NOTICE!!
A Survey has been developed to document and compare GIS utilization in the workplace. This survey assesses GIS availability and utilization in both academic and non-academic work settings. The purpose is to document the need for GIS experience as an occupational skill. GIS is currently being underutilized by most companies. Spatial Technician and Analyst activities and a few managerial activities requiring GIS are reviewed.
This survey, which takes about 20-25 mins to complete (’tis a bit long), can be accessed at
Survey Link
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JOB SEEKING STATUS:
Contract(s) Pending
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CURRENT PROJECT [Nov. 2012-2013]:
GridEcon project – A grid-based economics analysis, leading to the development and marketing of the next population monitoring tool (a matrix tool) and automated reporting system. The analytic tool makes use of specific grid-mapping techniques already developed for data linked to a given population. Large and small scale regional differences, product/service demand, and cost related distributions across the country are evaluated.
The software requirements for this program are basic. The result of this tool would be to produce the data for submission as standard reports and special reports focused on, for example, population health features missed by standard HEDIS and NCQA reporting techniques. The end result of this project is the automated analytic and reporting system.
Measures (metrics) have already been developed and tested for this new analytic and reporting technique. They include traditional standard and newly-defined sensitive indicators identified for population [population health] profiling. For health analyses, these new indicators are included to evaluate risks and needs of populations normally missed by the other programs. Standard reports and sub-topical reports can then be developed using this methodology, and are designed to allow for multiple reporting formats (to deter high cost-marketability issues); all reports can in turn be correlated to each other (thus the term matrix).
For GridEcon Medical for example, these measurements and reporting methods employ standard basic metrics that are already well known and proven, to which new metrics are added that may require special testing with some clients. Values produced using this technique include the typical n, %, PR, ttlcost, costpmpm, risk score (based on standards developed elsewhere, others yet to be determined) and various pretested published and unpublished health scores, survey results, formulas or algorithms. The majority of these formulas, algorithms and sqls used for the reports must be repeatable and timely (end products/reports generated and proofed in under 48 hrs). This entire process is proprietary in nature.
NOTE: Due to the nature of the mapping algorithms, my math formulas and methodology, this entire process is transferrable to other industries, such as consumer demographics-regional market analysis, petroleum product utilization, energy use and natural resource management programs, recreation and travel industry markets, etc.. Big Data use is preferred due to the focus on a national grid, to which small area analyses or “focus studies” are applied.
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PRIMARY SKILLS: Innovative, Inventive, Creative. Work best with faithful teams and teamleaders in a think-tank, problem-solving atmosphere. Inventor of new methods and formulas involving previously untested measures; perform 2+ SD ahead of the norm in terms of time and applications.
Most important inventions/creations:
- Toxidrome, a diagnostics toxicology database for plants that I developed in winter of 1982/3, is now in its 31st year of use; for the past 21 years it has been sold as part of the complementary/ alternative medicine database package Integrative BodyMind Information System/TM (IBIS), detailing the signs and symptoms of herbal medicine overadministration and intoxication, along with contraindications, side effects, medications and over-the-counters to be avoided with, photosensitization, allergenesis, abortifacience, and pregnancy-/breastfeeding-related risks.
- Developed formula for reconstructing, mimicking or modeling land surfaces using multidimensional equations that combine 2D, quadratic, and cuboidal equations into a single surface trend model; applicable to most land surfaces with constantly changing z-values relative to local water surfaces, versus elevation above sea level [GIS/RS, raster system, DEMs, 1997/8]
- Developed formulas for and revived hexagonal grid mapping techniques of 1840 [GIS, vector, 2002/3, my most popular page--link]
- Developed profiling formulas for evaluating two objects with constantly changing form or topography (facial recognition, land surface DEM evaluations, unique non-predictable, 2D curve plotting analyses) [2003-5]
- Invented formula set or series for statistically comparing age and gender attributes for 2 exceptionally large populations (1M-300M), with unmatched population size and unequal variances, for any age-gender dependent measure (cost, utilization, income, oil/gas utilization rates, advertisement response patterns, travel behaviors, etc.) [2004/5]
- Developed corrections formulas for more accurately evaluating heteroscedastic-troubled cost income behaviors involving large populations [2005/6]
- Developed new methods for evaluating high variance, high range cost relationships when costs seem otherwise incomparable.
