CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Applied Mathematics
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, expected 2015

M. STAT., Statistics
Minor: Mathematics
North Carolina State University, 1991
GPA: 3.267/4.000
Awarded Patricia Harris Fellowship 1988-1990
Master's Recipients: Burt, Melinda Satterwhite

B. S., Mathematics
Minor: Computer Science
North Carolina Central University, 1988
GPA: 3.031/4.000 - Graduated Cum Laude
Pledged Beta Kappa Chi Honor Society 1988

EXPERIENCE
01/09 – present
Principal at Statistical and Analytical Research Associates, LLC.
Research issues for doctoral candidates and businesses and develop statistical methodology such as sample-size determination, reliability of survey instrument, and best methodology for statistical models or analysis. Provide technical writing for methodology, results, and conclusion of dissertation and provide consultation. Some designs have consisted of investigating data using cubic spline equations to determine incremental area under the curve for food-intake at every minute, data mining for survival analysis to determine unplanned volunteer retention of homeless shelters, comparing osteoarthritis paired participants of intervention group from baseline to follow-up against osteoarthritis paired participants of control group from baseline to follow-up to determine if therapy is an improvement over no therapy, and developing a statistical model to determine the likelihood of assistance principals career aspiration.

10/07 – 12/08
Director, Quantitative Analyst at TIAA-CREF
Designed, proposed, and reported on quantitative modeling and customer profiling. Influenced client decision-making by combining relevant and timely quantitative research with analysis of business implications, and presented compelling insights and recommendations. Strengthen partnerships across internal client groups by providing subject matter consultation, advice on the sourcing and use of business intelligence, and thought leadership. Grow expertise in the application of predictive modeling, performance tracking, and statistical and analytical tools to drive growth in assets, customer acquisition, retention, and satisfaction.

08/06 – 10/07
Senior Statistical Programmer at Premier, Incorporated
Developed statistical models, programmed data, created tables, graphs, and reports. Model development consisted of binomial distribution, poisson distribution, natural log transformation, binomial distribution with random effects, repeated measures, negative binomial, and survival analysis. Provided statistical consultation to PRS researchers and clients when requested about the best model to utilize for various projects. Administered presentations to teach the group appropriate statistical methodologies.

02/06 – 06/06
Math Teacher at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Taught students Pre-calculus, and Geometry. Reported grades and provided other required document to the administration.

11/04 – 11/05
Manager of Customer Analytics at Sprint Nextel Corporation
Survival analysis forecast system developed using flexible hazard modeling. Survival analysis system is produced monthly, forecasting eighteen months of customer churn and one hundred twenty months of lifetime estimates (LTE). System was enhanced regularly with time-dependent and time-independent variables as needed. Analyses performed to determine the root cause of customer churn for regional and channel projects. Supported other groups in Decision Science group with forecasting needs. Stayed in close contact with clients by way of weekly meetings and on-site visits, in order to meet client needs. Regular meetings and presentations to drive business by gaining customers. Managed a team of statisticians.

09/02 – 11/04
Quantitative Risk Analyst II at Wachovia
Developed statistical models for consumer lending acquisitions group, non-real estate products such as marine, mobile homes, recreational vehicles, unsecured, new auto, used auto, and other secured. The statistical models were developed after determining that policy changes are warranted. The intent was to reduce risk associated with non-real estate products. Developed behavior score models based on credit bureau attributes. Developed a fraud behavior score model. Supported the General Banking Group (GBG) with adhoc analyses for various request such as credit bureau score and custom score validation. Assisted in the development of a forecast model to determine customer profitability measures of all products both real estate and non-real estate. Developed automated scorecard reports generated monthly or quarterly of characteristic analysis, population stability, override reasons, approval rates, conversion rates, dynamic delinquency reports, bad rates, and validation of scorecards. Mentored and assisted Risk Analyst I with SAS or statistical concepts.

01/02 – 09/02
Statistical & Analytical Research Associates (SARA), LLC.
Sr. Statistician on assignment at Insmed Pharmaceutical, LLC.
Author of bio-statistic section of statistical analysis plan (SAP) for a Polycystic Ovary Syndrome study. Analyzed data using statistical methods and created tables, listings, and graphs (TLG's) to specification of the SAP.

06/01 – 12/01
Statistical and Analytical Research Associates (SARA), LLC.
Sr. Statistician on assignment at Wachovia
Developed two models: probability of activation on prior inactive accounts, probability of activation of a good account on prior inactive accounts. The new experimental procedure in SAS, PROC MI was used to impute missing values of select variables and PROC GENMOD in SAS was used to analyze a repeated measures model with binary response variable. A technical report was written presenting statistical methods and findings.

02/99 – 08/99
Statistical and Analytical Research Associates (SARA), LLC.
Sr. Statistician on assignment at Triangle Pharmaceutical, LLC.
Analyzed data using statistical methods and SAS programming. Analyses were presented in a statistical analysis plan and created SAS programs that produced tables, listings, and graphs. Wrote separate programs for comparisons providing quality assurance of data. Data was managed by backing up files and storing on tapes weekly. Assisted medical writers by writing statistical section of report.

