JUST SAYING HELLO

We make things better through data

For any successful technology, or any successful reorganization of the way we work together on this planet, reality must take precedence over public relations. Nature cannot be fooled. We must go where the data lead us and damn the fools who ignore it.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Always Making it Better

20 years at GSK, in R&D and Corporate roles. Stints at Biogen, Wyeth-Ayerst, and MannKind. Now a Strategic Consultant for Healthcare at Ab Initio. No. I'm not looking, I'm having too much fun.

PROJECT SUMMARIES

Challenges Met

Redesigning of Clinical Programs for OptumRX (UHG) / Migration of Pharma Plans between adjudication platforms (Express Scripts) / Detecting Medical & Pharma Claims Fraud, Waste, & Abuse (Various) / $1.8bn in Savings from Optimized Procurement Processes (GSK)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Awards & Honors

Master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma. First class to graduate with Heathcare Focus [Villanova] / Queen's Award for Technology [Hep B Vaccine] / MBA with concentrations in both International Business & Information Technology [McGill] / Completed 3 degrees in 4 ½ years: MS Biochemical Engineering, BS Chemical Engineering, BS Biology [MIT] / NSF Fellowship / Karl Taylor Compton Prize [MIT]

Gerry Fitzgerald

Data Scientist, Biochemical Engineer

Doing precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.

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MY SKILL SET

Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 30%

MBA International Business & IT 25%

CISA 20%

Ab Initio Coding 15%

Bartending 10%

I don't do Facebook. I never trust code written by a Harvard Guy.

Gerry

Certified skydiving instructors know way more about falling out of planes safely than I do. They're also far more likely to die that way.

xkcd #1760

It is easier to make the world a better place than to prove that you've made the world a better place.

Michael Lewis "The Undoing Project"

CURRENT RESEARCH

I'm currently researching Healthcare Fraud, Waste, & Abuse

COMPANY : Undisclosed

Opioid Overuse, Drug Interactions, Gaps in Care.

What I'm Reading

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