With my background in physics and actuarial science and with my current role as a Senior Healthcare Economics Analyst, I bring a unique blend of expertise to the table.
My journey has not only honed my technical skills but also refined my ability to communicate complex concepts clearly, collaborate effectively, and approach problems with innovative thinking.
I take pride in being detail-oriented, adaptable, and a proactive team player in any group setting.
• Directed the development and maintenance of hospital performance metrics–tracking indicators such as C-section rates, length of stay, and readmissions–across a network of 5,000 hospitals and clinics nationwide, supporting performance-based compensation and value-based care models.
• Created quarterly performance metrics reports leveraging SAS and SQL to support data sharing across sister teams and senior leadership; additionally, assisted in the automation process to enhance reporting efficiency–reducing report completion by one-third.
• Produced data-driven baseline summary reports highlighting hospital performance metrics to guide discussions and inform strategic negotiations for rate adjustments and contract renewals.
• Collaborated with a cross-functional team to integrate ER utilization data into a Power BI dashboard focused on capitation-delegation payments, enhancing executive insight into payment patterns and care delivery efficiency.
• Provided SAS troubleshooting and analytical support to an intern-led project modeling the relationship between oncology treatments and emergency room visits, contributing to insights on treatment impact and patient outcomes.
• Developed financial valuation models to support business partner negotiations with ancillary healthcare providers, overseeing a value portfolio of $2.25B in commercial products and $130M in Medicare Advantage.
• Analyzed historical rates and revenue trends, delivering business and technical insights that informed strategic negotiations with major hospital systems.
• Executed ad hoc analytics projects for business partners' negotiations, such as ancillary network updates, network fee schedule comparisons to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and ambulance usage reports by hospitals.
• Created an annual comprehensive summary of in-network hospitals rates for submission to Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), reducing turnaround time from three days to less than one through optimization.
• Monitored inflation trends for rate adjustment planning and communicated projected impact to senior leadership for budget alignment.
• Assessed return on investment for new providers–such as a high-cost at-home telehealth service used by 1,300+ members–by devising a method for ROI and sharing conclusions to clinicians and directors; managed an intern in updating this project during summer 2023.
• Helped organize multiple projects and activities, such as Date with a Book, marketing libraries' diverse collection of young adult novels and short stories for Valentine's Day.
• Assisted and directed patrons to desired media and services provided within the library, having upwards of 200 patrons in a single two-hour shift.
• Drafted a comprehensive initiation report by analyzing a company's services, financials, and historical performance—synthesizing insights from investor presentations to inform prospective investors.
• Built an Excel-based financial model to accompany the report, projecting future performance and delivering concrete investment insights to both potential and current stakeholders.
• Authored earnings previews for 19 publicly traded healthcare technology companies, highlighting key financial expectations and sector-specific trends ahead of quarterly reporting.
• Monitored the physical safety and mental wellness of 200+ high school students by physically leading them to planned activities and observing their mental wellbeing throughout.
• Organized events and activities for an assigned group of 12 students to get acquainted with the Greater Boston Area by creating a detailed schedule and planning certain destinations that would pique interest.
• Overhauled instructions to construct ice dam-dissolving units - simplifying and accelerating the assembly time, providing efficiency for production, and streamlining the overall process.
• Designed and engineered an angle-adjustable roof to collect quantitative data and to test the practicability of the ice dam-dissolving units, giving insight into possible improvements made on the product.
• Assembled five ice dam-dissolving units with various mechanical and electrical components through use of soldering wires, wiring of the breadboard and electronics, and tuning components, such as potentiometers and water pressure pumps.
• Mentored elementary school-aged students on building and programming Lego robots to complete certain tasks given by the yearly game, breaking down complicated concepts into bite-size information digestible to inexperienced listeners.
• Sought sponsors to fund events and supplies for the students by writing persuasive letters and visiting companies' booths at competitions.
March 2016 - May 2018
Projects
3D Design Projects
Custom LEGO Bookends:
Personalized commemorative display piece celebrating relationship milestones, featuring custom-built vignettes representing career achievements and shared interests. Design inspired by LEGO's Wicked Glinda & Elphaba Bookends (75691).
