As an epidemiologist, data scientist, and informatics expert with private & public sector experience, I build decision support systems, develop expert teams, and identify critical factors and trends.Extensive experience leading the organization and analysis of population health data, clinical data, claims and other administrative or operational data, and surveys.Publications address informatics, business process analysis, workforce needs assessment, cost-effectiveness, methodologies for privacy protection, severe mental illness, and assessments of community health needs and disparities.Leader in several national initiatives to improve public health informatics.* Developed extensive system of SAS and R programs to monitor the health of the county's 900,000+ residents, detect disparities, and identify populations with elevated risks.Integrated data from Microsoft SQL, Oracle, Postgres, MySQL, and legacy mainframe databases.* The value we delivered led to a tripling of the size of my epidemiology unit.* Led the national governance group through the re-vitalization of BioSense, a near-real-time, country wide health surveillance system, coordinating efforts of local, state, and federal public health agencies.* Partnered with the Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) and the Regenstrief Institute (RI) to leverage clinical informatics to improve public health. IHIE and RI are international leaders in clinical informatics.* Created outcomes tracking and reporting system for disease management programs in 12 disease states, serving clients representing 9,400,000 lives* Integrated legacy systems with PC platforms and 170 million record distributed database to provide efficient, flexible, and powerful analysis capabilities