Education

Doctor of Philosophy from Humboldt University of Berlin
Jul 2012 – Jun 2015
Focus: Cognitive Neuroscience

Master of Education from Harvard University
Sep 2005 – Jun 2006
Focus: Mind, Brain, Education

BS from New York University
Sep 2001 – Jun 2005
Focus: Education & Psychology

Work Experience

Global Head of Strategic Business Transformation, Clinical Development Operations at Johnson & Johnson
Oct 2022 – Oct 2023

Reduce cost 75% by driving data and analytics-driven contract and pricing models, automation, and system integration; $10M savings through automation, contract re-design, and integration.

Senior Director, Data Science & Digital Health at Johnson & Johnson
Apr 2021 – Oct 2022

Enabled $1B+ asset go/no-go decision through technology implementation, re-establishing productive collaboration and enhancing communication on critical initiatives.

Achieved 70% improvement in stakeholder feedback by reengineering teams, implementing portfolio management platform, and clarifying OKRs through dashboards, improving products and services.

Led Digital, Regulatory & Real-World Evidence / Payor-Provider strategies, bringing together cross-enterprise stakeholders, representing Janssen externally & implementing novel AI governance.

Senior Director, Data Science at Highmark Health
Jan 2018 – Apr 2021

Co-created and chaired Governance Committee covering novel technology & methods (AI/ML, genomics), data sharing, and publications for all Highmark Health companies (Highmark Health Plan, AHN, etc.).

Served on all Data Governance Committees.

Implemented Model Management & AI Fairness process & platform.

Director, Data Science R&D at Highmark health 
Jun 2017 – Mar 2019

Cultivated innovative academic and industry partnerships to re-shape healthcare by developing Research Institute and working with finance & legal teams to create an optimal corporate structure.

Led development of cross-enterprise Integrated Economics Model and Market Access Trend Tool, creating capability to continually scan market and find M&A opportunities.

Coordinated with Chief Privacy and Data Ethics Officer and Human-Centered design team to establish AI / ML Ethics program and implemented training across 40K employees.

Data Scientist at Highmark Health 
Aug 2016 – Jun 2017

Reduced costs and improved outcomes by predicting future costs (neural-network, deep-learning) and collaborating with care management team, implementing high-cost claimant solution to 2M+ members.

Enhanced insurance offerings by improving accuracy of performance guarantees, providing actionable commercial client personas, predicting churn, risk-adjustment, and formulary design.

Modernized technology by working with vendors to improve performance, integrating new systems, and implementing enterprise-wide open-source program.