Ronald Romero
Philadelphia,PA
Summary
Dedicated healthcare analytics leader with over six years of experience in designing and scaling data platforms within clinical and claims environments. Hands-on technical leader with proven expertise in HL7 standards, FHIR, and AWS analytics tools, driving the development of actionable data products. Successfully led cross-functional teams to address complex healthcare challenges and align analytics strategies with organizational objectives. Demonstrated ability to mentor diverse data teams and spearhead analytics modernization initiatives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Director, Analytics
CyncHealth
05.2024 - 10.2025
- Led a multi-skilled analytics team to transform disparate healthcare data into governed insights.
- Directed seven analysts and specialists, establishing QA processes and sprint cycles for analytics needs.
- Engaged external stakeholders, providing insights into organizational data offerings.
- Designed and coordinated AWS-based analytics infrastructure using S3, Glue, Redshift, Lambda, Superset, QuickSight.
- Built disease-specific data marts for internal and external ad-hoc querying.
- Implemented data transformation pipelines for HL7v2/v3, FHIR R4, PDMP, claims, and SDoH data.
- Optimized Nebraska's DHHS SUPPORT Act Medicaid reporting workflow, reducing time-to-insight by 79%.
- Coordinated the organization's OMOP CDM build across cross-functional teams.
- Built ETL pipelines for state Medicaid rosters in order to drive Medicaid-focused analytics.
- Developed reusable Python/SQL frameworks for data validation, identity resolution, and exploratory data analysis.
- Oversaw compliance with healthcare regulations and data privacy standards.
Health Informaticist
CyncHealth
12.2022 - 04.2024
- Developed ingestion and transformation pipelines for HL7v2, HL7v3, FHIR bundles, EMS, SDoH, and PDMP data.
- Mapped local facility codes to ICD-10, SNOMED, CPT, and RxNorm terminology systems.
- Validated AWS HealthLake Pipelines to confirm proper ETL process functionality.
- Constructed ETL pipeline for parquet file aggregation, establishing foundational processes for engineering team.
- Enhanced ETL workflows, Glue jobs, Redshift modeling, and data observability initiatives.
- Acted as SME for interoperability standards and clinical data semantics.
Informatics Analyst
MedStar Health
Washington, DC
11.2018 - 11.2022
- Developed data pipelines using Python, Pandas, and SQL.
- Created Tableau dashboards to support clinical research initiatives.
- Supported SMART-On-FHIR application development
- Presented findings at ONC, AHRQ, IBM, and AMIA/HFES conferences.
- Authored and edited research manuscripts and book chapters on interoperability and human factors.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA05.2018
Skills
- Python
- SQL
- AWS (S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, HealthLake)
- Docker
- Git
- HL7
- OMOP CDM
- SMART-on-FHIR
- Cloud architecture
- Healthcare analytics
- Data visualization
- Data transformation
- Data modeling
- Interoperability standards
- ETL processes
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
Timeline
Director, Analytics
CyncHealth
05.2024 - 10.2025
Health Informaticist
CyncHealth
12.2022 - 04.2024
Informatics Analyst
MedStar Health
11.2018 - 11.2022
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Virginia Commonwealth University