Behnam Fard
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Experienced Data Insights professional with ten years of experience in the technology and healthcare industries. Proven track record in managing data-driven projects, leveraging data processing, and statistical analysis for strategic decision-making. Experienced in predictive modeling, ad-hoc analysis, and effective project management, driving measurable results.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Insights Program Manager
Banner Plans and Networks
01.2024 - Current
- Lead and manage the implementation of data-driven solutions that help senior leadership gain comprehensive insight into performance (Medical Expense, Revenue, Risk Adjustment, HEDIS).
- Collaborated with leadership to identify KPIs, established data pipelines using SQL and Python to standardize data from multiple sources, and created a one-stop-shop Power BI dashboard.
- Used claims and eligibility data to design a HEDIS predictive model to estimate performance based on historical data. Identified and prioritized opportunities, leading to a 7% performance increase.
Lead Informaticist
Cync Health
04.2023 - 01.2024
- Gathered analytics and reporting requirements, mentored junior analysts, planned, and executed projects. Utilized AWS, SQL, and Python to create and improve analytics services and data pipelines.
- Met with clients and stakeholders to gather business requirements, designed, and implemented new ETL processes to resolve data inaccuracies, and improve system performance, reducing runtime from 3.5 hours to 45 minutes.
- Created a predictive model to estimate revenue and expenses using claims and eligibility data, improving projection accuracy by 5%.
- Managed the Data Quality Validation project to assess data integrity and completeness, leading to a 6% improvement in data accuracy.
Informatics Analyst III
Honor Health
09.2020 - 04.2023
- Developed Financial Analytics team's data infrastructure. Utilized R, SQL, and Tableau to enable dashboard generation, process automation, data reconciliation, ad-hoc analysis, and predictive modeling.
- Identified key performance drivers by performing a comprehensive root cause analysis. Presented findings and solutions to leadership, leading to a $1 million increase in revenue.
- Created plug-and-play and pro forma models to assess the impact of new initiatives. Prevented a $2 million loss in revenue.
- Modeled contracts using SQL to identify financial data inaccuracies. Recovered $4 million underpayment.
- Automated KPI dashboard generation using SQL and Tableau. Improved data refresh performance by 67%.
Risk Data Analyst
Equality Health
11.2019 - 09.2020
- Managed payer onboarding projects: Devised project plan, gathered clinical, eligibility and financial data requirements and tracked progress. Communicated with and presented project status to leadership.
- Implemented multiple data processes to validate data accuracy. Reversed 12% business volume loss.
- Translated claims and eligibility data warehousing business requirements into an ingestible format for a third-party vendor. Validated ETL processes.
Operations Analyst
Currance
01.2015 - 11.2019
- Enhanced the Analytics Team's reporting capabilities by improving SQL queries, lowering reporting and ad-hoc request turnaround time by 30%.
- Developed business cases for prospective clients, leading requirements-gathering sessions with client business and IT departments to determine project needs.
- Led the development of the Insurance Plan Contract Modeler application, enabling accurate revenue estimation based on providers' contracts with insurance plans, reducing underpayment by 7%.
- Decreased resource costs by 16% by automating workflow processes.
- Planned and executed work management software implementation projects nationwide, leading to an average of 12% increase in efficiency.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
University of Tehran
07.2013
Skills
- SQL programming
- Data visualization (Power BI, Tableau)
- Machine Learning
- Data Science
- Python
- ETL Design
- Process automation
- Predictive modeling
- Project management
- Root cause analysis
- Customer relationship management
- Cross-functional team leadership
Timeline
Data Insights Program Manager
Banner Plans and Networks
01.2024 - Current
Lead Informaticist
Cync Health
04.2023 - 01.2024
Informatics Analyst III
Honor Health
09.2020 - 04.2023
Risk Data Analyst
Equality Health
11.2019 - 09.2020
Operations Analyst
Currance
01.2015 - 11.2019
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Arizona State University
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Engineering
University of Tehran
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