 software modules, report writing, and software development techniques.• Regularly exceeding productivity targets and maintained above-average customer billing rates.• Made valuable contributions in migrating legacy systems to MAS90 software. Wrote new conversion scripts to migrate systems to new SQL version of MAS200.• Led first two implementations of new MAS200 software for SQL clients.• Managed all technical issues, infrastructure set-ups, technical support, and software customizations for opening of new Columbus, OH office.• First company employee to earn both MCSE and MCDBA certifications.