Johnathon Kyle Armstrong

Independence Blue Cross
Senior Research Scientist, Advanced Analytics & Data Science
May 2018 - Jun 2022 · Philadelphia, PA

𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬
• Actively research and utilize the latest developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence to work on projects involving both structured and unstructured data.
• Lead data scientist and machine learning engineer on projects, working with stakeholders to gather requirements and make key decisions on methodology, process, and code.
• Develop and implement machine learning pipelines to solve complex business challenges.
• Evaluated medical management programs to determine their clinical and financial outcomes and provided recommendations to Executive Management.
• Provide mentorship and promote best practices related to code standards and optimization.
• Collaborate with business partners to develop statements of work and partnerships with research organizations.

𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
• Managed ETL processes and SQL using R, Python, TeraData, HIVE, and Impala for data wrangling to support 40+ machine learning models, reducing model creation time from months to weeks.
• Developed Likelihood of Impact predictive model to identify members likely to have cost savings with Case Management, using nearest neighbor and random forest classifiers. 
• Built an Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Predictive Model using OMOP CDM to identify pregnancies and multiclass classifier to predict normal pregnancies, various adverse events, or deaths.
• Created Estimation of Cost Estimates for Commercial Population Spark Random Forest regression model, providing monthly estimates on total medical costs to inform cost-saving initiatives.