Data Engineer & BI Developer | Business Intelligence · Geospatial Analytics · Data Pipelines | Power BI · Tableau · SQL · Python
Data person with 9+ years of experience in public health surveillance, federal contracting, and nonprofit analytics — building CDC data pipelines, teaching R at Emory and the CDC, and finding the story hidden in messy data.
- 🏥 CDC Global Immunization Division — Sr. Data Analyst (2016–2019)
- 🎓 Emory Rollins School of Public Health — Adjunct Instructor, Biostatistics
- 📊 CDC R Users Group — President & Trainer
- 🌐 Dharma Relief — Founding Operations Lead; $649K raised, 1.2M masks delivered to 173 hospitals
Languages & Analysis
Data Engineering & Infrastructure
ETL Pipelines ·
Visualization & Reporting
AI & Machine Learning
Personal project built using publicly available FDOT data. Not affiliated with or representative of any agency or organization.
Interactive Power BI dashboard analyzing Florida's 27 designated scenic highways by traffic volume and points of interest. Converted FDOT shapefile .dbf attribute tables to CSV via a custom Python utility (dbfread), then modeled the data in Power Query — consolidating 10 source tables into 3. Features a "Chill Rating" metric categorizing routes by daily traffic density, cross-filtered POI recommendations, direct Google Maps navigation per stop, and colorblind-safe visual encoding.
Tools:
Production ETL pipeline for WHO/IMB across 79 countries. Invented a Spatial Binning method to fix a root data quality problem — one-size-fits-all metrics were hiding virus circulation in small provinces. Added 4 automated surveillance flags. Maintained on GitLab for 2 years. Published Vaccine X 2020.
Tools: R · SQL · WHO POLIS · WorldPop · GitLab | Code · Paper
Interactive Shiny app comparing Player Efficiency Ratings across leagues. No public WNBA dataset existed — hand-scraped player data from Wikipedia + scripted Basketball-Reference.com. Presented at R-Ladies Atlanta × Atlanta Hawks.
Tools: R Shiny · ggplot2 · tidyverse · Web Scraping | Code · Demo
Integrated 3 disconnected data sources (Donorbox, Luma, Excel) in R. Deduplicated donor identities, tracked payment history and tenure across records. Finding: only ~100 active donors. Directly drove new registration policy + membership survey.
Tools: R · Data Integration · Excel
| Role | Organization | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics & Operations Lead | Tallahassee Chan Center | Feb 2021 – Mar 2026 |
| Associate Consultant (Data Analyst) | Gorman Consulting / Gates Foundation | Oct 2019 – Sep 2021 |
| Research Scientist | University of Washington | May – Sep 2019 |
| Adjunct Faculty, Biostatistics | Emory University, Rollins SPH | Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 |
| Senior Data Analyst (Federal Contractor) | CDC, SciMetrika | Jun 2017 – May 2019 |
| Data Analyst (Federal Contractor) | CDC, Carter Consulting | Aug 2016 – Jun 2017 |
| Statistical Programmer | Alimera Sciences | Jul – Jan 2017 |
| Independent Data Analyst | ThoughtBridge · BNL Consulting · FAMU | 2019 – 2021 |
Highlights:
- Chaired CDC R Users Group (1,000+ members across HHS); coordinated first agency-wide R training with 130 enrollees spanning all CDC campuses
- Co-developed the Zika Pregnancy Registry database management system for national multi-site birth defect surveillance
- Modernized a legacy SAS pipeline for Zika surveillance into R + SQL Server; built longitudinal newborn growth analysis in R Shiny
- Conducted large-scale quantitative simulation modeling on ~800,000-entity network data for NIH R21 epidemiological modeling project (UW)
- Sole instructor for BIOS 544: Introduction to R Programming at Emory; lab instructor for biostatistics courses serving ~650 incoming MPH/MSPH students annually
Publications
- VanderEnde KV, Voorman A, Khan S, Anand A, Snider C, Goel A, Wassilak S. New analytic approaches for analyzing and presenting polio surveillance data. Vaccine X. 2020. [PMC7090369]
- Lind JN, Interrante JD, Ailes EC, Gilboa SM, Khan S et al. Maternal Use of Opioids During Pregnancy and Congenital Malformations: A Systematic Review. Pediatrics. 139(6), 2017.
- Zaman K, Sack DA, Yunus M, Khan S et al. Immunogenicity of inactivated and live attenuated poliovirus vaccines in a birth cohort in Bangladesh. Vaccine. 2021.
Awards & Certifications
- 🏅 2017 CDC Award for Science and Program Excellence in Emergency Response — Domestic Zika Pregnancy and Birth Defects Surveillance
- 📋 Excellence in Volunteer Management — Florida Association for Volunteer Resource Management (FAVRM), 2025
| Degree | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| MSPH, Public Health Informatics | Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health | 2016 |
| BS, Public Health (cum laude) | Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School | 2014 |
Capstone: Development of a Time Monitoring Application for Birth Defect Registries
| Talk | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Practicing Chan While Working | Tallahassee Chan Center | 2023 |
| Sports Analytics & R Shiny | R-Ladies Atlanta × Atlanta Hawks | 2019 |
| NBA/WNBA PER Methodology | Emory Sports Analytics Team | 2019 |
- Dharma Relief — Founding Operations Lead (2020–2026): Led COVID-19 PPE supply chain — raised $649K in 7 weeks, delivered 1.2 million masks to 173 hospitals across North America; secured transportation grant
- IRC Refugee Resettlement Volunteer (2022–Present): Housing setup, tutoring, transportation, and community integration for refugee families
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