Amanda Tedesco
Philadelphia,USA
Summary
Experienced critical thinker and team player with strong leadership skills and expertise in business intelligence and technical support. Proven track record as team lead in foundational infrastructure design and advanced analytics creation. Skilled programmer with 15 years of experience in SQL, SAS, R, and other languages. Advanced working knowledge of data analytics, data mining, data engineering, ETL, and visualization tools such as QlikView, Tableau, Alteryx, IICS, and Power BI. Proficient in data modeling, drug safety databases and infrastructure, software systems principles, algorithm development, and statistical/quantitative approaches for data analysis.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Manager, IS R&D Reporting and Business Systems
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
01.2023 - Current
- Direct, plan, organize, and execute support for critical business applications and associated systems - documenting proper system architecture, procedures and security policies.
- Collaborate with process owners, governance committees, leadership teams and stakeholders to support strategic planning.
- Contribute to systems operations, testing, and performance evaluations.
- Lead rollouts of new features and processes based on strategic framework.
- Address configuration, enhancement needs, and software feature developments during vendor collaborations.
- Responsible for overall system lifecycles; from procurement/development, to integration, modification, operation, disaster recovery, maintenance and eventual decommission.
- Perform assessment of security controls, risk mitigation plans, system administration tasks and user access.
- As Head Programmer/SME for all Pharmacovigilance related reporting, serve as key technical advisor and business liaison for ongoing IS/PV migration and deployment activities.
- Oversee vendor performance and safety data/system management procedures.
Manager, R&D Data Analytics
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
09.2018 - Current
- Facilitate data analytics initiatives by collaborating with head of R&D Analytics, global team leaders and SMEs.
- Define analytical needs and develop harmonized KPIs, SLAs and interactive metrics within comprehensive dashboards via centralized R&D analytics framework.
- Enhance R&D Quality Management with signal detection and aggregate reporting tasks.
- Deliver safety data assistance during R&D GxP audits and inspections.
- Identify innovative methods to create impactful data visualizations and verify critical enhancements through UAT process.
- Optimize data collection and ETL methodologies to improve data input accuracy for analytical tasks.
- Lead operations as System Owner and SME for various GxP validated business intelligence applications, ensuring adaptations in safety databases align with evolving industry standards.
- Oversee cloud system servers to ensure optimal performance and security.
Statistician
IQVIA
06.2016 - 09.2018
- Built and delivered quality data visualizations through proficient data mining techniques and robust statistical support and analysis.
- Developed algorithms, statistical design and methodology to utilize data warehouses that best fulfilled client information requirements.
- Engaged extensively in high-impact collaborations with top companies including GSK and Sanofi.
- Streamlined integration of external datasets into proprietary systems to deliver precise client insights.
Statistical Analyst
Acurian, Inc. (PPD)
11.2014 - 06.2016
- Executed forecasting techniques within SAS to predict clinical trial, site and company behaviors.
- Developed actionable recommendations to meet project and clinical trial deadlines.
- Provided insights through statistical analysis to boost profitability on existing contracts and crafted analytical reports to drive company revenue targets.
- Applied regression analyses on historical datasets and formulated targeted advertising plans to capture niche market segments.
- Simplified advanced data through statistical software to generate customer-oriented presentations in Visual Analytics.
Commission Analyst
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
12.2011 - 11.2014
- Collaborated with agents and internal associates across various teams in research and resolution of commission problems and inquiries.
- Processed daily rate changes and commission adjustments.
- Assisted Accounting to research unclaimed items pulled from adjustment and credit binders and determine impact to commission payments.
- Selected by management to research, develop and implement mentoring program (CSIG) to be adopted throughout the enterprise.
- Collaborated closely with Legal analysts, primarily with BORs and buy outs.
- Teamed with Quality Analyst units to implement new stream of work flow, measuring metrics, managing SLAs and creating spreadsheets. Maintained and created new SOPs.
New Business Representative
Grundy World Wide Insurance
06.2010 - 12.2011
- Interacted with clients daily, assisting them on purchasing the appropriate insurance policy.
- Provided coverage rates depending on risk factors, troubleshot client problems regarding rates and coverage.
- Entered and maintained data in AMS, the consumer management system.
- Assisted underwriters by conducting essential background checks.
Education
Master of Science - Statistics
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA05.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Behavioral Analysis, Criminal Justice
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA05.2009
Skills
- SPSS, Minitab and SAS
- SQL
- QlikView
- Tableau
- R/RStudio
- Power BI
- Spotfire
- Pythoon
- Alteryx
- Informatica (IICS)
- SAP
- Veeva
- Jira
- Qtest
- Redshift
- Oracle - Argus
- Toad
- AWS
- Salesforce
- Cloud security, software and analytics
- MS Office Suite
STUDY ABROAD
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY ROME Summer 2007
ACTIVITIES & AWARDS
- Psi Chi Honor Society for Psychology
- American Statistical Association (ASA)
Certification
- Honored Listee in Marquis Who’s Who
Timeline
Sr. Manager, IS R&D Reporting and Business Systems
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
01.2023 - Current
Manager, R&D Data Analytics
Jazz Pharmaceuticals
09.2018 - Current
Statistician
IQVIA
06.2016 - 09.2018
Statistical Analyst
Acurian, Inc. (PPD)
11.2014 - 06.2016
Commission Analyst
Philadelphia Insurance Companies
12.2011 - 11.2014
New Business Representative
Grundy World Wide Insurance
06.2010 - 12.2011
Master of Science - Statistics
Temple University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Behavioral Analysis, Criminal Justice
Temple University
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