Michelle's bookend
Peter's bookend
Computer Cooling Solution:
Custom duct adapter designed to redirect computer exhaust airflow through ventilation ducting, improving thermal management and reducing ambient heat in the workspace.
Ventilation Panels:
Designed to expel volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the 3D printer, directing harmful emissions outside the home through window-mounted ventilation.
A comprehensive analytics dashboard for tracking and analyzing sports betting strategies across multiple sportsbooks. Implements probability theory and expected value calculations to monitor performance metrics including win rate, profit margins, and ROI across different betting types (matched betting, promotion harvesting, and positive EV strategies). Features real-time data visualization through Chart.js, a self-hosted PocketBase backend for data storage and auth, and bankroll management tools. Deployed as a Progressive Web App (PWA) with offline functionality for mobile access. Demonstrates proficiency in statistical analysis, risk management, financial modeling, and full-stack web development.
A real-time property search dashboard built to streamline the Denver home-buying process — successfully used to find and buy our home. Features automated listing extraction via Claude AI with web search, Google Maps commute calculations to UCHealth Anschutz Campus, dual rating systems for both partners, dynamic mortgage parameter modeling, and interactive map visualization with status-colored pins. Supports passcode-protected edit mode, automated status ratings based on combined scores, and responsive design for mobile browsing. Built with React and a self-hosted PocketBase backend, with a small Node service handling the Claude and Google Maps API integrations. Self-hosted with a custom domain.
Migrated this entire portfolio of dashboards off third-party cloud services (Firebase, GitHub Pages) onto a self-hosted Unraid server running entirely on my home network. Runs PocketBase as a shared auth/database backend across all dashboards, Nginx Proxy Manager for reverse-proxying and automated SSL, AdGuard Home for network-wide DNS and local service resolution, and Docker containers for every service. Personal cloud services (Immich for photos, Nextcloud for files) are locked down to only be reachable over my home network or WireGuard VPN, with IP-based access rules enforced at the proxy layer. Also hosts Plex and a modded Minecraft server via Crafty Controller. Demonstrates Linux systems administration, Docker containerization, reverse-proxy and DNS configuration, and practical network security hardening.
Unraid server · every service in its own Docker container
This websiteB.E.T.Home Search HQHome Search API (Node)PocketBase: shared auth + data
Our devicesHome network or WireGuard VPN
AdGuard Home + proxy access rulesLocal DNS · home/VPN-only access
Private apps
Immich (photos)Nextcloud (files)Crafty Controller
Leaving Firebase for a self-hosted stack
3 dashboards moved onto hardware I own
The problem
The dashboards depended on Firebase (Firestore, Auth, Cloud Functions) and GitHub Pages, tying them to third-party services, quotas and pricing.
What I did
Stood up PocketBase as one shared auth and database backend, with migration scripts that moved the data and rebuilt the schema with per-collection access rules. Replaced Cloud Functions with a small Node service that calls the Claude and Google Maps APIs behind PocketBase login, so API keys never reach the browser, and moved the sites into Nginx containers with automatic HTTPS.
Result
One login system and full control over data, backups and access.
PocketBaseNode.jsDockerNginxData migration
Taming a 200+ mod Minecraft server
213 mods, one stable server
The problem
Friends wanted a heavily modded Create: Aeronautics pack. Out of the box it wouldn't start: the container shipped the wrong Java version, files had the wrong owner, and the world crashed on startup.
What I did
Installed Java 21 inside the container and pointed the server at it, fixed file ownership for the container's user, and moved the server off a port that was already taken. Then traced crashes to performance mods (Moonrise, C2ME, Radium) conflicting with Create and the claims mod and removed them, including one a case-sensitive filename let slip past the first cleanup. Memory is tuned in Crafty's launch command, the one setting that actually applies.
Result
A stable, whitelisted server friends can join anytime, managed from a web panel.
Personal interpretation of the classic comfort food, developed through iterative testing to achieve a hearty, warming dish that captures the essence of home cooking.