Ishan Shankar

Associate Partner

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States17 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in translating business problems into mathematical solutions.
Proven leadership in managing analytics teams across multiple regions.
Skilled in applying statistical algorithms for predictive analysis.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare Analytics Expert with strong capabilities in statistical analysis and data-driven decision-making.

Contact

ishan.gaur@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Strategic LeadershipProject LeadershipData AnalyticsData AnalysisProblem SolvingStatistical AnalysisEtl DevelopmentEtl Transformation

Other Skills

Algorithm DevelopmentAnalysisBudgetingBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsBusiness DevelopmentBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence (BI)Business Process ImprovementConsultingData MiningData ScienceData StageData WarehousingKey Client Relationships

About

Experienced analytics professional with expertise on generating insights from raw data assets. Translate business problems to a mathematical problem and consequently design algorithms to wrangle data. Visualize aggregated data and carve a story to understand complete landscape of a market. Versed in applying various statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques for analysis and find out existing pattern & predictive abilities with in data. Managing multiple teams and continuous improvement for maximizing ROI for the portfolio. Working as a technical expert on patient, healthcare and real world evidence data.

Experience

17 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

8 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Iqvia

3 roles

Associate Principal

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

Manage and lead a group of pharma consulting professionals. Lead design, development and validation of solutions in pharma space. Work on RFP’s and share best possible pricing to keep an competitive edge in the market. Hire and nurture talent to keep the organization relevant and excel in the arena of pharma strategic consulting

Pattern RecognitionMicrosoft PowerPointBudgetingStrategic LeadershipObservational StudiesData Analytics+6

Analytics Manager

Promoted

Apr 2019 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Leading a portfolio of 20 analytics leads and consultants. Working and supervising consulting across Europe and North American markets and provide real world insights to various pharma giants. Leading adaptation of new technologies to reduce cost and increase the efficiency of consultants. A seasoned SAS, R, Rapid miner coder with hands on experience on BI tools like Tableau and QlikSense.

Pattern RecognitionMicrosoft PowerPointBudgetingObservational StudiesData AnalyticsData Mining+4

Analytics Consultant

May 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

Being a part of real world data analysis team, I perform study of pharmacy data to analyze the trends in pharmacy industry which allows our clients to utilize their finances and researches in a defined direction.

Pattern RecognitionMicrosoft PowerPointBudgetingObservational StudiesData AnalyticsData Mining+5

Unitedhealth group

5 roles

Technical/Associate Lead

Promoted

Apr 2016 – May 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

Being associated with a healthcare giant, I came across various challenges and opportunities. I applied statistical algorithms on healthcare data for predicting behavior in data. I used ETL principles for data intake. We are trying to find better/simpler and cheaper technologies to carry out day to day functions. I managed a team of resources in these dimensions.

Pattern RecognitionData AnalyticsData MiningProject LeadershipProblem SolvingOpen Innovation+1

Sr. Data Analyst/ ETL Developer

Promoted

Apr 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

Developed SAS codes and performed statistical analysis on incoming data. Also responsible for coding in datastage and led 2 work orders for on time delivery

Pattern RecognitionData AnalyticsData MiningProblem SolvingOpen InnovationData Analysis+1

Software Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2012 – Mar 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos

Developed SAS codes to perform ETL transformation on incoming data and create standardized data files to be loaded to a data warehouse

Data AnalyticsData MiningOpen InnovationETL Transformation

Associate Software Engineer

Promoted

Jan 2010 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Part of operation maintenance team and resolve issues related to data and SAS codes. Responsible for making enhancements to existing code as per updated requirements.

Data Analytics