- Developed age-gender population pyramid analytical technique [link].
- National Population Grid mapping project. Developed a way to produce 3D models of small area (<900 sq mi or 30 x 30 mi grid cell) data results, applicable to Idrisi, ArcGIS, SAS, SAS-GIS, used to display distributions for any metrics across the US. Developing GridEcon Matrix program for reporting spatial relationship (see above description or upcoming GridEcon Matrix Health page for an example).
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MAJOR JOB TYPES: Business/Market Analyst, Spatial Statistician, Population Health Surveillance; NPO Management, Professorships, Biostatistician, Population Health Statistician, Environmental Health and GIS, Institutional Administration and Grant Writing.
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EMPLOYMENT RELATED PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES/SKILL SETS
Business/Market Analyst, Biostatistics. 2010 – 2012 incl. Undisclosed as per institutional, corporate or federal requirements. Business/Market Analyst; State Medicare/Medicaid/CHP+ managed care programs–oversight/QA; Advanced Clinical and Business Analytics specialist; Integrated Business Research Teams. High level analyst specialized in population health monitoring of 135M people employed (assuming pending increase of 50%), including many of the nation’s health insurance companies (28% of the employed US population, including family coverage; programs serve mostly working class and family). Perform ad hoc SAS-SQL measurements for the largest prescription drug provider(s) in the United States. Responsible for utilizing teradata system to monitor population health and disease prevention practices and any health-related activities related to prescription drug use. Monitor and evaluate drug use behaviors and costs across all lines of products at the age-gender, company, SIC, insurance agents, regional and state levels. Responsible for developing measures of another 25 million people with detailed electronic health records information, such as population based age-gender distributions, population health status and health history comparisons, and standard HEDIS and NCQA measures as required for annual review. ICD/Rx work entails populations ranging in size from several hundred to 135M. Tendency is to research extremely rare ICDs due to data availability; to date, records that were evaluated for rare diseases extend back 10 years.
Analyst, Biostatistician, Researcher, Manager of International and National CE Program. 2007 – 2010. Perform education outcomes measurements for national and international continuing medical education programs; survey tools writer and analyst; parametric/nonparametrics statistical analysis for qualitative text and quantitative Likert Scale responses. Manager position held for Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, Englewood, CO.
Compliance Specialist/Quality Analyst/Research Assistant. 3 years. 2004 – 2007. Population health statistician and HEDIS/NCQA outcomes analyst/reviewer for Medicare, Medicaid, CHP, Indigent, and Employee Health insurance programs (75k population size). Denver Health Managed Care, Denver Health, Denver, CO. Invented large population analytic techniques utilizing non-conventional methodology based on GIS/RS large imagery analysis methodologies.
Field technician/GIS technician, Assistant Manager (2003). 2000-2004/5. West Nile Surveillance and mapping. Quality Analyst. Integrative Pesticide Management. 2003-2004/5. Clarke Environmental, under contract by Dutchess County Department of Health.
Research Assistant. Medical GIS analyst. 1996-2002. School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 2001-2002. State Immunization database program; Socioeconomics/Breast Cancer Screening programs; Nutrition Education program. (Work sponsored by multiple and renewed grants).
Instructorship/Research Assistant. Principal Investigator and Lab Technician. Alkaloids Phytochemistry. OTC product chemistry (OTC botanical product changes due to limited shelflife), phytomedicine toxicity, herbal medicine substitution/adulteration, OTC product tampering/counterfeiting (analyst/researcher for local cases related to tryptophan contamination). Chemistry Department, Portland State University. 1989 – 2002.
