I serve a division of more than 450 public health staff by providing advanced informatics and analytics expertise to all Prevention & Community Health (PCH) division programs. I help design, lead, and execute strategic planning for our division’s technology modernization, cloud readiness and enablement, health informatics systems, and workforce development. My role is the first of it’s kind at WADOH and was created to help bridge IT support and Epidemiologist/analyst needs, provide feedback and implementation support for national and HL7 FHIR standards in PCH data systems, and support program needs with assistance or full support for code development, data management, and technology training or usage.

• Subject matter expert in code development and practices
• Subject matter expert in cloud data storage and analytics tools
• Subject matter expert in GitHub Enterprise use and organization administration
• I am the lead organizer of an agency-wide code, data, and technology peer support group of more than 300 Epidemiologists, IT staff, and other public health staff and also lead several smaller workgroups specific to informatics work or my division’s needs
• I assist teams with integrating ArcGIS Enterprise, Databricks and Unity Catalog, Posit Cloud, and other databases and sources between their staff’s various development environments and workflows.
• I assist with or provide complete services for data pipeline engineering (ETL/ELT, analytical data preparation, ML/AI data preparation and model development, record linkages and data integration, importing or exporting data products using APIs, building data logging, monitoring and recovery processes)
• I assist my team with the development of advanced analytics products including PowerBI reports and ArcGIS dashboards or map applications
• I assist my team with implementing enterprise data governance and democratization
• I assist my division’s senior epidemiologist with the prototyping of a pilot project for a novel national chronic disease surveillance system (MENDS → TRAX)

I worked with an office of epidemiologists and informatics specialists that utilize the Immunization Information System (WAIIS) for tracking, monitoring, assessing, and reporting vaccine supply, storage, and transfers as well as immunization records, rates, and coverage.

• My primary role was developing data pipelines using Azure Databricks in R, Python, and SQL.
• Built workflow orchestration, analytics products, training for staff on the utilization of cloud analytics tools and storage, and responded to data management questions and requests for our Azure data lake.
• Interpreted complex stakeholder business logic into automated processes using Azure Databricks
• Created and maintained the Vaccine Provider Management Application data pipelines that combines information from the IIS and WADOH’s Adult Vaccine Program and Child Vaccine program into a single source of truth for Vaccine program management.
• Facilitated the creation of machine user identities in Azure and Databricks for automated workflows
• Provided data management and technical solutions help as requested as an SME in R, Python, SQL, and Azure Cloud services and tools.
• Trained office staff in best practice use of GitHub, Databricks, R, Python, SQL, and other developer workflows and technologies.
• Organized and moderated several user groups focused on R/Python coding, Git and GitHub, and Cloud technology usage.

I work with a team of epidemiologists that utilize electronic health record messaging from hospitals and clinics to monitor and report on emerging public health threats (syndromic surveillance).

• Author an internal R package for my team’s common code

• Develop and implement automated, reproducible reporting

• Assist with other syndromic surveillance tasks, as needed

• Serve as a subject matter expert in data science

  • Provide guidance for software and other technology adoptions
  • Lead skill building exercises for R, Git, GitHub, and other tools
  • Assist as requested with code development and review
  • Develop team processes and best practices for code workflows

I provide technical GIS and statistical assistance for two San Francisco Bay area research projects: San Francisco Delta risk assessment and an NSF-funded microplastics risk assessment.

• Organize, Prepare, and Manage Project GIS Data
• Conduct and Provide GIS Products for Reports and Communications
• Developed GIS Automation Strategies For More Efficient Data Management
• Assist with Development of Baysian Network Models for Evaluating the Relative Risk of Environmental Changes to Protected End-point Species such as Delta Smelt and Chinook Salmon

I managed GIS land records data and provided assistance to office staff as needed.

• Managed ArcGIS Enterprise Parcel Fabric Property Data
• Supported GIS Transition from Paper Maps and Records to Digital
• Developed GIS Automation Strategies For More Efficient Data Management
• Collaborated on Developing Internal and Public-facing GIS Applications
• Assisted with office workflows

I produced geospatial products tailored to remote project locations on Kauai, HI for several pumped-hydroelectric projects in support of Hawaii’s renewable energy initiatives.

• Evaluated Potential Costs, Feasibility of sUAS Structure-from-Motion (sfm) Products of Project Infrastructure
• Interpreted Engineering Plans, Cross-checked Calculations, and Exported AutoCAD-ready GIS Data
• Compiled and Managed Project Geodatabase

I was a SEAGRANT scholar for ODF&W’s Shellfish and Estuarine Assessment of Coastal Oregon (SEACOR) project team where I assisted with the operation and evaluation of sUAS as a potential tool for estuarine management and research.

• Prepared GPS RTK Ground Control Points and Georeferenced and Processed Aerial Imagery
• Developed Inhouse Procedures for UAV and GIS data workflows
• Assisted with Field Data Collection and Public Outreach

I led volunteers and specialized in providing GIS services for a salmon monitoring project in partnership with Edmonds Community College, the City of Mukilteo, and Snohomish County Airport in support of mitigation banking for a proposed runway expansion.

• Established and Completed GIS workflows from Field Collection to Reporting
• Updated and Maintained Salmon Monitoring Project Geodatabase
• Developed Geospatial Products for use in Technical Reports
• Led and Guided Teams of Volunteers in Collecting Data

My primary responsibilities were to provide geospatial support (collect, analyze, process, and disseminate geophysical data) by utilizing various software and equipment, constructing tailored products, conducting geodetic, topographic, and hydrographic survey operations, and analyzing terrain and hydrography as a functional aspect of military intelligence.

• Conducted Geospatial-Intelligence and Terrain Analysis in Enterprise GIS Environment
• Led Teams for Terminal Aeronautical GNSS Geodetic Surveys (TAGGS) in Partnership with NGA
• Co-authored Guidance to the Marine Corps on Airfield Surveys and Wrote In-house Training Materials