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Texas, United States

Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

Leading all AI/ML initiatives within the Veteran Affairs (VA) National Artificial Intelligence Institute (NAII).

Frisco, Texas, United States

Working primarily with U.S. Department of Health & Human Services agencies (CMS, FDA, CDC, etc.) for implementing data science capabilities within healthcare programs across various legislative and legal domains.• Developed AI and machine learning computer vision capabilities for FDA Product Safety initiatives that automates many of the manual reviews of product labels, cartons, containers as well as prescribing information.• Lead data science efforts for episode-based cost measure development derived from claims using AWS/Spark/Scala models that attribute providers to beneficiary episodes that will be applied to providers MIPS Score for payment readjustment.• Developed and lead team of data scientist to implement new artificial intelligence capabilities for FDA product image process for public safety programs using neural networks and advanced image processing capabilities.• Consult with governmental healthcare agencies and sub-contractors on best practices within the various programs regarding data science development and integration strategies.• Built data science solution for capturing clinical participation where clinicians submit healthcare metric data to Medicare / Medicaid Quality Payment Program (QPP). This healthcare program replaced PQRS on how clinicians will receive payment reimbursement for Medicare / Medicaid dollars.• Developed and lead data science teams to report results of findings related to COVID Nursing Home impacts of vaccines and cohort groups of base populations in acute hospitalizations reactions.• Wrote various white papers and data science prototype models that demonstrate capabilities to utilize governmental open initiatives to providers, research intuitions, and health care organization. Initiatives include openFDA API, AB2D API, CMS Home Health open datasets, and more.

Plano, Texas

- Lead data science initiatives across HP’s Enterprise Service domains for evidence based decisions- Lead client engagements for scoping, art of possible, and prototyping data science integration- Influence the strategic direction of HP senior leaders by linking business intelligence, data mining/machine learning, and KPI’s/metrics to company objectives (telling the story through insights)- Lead automation and visualization business intelligence and data science software implementation projects providing better insights in real time for quicker decisions and execution- Define and direct process improvement activities and projects that provide improved speed, quality, and link customer expectations and analytic solutions delivered

Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Forecasting in SAP APO, Supply Chain Analysis, Retail Sales Support, Statistical Modeling, Scorecard Creation, and Strategic Supply Chain Planning

Business Unit Manager for Pergo consisted of forecasting sku mix, promotion ROI analysis, interaction between Sales and Operation Planning, lead Sales and Operating Planning process, and ad hoc projects as needed.

Analyzed the financial and updated P&L on GE Sam’s Club credit card product portfolio. Brief Summary: Month end balancing, promotion ROI, and a variety other financial analysis projects.

Managed a variety of categories on the Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club accounts to aid in the execution of business sales strategies. Brief Summary: Retaillink data gathering and interpretation, advise buyers on mix optimization, and performed ad hoc request as business needs change.

Programmed web based application regarding item flow in and out from the samsclub.com systems. (JAVA, VBScript, Unix scripts, and many other languages as needed)

Master'S Degree, Operations Research

Simulation: Ability to try out approaches and test ideas for improvement Optimization: Narrowing choices to the very best when there are.

Graduate Certificate, Applied Statistics

B.B.A., Management Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Member of Association of Information Technology Professionals 2001