Avantas is a leader in healthcare staffing and scheduling software and best practice consulting. Partnering analytic based recommendations and education with SaaS scheduling management tools.Primary role: Analytics based product design and management. Hands-on daily with client engagement, programming, and training over a variety of critical revenue generating products and ad-hoc sprints of custom development for internal and external clients. Lead and train Junior Data Scientists in problem definition, business analysis, modeling and reporting skills. Assessed performance and mentored in professional growth.

Designed, built and delivered predictive models, statistical insight and decision support systems to solve a variety of real-world business problems to clients. These models and insights provided valuable results in many areas of business including project management, sales success factors, employee retention, competitive intelligence, safety incidents and asset management. Supported industries include construction, logistics, health care, insurance, non-profit and education.Led and trained Junior Data Scientists and interns in problem definition, business analysis, data cleansing, modeling and reporting skills.

Part-time instructor of Mathematics at local community college as part of partnership with the University of Nebraska at a Omaha. Teaching six classes a year in a variety of subjects including Developmental Mathematics, Business/Applied Math, and Algebra. Created curriculums, prepared lectures, and conducted assessments. Maintained student records and grades.

Architected and managed IT resources for five high-volume payment processing sites ensuring on-time, accurate processing for large and medium financial institutions nationwide. Responsible for all levels of IT services throughout the wholesale outsourcing division.• Liaised with in-house developers on Wausau’s proprietary enterprise payment processing and web- delivery platforms. Managed production implementation time-lines, defects and product needs.• Led project management and installation for all software and system upgrades and changes ensuring quality control, project tracking and proper documentation processes.• Implemented information security policies for auditory compliance in wireless communications, patch management, remote access, etc. Identified and secured threats and deficiencies with a cohesive security strategy. Interfaced with industry and federal auditors to maintain certifications including SAS70, SSAE16, HIPPA.• Planned and implemented a high-availability disaster recovery strategy using failover clustering and offsite mirroring to ensure 99.999% uptime.• Designed, installed and maintained the network infrastructure including domain services, web services, servers, routers, switches, PCs, etc. Ensured day-to-day functionality of users’ machines and software.

Managed installation projects of payment processing hardware and software systems for large to medium sized financial intuitions nationwide. Conducted on-site consultation and training to customers on best practices, workflow development, and process improvement.

Tutor for all undergraduate mathematics

Managed a team of five IT specialists responsible for the day-to-day functionality and maintenance of the software development network supporting SACCS (Strategic Automated Command and Control System). Worked closely with military, civilian and contract employees. Created and provided continuing training for the team. Responsible for performance evaluations and career development. Assessed future needs and risks supporting a flight of 60+ computer programers, providing proactive equipment, software and capacity planning.