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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
PhD candidate (Business–Health Administration). Northcentral University, Phoenix, AZ. 3.5 years anticipated.
MPH (Masters in Public Health). School of Community Health, Program for Urban Studies, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 3 years. Graduated 2003.
MS. Geography Department/Environmental Studies Program, Portland State University, Portland, OR. 3 years. Graduated 2000.
BS. Earth and Space Sciences. Minor equivalent: meteorology/climatology. SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. 4 years. Graduated 1982.
BS. Biology. Minor equivalent: neuropsychology. SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY. 4 years. Graduated 1982.
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POSTBACCALAUREATE TRAINING
Phytochemistry. 14 years, University lab and lectureships.
MD Program. 3 years.
MD Distinction in Research program. History of Medicine group. 3 years.
HEDIS/HIPAA and NCQA trained.
Perot Systems, Caremark, Teradata trained.
OTHER EDUCATION
Medicaid/Medicare Quality Analyst training. Training by State Agencies responsible for overseeing Medicaid/Medicare HEDIS and non-HEDIS QA program outcomes. Training by NCQA-accredited QA assessments program reviewers and overseers. 3 years. 2004-2006.
School of Naturopathy (ND, accredited program), Portland, OR. Classes in botanical medicine, Oriental herbal medicine, homeopathy, naturopathy, hydrotherapy. 2 years. 1985-1986.
“Master in Herbology” [unlicensed, non-accredited , just for the heck of it]. 1.25 years. 1982/3.
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INSTRUCTORSHIPS (1988 – present)
Phytochemistry and chemotaxonomy; the evolution of chemical products in plants; food and drug chemistry.
Ethnobotany/ethnopharmacology; native american medicine; inuit medicine; transformation of common belief.
History of Pharmacy/Medicine; the history and evolution of alternative /complementary medicines in North America, colonial times to present; 17 to 18th C New York colonial medicine; Trapper Medicine; Overland Trail medicine; 19th century antebellum medicine.
Bioengineered phytochemicals, foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemical products
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS). Spatial statistics.
Epidemiology/Biostatistics.
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RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
GIS Oregon Toxic Release Sites and State Cancer Incidence. 2002-2003.
GIS-Oregon Lyme Disease. 2001.
GIS-Remote Sensing of Michoacan region: changes in land use patterns, 1976 to 1993 based on Landsat Imagery. (Research Grant Sponsored.) 1997-1998.
Phytochemicals and the Science of Remote Sensing. (Small university grant.) 1997.
The evolution and synthesis of waxes and other leaf surface protectants on local Arceuthobium (mistletoe) leaves. (small grant) 1994.
Sesquiterpene lactone phytosynthesis and local sesquiterpene lactone-frullanoside toxicity (local occupational disease study for lumber industry). (State sponsored research/labwork.) 1991.
The synthesis of coumarins, neolignans and tannins in Berberidaceae. 1987-1992.
Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in Ranales and other Ranalean-BIQ-rich plant orders. 1987-1991.
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NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE
Plant Medicine Toxicology expert. Developed database on botanical toxidromes 1983, applied to nationally marketed herbal medicine database 1990/1; developed diagnostic tool and toxidrome database for IBIS/TM program, a national integrative medicine database/clinical practice and education tool. 1992 – present.
Northwest Endangered Plant Species and Wildflowers groups. 1988 to 2002.
Naturalist. Hoyt Arboretum and Sierra Club, Portland, Oregon region, 1987 – 2002.
Aurora (Utopian Settlement) Group, Aurora, Oregon. 1987.
Naturalist/Herbarium Director/Field and Lab Instructor. Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. 1980-1986.
Training Officer/Instructorships. Emergency Medicine, NYS EMT programs, Automobile Extrication training programs, Disaster Management, ARC, AFA, CPR, Water Safety and Rescue programs, etc. 1975-1985. SUNY at Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 1976 – 1986; University Hospital Residency Program, SUNY at Stony Brook, 1985-1987