08/99 – 05/01
Adjunct Instructor at North Carolina Central University
Taught students College Algebra and Trigonometry, and Finite Mathematics. Participated in seminars and conferences. Tutored students during office hours. Reported grades and provided other required document to the administration.

09/98 – 02/99
Senior Statistician / Consultant at InSite Clinical Trials
Provided statistical and SAS programming support to clients by writing Statistical Analysis Plans (SAP); generated analytical programs that produced TLG's (Tables, Listings, and Graphs). Managed the statistics department through organizing projects based on timelines and calculating bids for statistical projects; provided consultation at project management meetings and/or client project meetings; maintained records of various projects.

01/98 – 09/98
Senior Statistician at A. R. KAMM Associates, Incorporated
Prepared statistical analysis plans for various protocols; provided program requests for table, listing, and figure shells to SAS programmers, along with consultation on analysis; consulted with clients on results of analysis; worked closely with the medical writers provided consultation on results and wrote statistical section of reports, such as NDA's; managed projects via setting time lines and generated monthly and projected yearly percent completes.

08/97 – 01/98
Trilogy Consulting Corporation
SAS Programmer on assignment at Quintiles
Developed programs using SAS/BASE, SAS/MACRO, and SAS/STAT that generated tables to assist project statisticians in reporting analyses. Knowledge of statistics useful in reporting tables with p-values, which were based on logistic regression model; non-parametric analysis of covariance model; proportional hazard model.

06/97 – 08/97
Trilogy Consulting Corporation
SAS Programmer on assignment at Parexel International
Examined Case Report forms (CRF) and Data validation sheets (DVS) for various protocols used in development of SAS programs. Knowledge of SAS/MACRO, SAS/SQL, and SAS/BASE necessary to develop SAS programs with the purpose of providing validated data before reaching end-users.

01/96 – 06/97
Trilogy Consulting Corporation
Statistician on assignment at GlaxoWellcome
Liaison between pharmaco-economics and biostatistics. Provided consultation to pharmaco-economic scientists with regards to appropriate statistical test to be used in various projects, such as van Elteren, CHISQ, Exact, and Sign Test. Technical author for written publication.

04/95 – 01/96
Trilogy Consulting Corporation
Statistician on assignment at HealthCare solutions, a subsidiary of Pharmacia-Upjohn
Advised client of appropriate test to be used in statistical analyses. Researched health issues, such as diabetes, lower back pain, pneumonia, and asthma. Some analyses have consisted of comparisons of therapeutic classes; comparisons of genetic drug versus brand drug; evaluation of refill drug compliance, days of care provided, days off work and restricted days due to disease impact; change in the use of drugs; examined outliers of minimum/maximum dosage per day; calculation of mortality and morbidity rates; cause analysis on providers; trend analysis. All analyses were developed using various applications SAS/BASE, SAS/MACRO, SAS/STAT, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/SQL, and SAS/ETS.

01/95 – 04/95
State Center for Health and Environmental Statistics
Environmental Statistician II
Researched environmental issues. Collected, edited, and analyzed data. Produced written reports for publication. Provided consultation for study designs.

02/92 – 01/95
State Center for Health and Environmental Statistics
Statistician I
Data analyses included environmental data with correlated errors, where the design was a randomized complete block design and the interest was in comparing treatments; categorical data where mortality crude and adjusted rates were obtained and Fisher's Exact and Mantel-Haenszel test were used; failure time data (right- and interval- censored), where regression was employed to determine a relationship with covariates.

PUBLICATIONS
Impact of Zidovudine plus Lamivudine or Zalcitabini on Health-Related Quality of Life; Annals of Pharmacotherapy, May 1998, volume 32.

Private Sector Worksite Promotion Activities in North Carolina; Results for the 1994 Survey, NC Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, Division of State Center for Health and Natural Resources, Division of State Center for Health and Environmental Statistics, Statistical Services Section, Survey and Surveillance Branch, 1995.Click on Local Catalog and Search for Author Browse: Burt, Melinda S

Child and Adolescent Injury in North Carolina, NC Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Maternal and Child Health, Office for Prevention, Children and Youth Section, 1993. Click on Local Catalog and Search for Alphabetical Title

SOFTWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS
ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE, PASCAL, PL/1, FORTRAN, SAS/BASE, SAS/STAT, SAS/MACROS, SAS/ETS, SAS/GRAPH, SAS/SQL, SAS/AF, SAS/SQL, WINDOWS, WINDOWS NT, MS-DOS, VMS, MVS, VAX, VMS, UNIX, INFORMIX, MS-WORD, MS-EXCEL, MS-POWERPOINT, HARVARD GRAPHICS, DELTA GRAPHS, HTML, JAVASCRIPT

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member of American Statistical Association

REFERENCES
Available upon request