Edwin Kagereki

Data analytics Specialist @ Health Standards Organization (HSO)

About

I bring possibilities for efficiency gains and new business opportunities. To achieve this I first understand the business strategy before investing any resources. Then I leverage on the data insights paying attention to the key metrics. I then apply design thinking process into the product development. These simple steps always lead to gainful outcomes. I am passionate to engage in processes that lead to value discovery with a transformation agenda. I have hands on experience in identifying and planning for the future state of enterprise technology environments while incorporating new solutions that create a strategic advantage and expand business growth. That said I am a life-long learner and energized by solving new problems.

Country

Canada

City

Chestermere

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Data Analysis, Public Speaking, Microsoft Excel, Healthcare, English, Clinical Research, Research, Microsoft Office, Statistics, Analytical Skills, Data Analytics, Web Applications, Problem Solving, Communication, Python (Programming Language), Data Pipelines, Presentation Skills, Databases, Strategy, Leadership

Experience

Data analytics Specialist

Health Standards Organization (HSO)

2022-5 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

I endeavour to support stakeholders use data to make strategic business decisions.

Business Analyst

Nova Scotia Health Authority

2021-4 - 2022-4 · 1 yr 1 mo

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

• Participate in consolidation, analysis, and merging of 8000+ forms used in the provincial healthcare system. • Automate the process of form identification leading to a shorter processing time. • Participate in the development of various clinical and operational workflows in BPMN specification 2.0.

Independent Contractor

Independent Consultant

2014-1 - 2021-5 · 7 yrs 5 mos

Various

• Utilized statistical analysis skills to analyze diverse datasets leading to academic publications. • Built and maintained excellent working relationships with clients across geographical zones. • Provided an avenue for continuous communication with my clients with reporting and presentation of the project outcome at the various stages. • Disseminated my work including publications and software packages.

Technical Lead

Health Mate Advisory

2015-10 - 2021-4 · 5 yrs 7 mos

Nairobi, Kenya

• Collaborated in the design of an artificial intelligence system. • Utilized statistical concepts in investigating fraud, detection, and developing risk profiles using historic claims. • Effectively implemented data standardization and ontology to claim data to improve interoperability. • Developed data visualization dashboard using Tableau and R/Shiny allowing real-time monitoring of all the operations.

Resident Hospital Dentist/Department Head

Ministry of Health, Kenya

2009-1 - 2013-10 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Nairobi, Kenya

• Operated on patients requiring dental care, expanded range of services, drew, and articulated the issues affecting the department to elicit effective and efficient improvements.

Education

Dalhousie University

Digital Innovation (Health Informatics)

2020-9 - 2022-4 · 1 yr 8 mos

The multi-disciplinary program aims to equip students with the foundational skills of digital innovation, enabling them to develop and use information technology to create a better systems.

University of Washington

Data analytics

2016-6 - 2016-7 · 2 mos

Attended the following modules: Module 1: Big Data Wrangling with R Module 2: Visualization of Biomedical Big Data Module 3: Reproducible Research for Biomedical Big Data Module 4: Supervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning Module 5: Unsupervised Methods for Statistical Machine Learning

University of Washington

Statistics

2014-6 - 2014-7 · 2 mos

Attended the following modules: Module 1: Probability and Statistical Inference Module 3: Introduction to R Module 4: Regression and Analysis of Variance Module 7: Population Genetic Data Analysis Module 8: Quantitative Genetics Module 14: MCMC for Genetics Module 15: Advanced Quantitative Genetics Module 17: Bayesian Statistics for Genetics