The Consultant
Chris is a data scientist with 15 years of experience in education, insurance, healthcare, marketing, and research. He has worked in every stage of analytics, including data collection, data transformation, reporting / graphing, statistical analyses, and machine learning.
Chris is currently a student at Pennsylvania State University in the Masters of Applied Statistics program. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Music, emphasizing research with the completion of an independent study and honors thesis.
Chris currently lives in Fitchburg WI, with his wife, Kyra; son, Luca; and daughter, Astrid. He has a cat, Renee, and a dog, Inoki. Chris and his wife enjoy ballroom dance, and he enjoys classical music and playing piano.
Experience
Over 15 years, I have analyzed medical claims, electronic health records, research data sets, website activity, call center records, geographic data, hotel reservations, and credit card transactions. I have invented new algorithms and implemented algorithms specified in research. Here are some of my achievements:
- Developed predictive models to inform leadership of the impact of COVID-19
- Integrated and analyzed $13 million of credit card transactions with reservations
- Reduced costs for clients by identifying low-value services
- Substantially increased credibility of ROI methodology by improving assumptions
- Strengthened research results by increasing the accuracy of patient medical home assignment
- Improved the accuracy of pay-for-performance reporting through automation
- Strengthened physician relations by identifying patient panels with greater accuracy
- Retained a major client by exhibiting student success with products